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INSIDE IMMIGRATION – March 27th, 2024
Panelists Valerie Kleinman and David Comtois provided the latest developments in Canadian Francophone immigration.
The panelists provided attendees with guidance, updates and best practices in these uncertain times and opened it up to questions from the audience at the end of the webinar.
Agenda
1. Temporary Residence
- C16 – Francophone Mobility
- International Experience Canada (IEC)
2. Permanent Residence
- Express Entry – French proficiency draws
- OINP Francophone Stream
- Québec’s Regular Skilled Worker Program
- Québec Experience Program
- Québec Immigrant Investor Program
3. Announcement: Francophone minority communities’ pilot program
FEATURED ARTICLE – The Globe and Mail
In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Green and Spiegel Managing Partner Stephen Green shared his thoughts on the Canadian jobs-for-sale scam.
“[J]ob selling to foreign workers is ‘brazen’ and international students wanting to work in Canada are among those being ‘duped’ by unscrupulous people charging them to get jobs.”
INSIDE IMMIGRATION – February 14th, 2024
Panelist Sonia Sidhu provided the latest developments in Canadian immigration.
The panelist provided attendees with guidance, updates and best practices in these uncertain times and opened it up to questions from the audience at the end of the webinar.
Agenda
- Express Entry and OINP Draws
- Study Permit Updates
- New Approved Language Test
- Digital Nomad
Canada-U.S. 2024: Business Across the Border
Panelists Cristina Guida and Benjamin Green provided the latest developments in Canadian-American immigration. The panelists provided attendees with guidance, updates and best practices in these uncertain times and opened it up to questions from the audience at the end of the webinar.
Agenda Topics:
- U.S. H-1B Season and Associated Issues
- Long Odds
- TN Scrutiny
- Canada as an Alternative
- ICT
- GTS
- Working with the L-1 Visa
- Canadian Permanent Residence
FEATURED ARTICLE – Global News
In an interview with Global News, Green and Spiegel Managing Partner Evan Green shares his thoughts on potential international student caps.
“This will affect everybody. Because [the government] has created a system whereby the institutions rely on this funding, and now this funding won’t be available in the same amounts that it has been over the last number of years.”
Canada Opportunities & Roadmap including Immigration, for Businesses & HNI
Ashish Dua, Green and Spiegel Business Development Consultant, moderated this webinar focused on the unique relationship between Canada and India. Speakers Stephen W. Green, Harish Kumar, Cristina Guida and Rubal Bansal Maini from Green and Spiegel and Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India shared their expertise regarding the practicalities involved in Canada/India investments from a business and immigration perspective.
Take-aways:
- Advantages of doing business in Canada: Start-up Visa & Canadian government incentives for innovation.
- Identify regulatory & foreign exchange issues related to India/Canada investments.
- Understand the tax implications of India/Canada investments.
- Learn about the pathway from work permit to permanent residence for Indian businesses entering the Canadian market.
INSIDE IMMIGRATION – November 29th, 2023
Panellists Sonia Sidhu and Cansu Aydemir provided the latest developments in Canadian immigration.
The panellists provided attendees with guidance, updates and best practices in these uncertain times and opened it up to questions from the audience at the end of the webinar.
Agenda
- Immigration Levels Plan
- Changes to Study Permit Program
- New PR Pathway
- Ukrainian
- Colombian
- Haitian
- Venezuelan
- Special Measures for Morocco
FEATURED ARTICLE – Toronto Star
In an interview with the Toronto Star, Managing Partner Stephen Green shared insights regarding the current economic and educational environment for immigrants in Canada.
“Immigration is so important to Canada. It is a very emotional area of the law because, a lot of the time, people don’t understand the effects. They make decisions based on what they think is happening — that an immigrant is taking their job, or that temporary agriculture workers get paid less than Canadians. They aren’t.”
INSIDE IMMIGRATION – October 25th, 2023
Panellists Alexandra Cole and Madison Kelly provided the latest developments in Canadian immigration.
The panellists provided attendees with guidance, updates and best practices in these uncertain times and opened it up to questions from the audience at the end of the webinar.
Agenda
- India – Canada Relations
- Impact on Processing – Update from IRCC Deputy Minister
- Check-In on Policies
- Post Graduate Work Permit extension policy
- Off-campus work and completion of a program of studies
- Work Permits for dependent children of skilled workers
- IRCC Employer Portal for International Mobility Program
- Which ports of entry do not accept non-Canadian company employer portals
- Auditor General of Canada Report on Processing Applications for Permanent Residence
- Permanent residence for Ukrainian nationals with family members in Canada
- Special Immigration Measures
- Extension of deadline to support Turkish and Syrian nationals
INSIDE IMMIGRATION – September 27th, 2023
Panellists Ellie Slavens and Jonathan Green provide you with the latest developments in Canadian immigration.
The panellists will provide attendees with guidance, updates and best practices in these uncertain times and open it up to questions from the audience at the end of the webinar. These calls are completely free to join but spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today.
Agenda
- Express Entry – recent category-based invitations
- Transport occupations
- STEM occupations
- Healthcare occupations
- Trades
- French language proficiency
- Parental and Grandparent Sponsorship
- 2023 intake
- India – Canada Relations
- Impact on Processing
- Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program – country-specific draws