On April 9 2010, Dr. Alice Wong, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, and Moira Stilwell, B.C. Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, signed the new Canada-British Columbia Immigration Agreement. The signing of this agreement with British Columbia will support the integration of newcomers, helping to ensure [...]

A new, invitation-only program for Mexican business travelers has been announced by the Canadian government. Applications will be processed within as little as 24 hours Eligibility in the program is pre-determined by the Canadian government and the program itself is by invitation only. That is, the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City or Export Development Canada [...]

As of April 5, 2010, VSC had received a total of 9,525 cap-subject H-1B petitions.  A total of approximately 6,791 will be counted towards the regular H-1B cap, and 2,734 will be counted towards the advanced degree H-1B cap.  H-1B visas are still available for FY2011.  Contact our U.S. immigration attorneys at 1-800-993-9971 or via the internet at [...]

The Bomza Law Group has recently secured a successful initial approval to a Humanitarian and Compassionate application. The applicant in question is an elderly individual who has adult children in Canada. The applicant’s children wished to submit a parental sponsorship application; however, the applicant was so elderly and physically frail, that her children feared for [...]

Legislation aimed at optimizing Canada’s refugee system in order to ensure faster, streamlined decisions to refugee claims has been introduced by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney.  The new regulations are intended to curb fraudulent claims and, by weeding out fraudulent claims, clear up refugee claim backlogs resulting in faster decision-making. While, at present, [...]