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Minister Kenney Issues Statement Recognizing Eid al-Adha

The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement recognizing Eid al-Adha: “Eid-al Adha is held during the month of Dhul Hijja, when Muslims undertake the Hajj – or pilgrimage – to Mecca. It is during the Hajj that Muslims remember and commemorate the trials and triumphs of the Prophet […]

Federal Skilled Worker applications received since June 26, 2010

On Saturday, June 26, 2010, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced major changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Class with no advance notice. Unless an applicant has arranged employment, he/she must now have at least 1 year of continuous full-time paid work experience or 2 years of continuous half-time paid work experience in at least 1 […]

Illegal Migrant Ship Heading for British Columbia

Canadian Immigration Officials are monitoring a ship that may be headed to British Columbia. According to a Sri Lanka newspaper the ship is carrying Tamil migrants. According to the newspaper, the Colombo Observer, the ship is carrying 200 migrants, some of them Tamil Tigers. The Colombo Observer reported that the ship was last spotted in […]

Need A Job? Try Canada, Where Hiring Is Booming

Stubbornly high unemployment rates got you down? Not sold on the economic recovery? Look no further than America’s polite neighbor to the north, where jobs numbers are surging and home prices have been rising steadily for nearly a year. Last month, Canada, a nation with roughly one tenth of our population, created about 10,000 more […]

Major Canadian Immigration Rule Changes

MAJOR CANADIAN IMMIGRATION RULE CHANGES MAJOR CANADIAN IMMIGRATION RULE CHANGES On Saturday, June 26, 2010, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced major changes to the Independent/Skilled Worker Class and to the Investor Category of the Business Class with no advance notice. A.            INDEPENDENT/SKILLED WORKER CLASS 1.            Changes a.            As of June 26, 2010, to be eligible […]