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Travel and Admissibility to the United States after the Enactment of Canada’s new Cannabis Legislation
Non-Americans who are “inadmissible” are not permitted by law to enter or remain in the United States—whether it be as visitors, students or workers. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets forth “General Classes of Aliens Ineligible to Receive Visas...
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Facilitating Labour Mobility for Foreign Talent in IT and Tech in Canada
Miller Thomson Immigration seminar
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Global Skills Strategy
Canada’s federal government has announced that it will launch the Global Skills Strategy (GSS) on June 12, 2017. This program is designed to help Canadian companies to source global talent on an expedited basis. It engages both Employment and Social...
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The New BC Provincial Immigration Programs Act and the Provincial Immigration Programs Regulations
On February 1, 2017, the Provincial Immigration Programs Act and its corresponding Regulations came into effect in British Columbia. The administration of the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) is now legislated under the Act, whereas previously it was governed...
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News Flash: Express Entry Immigration Bulletin
On November 10, 2016, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) announced that it will be implementing changes to the existing point distribution for applications for Permanent Residency status submitted under the Express Entry system. These changes will come into effect...
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Immigration
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Chapter in Miller Thomson’s Business Laws of Canada, all editions 2009-2015.
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Express Entry – The New Reality for Economic Immigration to Canada
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is expected to launch a new economic immigration system known as Express Entry (EE) on January 1, 2015. Billed as a new system of managing applications under the existing economic permanent residency programs (namely Federal...
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Employment And Social Development Announces Moratorium
Employment and Social Development (ESD) Minister, Jason Kenney, announced moratorium on processing of labour market opinions and work permits for food service, retail and other service industries.
Paragraphe 91 (anciennement le projet de loi C-35) de la Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’immigration et la protection des réfugiés: clarification du ministère de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration au sujet du personnel des ressources humaines
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AVIS : le gouvernement émettra un avis, dans les 10 jours ouvrables, à condition que l’employeur s’engage à respecter les critères d’évaluation d’un avis relatif au marché du travail accéléré (AMT-A).
On April 25th, 2012, Service Canada announced a new Accelerated Labour Market Opinion Initiative (A-LMO), which acknowledges previously successful employers, who have obtained at least one positive Labour Market Opinion in the previous two years and who remain compliant with...
