A Canadian Federal Court judge has struck down an Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) ruling claiming that under law, unborn children have no “best interests” to consider until they have undergone a live birth. This raises very interesting points. Let us examine some of the facts published in a 20-page judgment as it relates to Mr. […]
As thousands of refugees reach Canada’s shores, a Jamaican-born man is begging Canada to help him return here. “If I don’t get home, I’m going to die,” said former Toronto Argonaut Andrew Stewart who is fighting to return to Canada for life-saving treatment. Stewart who has been told he has three to five months to […]
The Immigration and Refugee and Protection Act says a landed immigrant must meet a residency obligation by remaining in Canada for 730 days within a five-year period or they may lose permanent residence status. However, there are immigration appeal cases wherein landed immigrants who did not meet that requirement were able to regain status before […]
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) is calling for further changes to provide equal access to citizenship and fair process to the Citizenship Act – Bill C-6. “We need to bring down barriers to citizenship, especially for already disadvantaged groups such as refugees, the elderly and women,” said Loly Rico, CCR president. “In line with […]
According to Canada’s immigration laws a permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible for directly or indirectly misrepresenting or withholding material facts relating to a relevant matter that induces or could induce an error in the administration of the act. So let us examine a recent case decided by the Immigration Appeal Division with […]
The constant call by advocates for migrant workers to be granted access to permanent residence and settlement services has been given a boost in a new report, the first of its kind, Migrant Workers: Precarious and Unsupported. The report was released by Canada’s nine national, regional and provincial umbrella of organizations serving newcomers and compiles […]
In a recent Federal Court Decision rendered on March 22, 2016, an applicant, whom we will refer to as Joshua, was granted Canadian citizenship. Although, he fell short 7 days of the required 1095 days of residence in the country. Interestingly, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration by way of representation, made an application […]
Chris Ramsaroop of Justice for Migrant Workers is calling on the community to petition Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others as they celebrate Harvesting Freedom: 50 years of farm-worker resistance in Canada. “Status for migrant workers; sign the petition and share with everyone,” Ramsaroop said. Ramsaroop also delivered a letter to the Human Rights Tribunal […]
Former honourary consul general C.J. Agustine-Kanu has been appointed ambassador to Belgium where she will open a new Grenada embassy in Brussels. Recently, she officially welcomed new Consul General Derrick James who was formally introduced by Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell when he was in Toronto. “It’s been the most amazing experience working for […]
Immigration Minister John McCallum is planning to introduce changes in the “next couple of months” that will grant permanent resident status to sponsored spouses of Canadians, immediately upon arriving here. “Excellent news,” said Jamaican-born community leader Maxine Pearson. “There’s a lot of vulnerability, particularly with women who came here, sponsored,” said MP Gary Anandasangaree (Liberal-Scarborough-Rouge […]
