The Immigration and Refugee Board to Clear the Backlog of ‘Legacy Claims’ On June 20, 2017 the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) announced a new taskforce to clear the backlog of ‘legacy claims’. Legacy claims are refugee claims that were made prior to December 15, 2012 when the new refugee determination system took effect. The …
BC Follows Canada-Wide Trend in Issuing Tech-Focused Immigration Draws Thanks to Canada’s start-up friendly immigration policies, more information technology (IT) talent is headed to Canada than ever before. This increase in international talent is fueling Canada’s booming tech industry. As a result, new Provincial Nominee Program streams that target tech-sector talent are becoming an increasingly …
CPC’s New Stance on Canadian Immigration Good, But Needs Improvement Two months on from their May convention, Canada’s Conservatives have spoken: the anti-immigration sentiment that has been gaining ground internationally is not going have a place in Canada. By electing Andrew Scheer as their new party leader, the Conservatives chose a moderate approach. This is …
A Look at Some of The Immigration Challenges That May Be Holding Back Immigration to Canada During the U.S. presidential election campaign, the running joke amongst many Americans was that if the election didn’t go their way, they could always move north to Canada. But while Americans have a habit of threatening to move to …
Refugee Advocates Challenge the Safe Third Country Agreement, Responsible for Turning Away Asylum Seekers For the second time since its introduction in 2004, the Safe Third Country Agreement will be challenged in the Federal Court of Canada. A bilateral agreement between Canada and the United States, the Safe Third Country Agreement establishes that those seeking …
