permanent residence card – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:57:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg permanent residence card – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 Canada Has New Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship https://www.akcanada.com/canada-has-new-minister-of-immigration-refugees-and-citizenship/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:33:39 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1279 REPRODUCED FROM “THE GLOBE AND MAIL” A former Somali refugee is now overseeing Canada’s federal immigration policies after a cabinet shuffle Tuesday. Ahmed Hussen, who arrived in Canada as a refugee from Somalia at the age of 16, was sworn in as Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship at a Rideau Hall ceremony. He […]

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]]> 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 Durban refusal a good call https://www.akcanada.com/durban-refusal-a-good-call/ Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:35:35 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=889 Jason Kenney, Minister of Immigration in the Conservative party cabinet, has announced that Canada will not participate in Durban III, an international conference supposedly convened to publicize and criticize human rights violations around the globe. In fact, the past two conferences have been convened almost entirely to demonize the state of Israel. Canada was the […]

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]]> Program to bring Afghan translators could be extended https://www.akcanada.com/program-to-bring-afghan-translators-could-be-extended/ Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:43:42 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=871 CALGARY – Ottawa may extend its fast-track immigration policy for Afghan translators who help the Canadian Armed Forces and aid workers in Kandahar if troops remain in Afghanistan beyond 2011. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Friday it would make sense to continue the program for as long as such translators work with Canadians. […]

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]]> Toronto, Canada is proud to welcome all members of the G20 Summit June 26 & 27 https://www.akcanada.com/toronto-canada-is-proud-to-welcome-all-members-of-the-g20-summit-june-26-27/ https://www.akcanada.com/toronto-canada-is-proud-to-welcome-all-members-of-the-g20-summit-june-26-27/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:08:13 +0000 http://www.akcanada.com/wordpress/?p=773 The Canadian economy grew an astounding amount in 2009 and that pace of growth is the strongest in more than a decade and twice the 3% growth reported by the U.S. With so much uncertainty in the air in the U.S., President Obama would be smart take a long moment during his Toronto visit to […]

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]]> https://www.akcanada.com/toronto-canada-is-proud-to-welcome-all-members-of-the-g20-summit-june-26-27/feed/ 3 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 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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]]> Visa clampdown near for Hungarian visitors https://www.akcanada.com/visa-clampdown-near-for-hungarian-visitors/ Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:37:16 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=307 OTTAWA–Ottawa is seriously considering imposing visa requirements on visitors from Hungary to cut off a growing flood of refugee applicants, mainly from its Roma community, The Canadian Press has learned. It would be the third such move in less than a year, after Canada imposed visas on visitors from Mexico and the Czech Republic last […]

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]]> High Officials Welcome Shen Yun Canadian Premiere https://www.akcanada.com/high-officials-welcome-shen-yun-canadian-premiere/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:37:28 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=303 When Shen Yun Performing Arts opens its first show in Kitchener-Waterloo on Jan. 6, it will also be the cultural event’s Canadian premiere as it travels the world for its 2010 global tour. The acclaimed classical Chinese performing arts company, which boasts three dance companies, two orchestras, and a host of leading artists including dancers, […]

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