Changes to the Definition of “Dependent Child”

August 2014

I was 19.  I left to live in university residence, returning home for holidays and the summer break.  I wasn’t living completely independently until I moved to Ottawa in 1993 to go to law school.

July 2014

On June 20, 2014, the Canadian government announced major changes to the application process Canadian employers must use in order to hire a foreign worker.   The changes affect the process to hire a foreign worker on both a temporary and a permanent basis.

June 2014

Between November 2013 and March 2014, I represented three refugee claimants before the Refugee Protection Division.

All three were women.  All three were from Nigeria.  All three were mothers.  All were devout Christians.  They were all around the same age.

May 2014

I have a new client, a dashing young gentleman who studied at Algonquin College here in Ottawa.  Last December, he obtained a professional job that will allow him to qualify for the Canadian Experience Class.

However, the Canadian Experience Class quota may have already been met by the time he has his one-year experience this December.  In addition, as of January 1, 2015, anyone applying for permanent residency in Canada through an economic immigration program will apply under the new "Express Entry program."