marriage – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:52:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg marriage – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 Immigration consultant arrested https://www.akcanada.com/immigration-consultant-arrested/ https://www.akcanada.com/immigration-consultant-arrested/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:28:29 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=933 The RCMP has arrested a Quebec immigration consultant accused of providing Canadian citizenship and immigration documents to hundreds of residents of Middle East countries who then collected tax benefits from Ottawa. Ahmad El-Akhal, 62, was arrested in Montreal on Thursday following a 2½-year investigation by the RCMP’s Immigration and Passport and Commercial Crimes sections. His […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/immigration-consultant-arrested/feed/ 114 Canada’s new immigration test https://www.akcanada.com/canadas-new-immigration-test/ https://www.akcanada.com/canadas-new-immigration-test/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:59:16 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=914 Canadian immigrants pass current testing with a rate of 97% because of widespread access to the tests on the Internet and an underground market selling the (only) 5 standard tests to would-be citizens. According to media reports across the country, failure rates of up to 30% since March can be attributed to new, tougher questions […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/canadas-new-immigration-test/feed/ 2 New Canadian act targets ‘Ghost’ immigration agents https://www.akcanada.com/new-canadian-act-targets-ghost-immigration-agents/ Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:10:39 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=905 (IANS) ‘Ghost’ immigration consultants in India, who dupe people desperate to migrate to Canada, will be put out of business with the passing of new legislation by the Canadian parliament. Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said the legislation to crack down on crooked immigration consultants has received final approval Tuesday in the House of Commons. […]

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]]> Canada is out of recession https://www.akcanada.com/canada-is-out-of-recession/ https://www.akcanada.com/canada-is-out-of-recession/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:25:07 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=770 We have recorded the two strongest consecutive trimesters in the last decade The Canadian economy grew by 6.1 per cent in the first quarter, on top of 4.9-per-cent growth in the fourth quarter, the two strongest consecutive trimesters in the last decade. That news on Monday pretty well locked in the Bank of Canada’s announcement […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/canada-is-out-of-recession/feed/ 1 Irish job-seekers hope for greener pastures in Canada https://www.akcanada.com/irish-job-seekers-hope-for-greener-pastures-in-canada/ https://www.akcanada.com/irish-job-seekers-hope-for-greener-pastures-in-canada/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 17:27:39 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=739 Like the many Irish migrants who arrived years before, Seamus Blake left his tiny coastal village in Ireland five weeks ago in search of greener pastures in Toronto. No potato famine or decades-long political conflict drove him here. Instead, a steady influx of young Irishmen and women like Blake, 24, is arriving here in desperate […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/irish-job-seekers-hope-for-greener-pastures-in-canada/feed/ 1 Victims Duped by Immigration Fraudster https://www.akcanada.com/victims-duped-by-immigration-fraudster/ https://www.akcanada.com/victims-duped-by-immigration-fraudster/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 18:28:00 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=728 The law firm of Abrams & Krochak, Canadian Immigration Lawyers, is licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada (province of Ontario) to provide legal services for persons wishing to immigrate to Canada. Please be aware that there are some immigration consultants that claim to be a legitimate provider of such legal services, but who […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/victims-duped-by-immigration-fraudster/feed/ 3 Vulcan (Alta.) rolls out grand homecoming for Spock https://www.akcanada.com/vulcan-alta-rolls-out-grand-homecoming-for-spock/ https://www.akcanada.com/vulcan-alta-rolls-out-grand-homecoming-for-spock/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:30:38 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=719 VULCAN, Alta. — Despite a spell of unwelcoming hail, rain and snow, Mr. Spock finally arrived in the small Alberta town of Vulcan on Friday, ending what some say has been a 10-year quest to bring the half-human, half-Vulcan home. Dressed casually in a grey sweater and black pants, a beaming Leonard Nimoy arrived without […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/vulcan-alta-rolls-out-grand-homecoming-for-spock/feed/ 1 Canadian ePassports to launch in 2012 https://www.akcanada.com/canadian-epassports-to-launch-in-2012/ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:12:09 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=706 Passport Canada plans to launch an ePassport in 2012, and in the meantime it wants to hear Canadians’ thoughts on the issue  including revised fees. The new passport will be little changed in appearance but will contain an electronic chip encoded with the bearer’s name, gender, and date and place of birth, as well as […]

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]]> 20 Canadian institutions to promote education https://www.akcanada.com/20-canadian-institutions-to-promote-education/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:57:03 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=329 More than 20 Canadian institutions will be promoting Canadian education on Jan 23-24 in Kuala Lumpur, Jan 26 here and Jan 26 in Kuching. Programmes such as engineering, business, actuarial science, biotechnology, computer science and pre-university courses will be showcased. Representatives from these institutions will be on hand to counsel interested individuals on admission requirements […]

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]]> GTA new home sales up 24 per cent in 2009 https://www.akcanada.com/gta-new-home-sales-up-24-per-cent-in-2009/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:21:23 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=326 New home sales in the Greater Toronto area were up by 24 per cent in 2009 compared to a year earlier, according to figures released today. The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) stated 33,165 new homes and condos were sold in the GTA, compared to 27,153 in 2008. Most of those sales were […]

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