It’s unbelievable that a person can live in this country with family ties for 48 years without proper immigration documents. But from my experience it is possible, so let’s examine some of the key facts in this case while not disclosing the man’s true name. I will call him John from the Caribbean. He came […]
Recently a young woman from Trinidad who I will refer to as ‘Reva’ was given the green light to apply for permanent residence from within Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Reva who was represented by Cindy Ramkissoon-Shears from my office originally came to Canada in 1989 as landed immigrant with her parents and siblings. […]
There are a number of immigration marriage sponsorship cases in which the age gap between the parties is one of the major concerns by a few officers as to the genuineness of the marriage. When a marriage sponsorship application is refused by a visa officer, the sponsor has the right of appeal to the Immigration […]
Launching the Harvesting Freedom Campaign in Ottawa this week, Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) representatives renewed their call for resident status for those workers. “Better conditions. That’s all we ask,” said Ricky James , an agricultural worker from Saint Lucia. “The best solution is permanent residency. It wouldn’t change the number of workers. It wouldn’t […]
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua & Barbuda – The discussions on the dominance of Syrians in the business community have continued with former prime minister Baldwin Spencer pointing the accusatory finger at the ruling Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) government. The leader of the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) said his party is all for empowerment […]
K, a young determined Tamil, did not take an immigration officer’s decision for granted. He appealed the negative H&C decision to the Federal Court of Canada which ruled the officer’s decision was reasonable. Then he took it the Federal Court of Appeal and they also agreed. He sought relief in the Supreme Court of Canada […]
An Afro-Colombian citizen (who I will refer to as “Mike”) left his country of Colombia in 1998 at age 15 and migrated to the U.S. where he worked as a drywall installer. He has not been back to Colombia since that time and in 2008 he arrived in Canada and claimed refugee status. His claim […]
