coronavirus – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:42:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg coronavirus – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 U.S.A. Extending Ban on Green Cards and Non-Immigrant Visas Also Affected https://www.akcanada.com/u-s-a-extending-ban-on-green-cards-and-non-immigrant-visas-also-affected/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:43:34 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1405 On Monday, June 22, 2020, the Trump administration announced that it was extending a ban on Green Cards issued outside the United States until the end of the year and adding many temporary work visas to the freeze, including those used heavily by technology companies and multinational corporations. The policy behind the freeze is to […]

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]]> Canada Remains Open to Immigration while U.S. Threatens to Suspend Immigration https://www.akcanada.com/canada-remains-open-to-immigration-while-u-s-threatens-to-suspend-immigration/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:06:01 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1359 On Monday, April 20, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending Immigration to the United States as the nation battles the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a tweet sent out late Monday night, President Trump wrote:  “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, […]

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]]> IRCC Permanent Residence Processing Will Continue Despite COVID-19 https://www.akcanada.com/ircc-permanent-residence-processing-will-continue-despite-covid-19/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:28:09 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1346 On Sunday, March 15, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released new instructions for those affected by COVID-19. Like other countries, Canada is working diligently to halt the spread of the virus; however, IRCC is adopting new policies and procedures to minimize any disruption to Immigration processing and to help applicants who are affected […]

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