June 22, 2020 Presidential Proclamation Imposing New Immigration Restrictions

By Matt Schulz and Mengci Shao

The Government of Canada implements its New Preclearance Act

By Henry Chang

US State Department changes E Visa processing in Canada for investors and traders

The US State Department announced, effective March 1, 2016, new streamlined registration and expanded processing locations for E-1 treaty trader […]

By Matt Schulz

Changes to Canadian Work Permit Categories for Television/Film and Performing Arts

The Canadian Department of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) has announced two new Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exempt […]

By Helen Park

LMIA Exempt Work Permit Applications – New Procedure

By Helen Park

Permit Me to Explain – Work Permits and LMIAs for Foreign Actors

As much as we Canadians (justifiably) boast about our homegrown talent, there is no hiding the fact that to maximize […]

By Bob Tarantino

United States Starts Optimized Processing for Canadian Citizen TN and L Visas under NAFTA

Starting in mid-September 2014, the US Customs and Border Protection agency (“CBP”) began optimizing processing for first-time Canadian TN and […]

By Matt Schulz

Canadian Government Revamps the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

With the government’s focus on “Canadians First” for Canadian jobs, the requirements to hire temporary foreign workers were revamped to […]

By Helen Park

You May Not Be That Specialized – New guidelines for assessing Intra-company Transfer – Specialized Knowledge work permits

On June 9, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced expanded guidelines for immigration and border service officers to follow when […]

By Helen Park

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