Canadian Immigration Podcast

  Sunny Days ahead for people seeking to immigrate to Canada in 2016 Immigration Forecast for 2016 with Minister John McCallum, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada. There has been considerable coverage of the Liberal government’s sweeping changes to immigration culture in Canada.  As quickly as the Conservative government changed many of the countries old immigration laws and p...

Insights on the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program for 2016 – Brad Trefan, Managing Director This Episode continues forward on the foundation I laid with a blog I wrote yesterday and posted on the Canadian Immigration Podcast website regarding the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program. It’s entitled: “ Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program – How did we get here? What every Temporary Foreign Worker must kno...

CIP S1 E11 - Interview with Emma Goerzen of Hire Standard www.canadianimmigrationpodcast.com   In this episode we will discuss one of the most common questions I get from people who are looking to immigrate to Canada.  How can I obtain a job offer from a Canadian company? Why is this important?  When applying to immigrate to Canada as a skilled worker, the most common process is Exp...

Spousal Sponsorship Case Study In this Podcast we discuss the process of spousal sponsorship from the perspective of a Canadian Immigration Officer. Bill joins me and takes the perspective of the immigration officer (bad cop) and I take the position of a persuasive Immigration Lawyer (good cop) through the assessment of the spousal sponsorship application. We discuss how an application is analyzed...

Show Notes – Canadian Immigration Podcast – Season 1 Episode 9   http://www.canadianimmigrationpodcast.com https://www.stringam.ca/immigration-mark-holthe/ LAST EPISODE – S1 E8 -indicated that Billie and I would use our prior experience as Canadian immigration officers to debate whether or not a spousal sponsorship application should be approved based upon a fictitious fact pattern we develop...

In this episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast, I provide answers to listener questions. The general topics discussed include: Express Entry - Can a Post Grad Work Permit holder qualify for Express Entry without an LMIA supported Job Offer? Express Entry - What is a Job Offer with the Express Entry System? Does it have to include an LMIA to get the 600 points? Work Permit Renewal - Is it lega...

In this Episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast I interviewed Billie Young our newest immigration representative having just received her Canadian Immigration Consultant designation. Prior to joining our law firm, Billie was working as an immigration officer with Citizenship and Immigration Canada. I thought it would be great to ask her to share some of her insight and experience wor...

The New Liberal Government’s Immigration Reforms How changes impact foreign workers and prospective immigrants? ” We will make it easier for immigrants to build successful lives in Canada, and contribute to the economic success of all Canadians.” “Immigration has always been an important part of Canada’s economic growth, but over the past decade, Stephen Harper has turned his back on wel...

Express Entry - Top 5 Reasons you are deemed ineligible by the “Come to Canada” assessment tool Access the "Come to Canada" Wizard here:  https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/come-canada-tool-immigration-express-entry.html   Don’t have a valid language test test is more than 2 years old test score is too low CLB 5 for CEC NOC B CLB 7 for FSWP TIP: remember y...

This is a special episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast. I recently had a chance to speak to Lethbridge Chapter members of the Human Resources Institute of Alberta .  I had the opportunity to speak with my Immigration Technical Advisor, Billie Young where we presented on the following topics: Immigration in the News Legislative Changes - Thanks to the Press Foreign Worker Basics / LMIA...

In this episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast , I discuss my top five reasons Express Entry applications are refused. Reference Letters are Deficient Police Clearances are Missing Educational Degrees are not included with ECAs Language Test Results have Expired Proof of Funds Lacking I also shared some tips for avoiding these common mistakes. Collect all documents before you receive your ITA...

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 2 of the Canadian Immigration Podcast ( www.canadianimmigrationpodcast.com ) In this episode I will be discussing the Top 5 things you need to do to prepare yourself before even thinking about submitting your Express Entry profile. Opening Tip: Do not take an English Test first as indicated on the CIC Webiste! Follow my steps below and you will save yourself money if t...

Welcome to the Canadian Immigration Podcast. I decided to take a little time off to figure out how to do these podcasts properly. I had a lot of fun making the initial ones, but felt that if I was going to take this on in any serious way, I had better get things sorted out early on. So I spent some money on better audio equipment and created a new website to host the future podcasts I intend to sh...

                               C I C’ s E x press Entry Pr ogram comi n g Ja n uary 1 , 2015 C ruc i al Fac t s for C a na d i an Employe r s an d P rospec ti ve I mm i gra n ts        Fact Sheet:  Produced by the CBA's National Immigration Section   1. The Express Entry program is no...

As many are now aware, Citizenship and Immigration Canada has finally released the criteria upon which candidates will be assessed when applying under the Canadian  Express Entry  process. For the most part we are now in a very good position to understand what it takes for a foreign national to be drawn from the Express Entry pool and given the magical Invitation To Apply (ITA)...

On April 1, 2011, the government imposed a four year cap on all Temporary Foreign Workers working in Canada on LMIA (LMO) based work permits in trade or technical level positions and lower. Four years seemed like an eternity away for employers and their newly hired TFWs. When the cap was introduced, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) was heavily supported   by the Conservative govern...

Top 10 things employers should be aware of regarding the recent changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program announced on June 20, 2014.  1. Employment skill level determined by wage versus NOC classification. 2. Cap imposed limiting the proportion of low-wage TFWs at worksites. 3. Refusing applications in areas of high unemployment. 4. Reduced duration and time caps on LMIA based work per...