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Launched on Jan. 27, 2021, the Foreign Graduate Start-up Visa Stream (FGSVS) is the latest pathway introduced to attract foreign talent into Canada. Even if you graduated outside of Canada, you may now apply to this new economic class program in which Alberta nominates talented and qualified foreign educated graduates for permanent residence upon launching start-up enterprises and innovative businesses in the province. Only candidates who graduated from a post-secondary ins

As an update to our earlier post regarding the impact of COVID-19 on immigration dated March 25th, 2020, we would like to revisit this topic now, and to provide the most current information relating to visa processing, permanent residence processing and citizenship processing. At present, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is not processing applications normally. Due to limited staff and volume built up over the past couple of months, processing times are no l

Certain in-demand and specialized occupations are eligible for fast work permit processing in Canada. The Global Talent Stream is the name of the program that facilitates fast Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) processing both by Service Canada and by Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). For instance, LMIA applications filed under this particular stream are not subject to a minimum advertising duration which constitutes three months on a regular high wage o

Artificial Intelligence or AI has been used in a test pilot mode since 2018 in order to automate decision-making on some categories of visa applications. An international report suggests that starting in April 2020 AI robots will be used much more prevalently in making immigration decisions than they have been in the past. There has been significant public anxiety over fairness and privacy associated with Big Data. In the age of computers and digital identities, it seems more

Have you recently entered the Express Entry pool or currently considering applying for permanent residence in Canada and wondering what documents may be necessary in order to apply? In this post, we intend to cover the broad strokes of the economic class immigration process and what documents are necessary. Although there is some variation between the provincial nominee programs (paper steam VS direct stream) and the federal immigration platform of Express Entry, the differen

Do you need a job offer to support your application for immigration to Canada? Or do you simply want to take advantage of a temporary work permit? As many have come to find out, the nature of the foreign recruitment process is so costly and time consuming for Canadian employers that many are discouraged from ever trying although they may have a genuine need to hire an employee and are unable to find one locally. The process to which we are referring to is called the Labour Ma

There are many ways to immigrate to Canada. Some people do so through a job offer, others through studies and/or business. There have been many changes when it comes to immigration so if you spoke to a friend who immigrated even two years ago to Canada, the process may be entirely different now than it was two years ago. One of the biggest hurdles for immigrants seeking to immigrate today is the emphasis on language skills in at least one of Canada's official languages: Engli

Are you currently living and working in the province of Alberta? Considering whether you should apply for permanent residence using the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (hereafter AINP)? There are certain benefits to applying using the current provincial nominee program as opposed to using Express Entry to apply as one of the following: Federal Skilled Worker, Federal Skilled Trades or Canadian Experience Class. To follow, we will describe several differences and our assessm

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