🔔PGWP UPDATE As 🇨🇦’s economy continues to recover, there remain hundreds of thousands of jobs waiting to be filled. Hard-working international graduates make enormous contributions to their communities and our economy.

This requires creativity, leadership, taking responsibility to make "the call", liberating oneself from a slavish devotion to process, manuals, flowcharts ... and a from a fear of liability for some theoretical risk this could cause: NONE are hallmarks of Canadian bureaucracy

In Western media Serbia is usually presented as Russia’s ally and Serbs as only pro-Putin supporters which is not really true. Today in Belgrade people come together to cook and support Ukrainians! Spread a word! 🇷🇸🇺🇦

Does IRCC take TRPs for DV victims seriously at all? (canada.ca/en/immigration…). Submitted an app on Jul. 7 to IRCC Etobicoke per instructions to submit to local office. Not a word since. So much for fast emergency relief 😡Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association DM me if you who I could reach out to

Reminder: the only major law enforcement agency without independent oversight - always good to point information like this out when Minister's counsel argues "a CBSA agent is trained to behave Y and they would never do X as the claimant alleges" #cdnimm globalnews.ca/news/9062852/c…

One of those days that makes this job a thrill - a client who applied for permanent residence in the early 90s, had IRCC lose his application, then pretend they didn't lose it and claim they "refused" him until the Federal Court told them otherwise, FINALLY got approved for PR!

"[29] As the claimant’s counsel persuasively argued in his written representation..." it's the little things that make a lawyer happy 😉

Sometimes IRCC pleasantly surprises! A humanitarian PR application *mailed* September 2, 2022 and approved in principle September 22, 2022 🤯- for a very deserving and vulnerable victim of gender-based violence. Someone saw and understood the urgency of this - kudos!

Those fleeing mobilization/conscription from "service" that entails war crimes/atrocities easily meet the Convention Refugee definition. Also, those that have already participated are inadmissible to Canada under s34/35 of the IRPA particularly senior leadership.

You'd think when IRCC switched to a dynamic, web-based PR application form, they'd at least have repeating information carry over automatically! Why am I typing the date of birth over and over between the Generic, Schedule A, Additional Family info...

More kudos to IRCC when kudos is due: vulnerable foreign worker work permit app submitted Oct. 2, approved Oct. 5.

It never ceases to amaze me how difficult a concept it is for many people, when sending an email money transfer, to pose a question that is unambiguous and only has one clear, certain answer, that I will know. "What is my favourite colour?" ... I truly don't know sir

Today, we announced the coming into force of a new Canada-Italy Youth Mobility Agreement. Canadian and Italian youth aged 18 to 35 years old, to work and travel for up to 12 months, and participate twice in the program, for a total of 24 months: canada.ca/en/immigration…

Sounds about right... Everything IRCC does seems to be to satisfy some internal bureaucratic goal or logic - literally nothing is designed with interests of the end-user in mind. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

thestar.com/news/canada/20… Good, if slow start. Let's hope it doesn't take months to process an application

PGWP Extension ! We are extending the ability to work for PGWP holders, including those whose work permits have recently expired. As of April 6, if your PGWP is valid or has recently expired you can apply to extend your ability to work in Canada by up to 18 months.

thestar.com/news/canada/20… shows something I've thought for a while: IRCC on-line application portal, only scans of documents uploaded, no signature required on anything (if not using a rep), and no interview, practically *invites* this kind of fraud by unscrupulous reps

Why is Canada Border Services Agency pursuing cessation applications of Ukrainian protected persons? A suspension of removals to Ukraine, and a virtually slam-dunk humanitarian PR application even if they lose their status. A colossal waste of public resources Sean Fraser Hon. Marco Mendicino #cdnimm

The unshakable confidence of Canada Border Services Agency agents when making representations about the law to clients, versus the shallowness of their knowledge of the very same laws and regulations they are applying never ceases to amaze! #cdnimm

-a cap of 360K undergrad students this year -provinces get population-based allotment to distribute to DLIs -grad students (MA, etc.) to get three-year work permits -no open work permits for spouses of undergrads anymore cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnimm