CHANGES TO THE CAREGIVER PROGRAMS JUST ANNOUNCED
Over the weekend, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the launch of 2 new pilot programs to...
GREEN AND SPIEGEL CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Our firm would like to acknowledge that February is Black History Month. The commemoration of Black History Month...
CLIENTS SHOW LOVE FOR JONATHAN GRODE ON VALENTINE’S DAY AS HE WINS CLIENT CHOICE 2019
Jonathan Grode of Green and Spiegel, LLC has been selected as a winner of the Lexology Client Choice award for...
PARENT & GRANDPARENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM – WHAT HAPPENED?
The much anticipated parent and grandparent sponsorship program opened yesterday, January 28, 2019, at 12:00pm....
VIETNAM OFFICIALLY ADDED TO CPTPP, AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO INVESTORS FOLLOW
The Government of Canada has officially updated program delivery instructions for business visitors and investors...
CANADIAN IMMIGRATION LAW 2018 – A YEAR IN REVIEW
EXPRESS ENTRY Over the past year, candidates in the Express Entry pool hoping to receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA)...
NEW UPDATE TO THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) have updated their website to confirm that the Parents and...
YOUR EMPLOYEE HAS ARRIVED IN CANADA ON THEIR WORK PERMIT, NOW WHAT?
BACKGROUND Considerable time and effort have been spent to have a foreign national join your team in Canada. What...
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE 2018 ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT ON IMMIGRATION
The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship’s recently released 2018 Annual Report to Parliament on...
NAFTA 2.0 NOW USMCA – GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS FOR BUSINESS VISITORS AND TEMPORARY WORKERS
According to the new agreement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) intends to “REPLACE the 1994 North...
CANNABIS, CANADA, AND NEW DILEMMAS PRESENTED FOR U.S. ENTRY
“You’re not getting into the United States today...” “I can ban you for life, if I want to…” “I don’t care what your...
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF EXPRESS ENTRY – WHAT ARE MY CHANCES?
Express Entry is Canada’s immigration application management system which came into effect in January 2015. Express...