Background Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has for some time offered a unique program eliminating the need for visas for a limited class of Chinese nationals. The program, called the China Transit Program (CTP) allows Chinese nationals who are travelling … Continued
Who is Impacted Alberta employers whose employees are seeking permanent residence through the Alberta Provincial Nominee Program. Background On April 1, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced that subject to various exceptions, work permits in Canada would be capped … Continued
Who is impacted: Employers seeking to hire LMIA-based foreign workers, and prospective employees Application Type Impacted: Labour Market Impact Assessments Effective Date: April 30, 2015 What is changing: Further to the myriad of changes that … Continued
Effective: Immediately Who is Impacted: All Foreign Workers, Business Visitors and their Employers What Has Changed Please note that effective March … Continued
Effective: Immediately Who is Impacted: All Foreign Workers (subject to exceptions set out) and their Employers The Issue Time goes quickly. … Continued
What’s New As set out in our last issue of ImmPulse™, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced that, effective February 21, 2015, work permit applications in LMIA-exempt (‘International Mobility’) categories will require additional compliance measures, notably, employer declarations/offer summaries. … Continued
Effective Date: February 21, 2015 What’s Changed: Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced that, effective February 21, 2015, work permit applications in LMIA-exempt categories will require additional compliance measures. LMIA-exempt work permits are now referred to as work permits … Continued
In June 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) released Operations Bulletin 575, containing new guidelines with regard to Intra-Company Transfers for personnel with specialized knowledge (ICT-SK). These pronouncements had tremendous impact on the Canadian immigration system, particularly since Intra-Company Transfer … Continued
On Friday, January 23, 2015, Benjamin Kranc will be speaking at the Annual Conference of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) in Toronto. His topic will be: A Passport to Effective Foreign Worker Recruitment: Understanding Canadian … Continued
We had previously written about the new ‘Express Entry’ Canadian permanent residence application system. The system is set to commence on January 1, 2015. We noted in our last article that many of the issues were still unclear. Though it … Continued