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- Family Members of Canadians Can Now Travel to Canada: A Story About Untraditional Advocacy
- Is Canada already "Full"?
- When Requiring “Canadian Experience” is a Violation of Human Rights
- The Parents Left Behind
- A Case of Marriage Fraud... That Wasn't
- Major Changes to Canada’s Immigration System for 2014
- Is the new Parent/Grandparent Sponsorship Program just “Bread and Circuses?”
- Avoiding the Trap of the Convenience Store
- Demeaning Canadian Citizenship
- Where are all the refugees?
- How Will the Express Entry Program Affect International Students?
- A Tale of Three Refugees
- Pity the Canadian Small Business Owner Trying to Hire a Foreign Worker
- How old where you when you left your parents’ home?
- Would We Let Justin Bieber into Canada?
- Overcoming criminal inadmissiblity
- 5 Complaints About Canada’s Immigration Application Process
- Express Entry – What we Know, and Don’t Know, So Far
- Adventures in Express Entry Land
- 2015 not off to a good start for Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- When a Cook is not a Cook: Citizenship and Immigration Canada Processing Errors
- If only it had been an April Fools’ Joke
- Express Entry and International Students Is there a Disadvantage?
- A Happily Ever After Spousal Sponsorship Story
- Qualifying for Canadian Citizenship: Longer Wait Times Faced by Permanent Residents
- Visas for the Visa-Exempt – Express Entry Mid-Year Review
- Changes to Canada’s Immigration System Affecting Live-in Caregivers
- How will your vote affect immigration law in Canada?
- A Second Chance for a Refugee Claimant
- Unraveling the Blue Scarf that is Canadian Immigration: A Lesson in Patience*
- My 2016 Canadian Immigration Wish List
- Would you pay someone to sleep in the street?
- Liberals Miss Chance to Include Recognition of Treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Citizenship Act Changes
- Today I Become a ‘Zero’: How Age Affects Express Entry Scores
- Why do we have a cap on spousal sponsorship applications?
- My Ideal Client
- Border Buddies: Canada-US Set to Track Those Coming and Going
- Let’s move to Canada! Ok, but where?
- Immigration lawyer by day, basketball mom by night:
- That’s It… I’m Moving to Canada: Obtaining Canadian Citizenship by Descent
- How will the 2017 Canadian Immigration Levels Plan affect Express Entry Scores?
- Finally, relief for international students: Changes to the Express Entry system announced
- Update your Express Entry profile now to get additional points
- Faster processing times, simpler application forms for spousal sponsorships: A welcome announcement today for Canadians wishing to bring their spouses to Canada
- My Nominations for the 2016 Clawbies Awards
- 2017 Parent-Grandparent Sponsorships to be by Lottery
- Express Entry Missing out on Selecting Skilled Tradespersons
- Refugee Lives and Political Whim: On Trump, Trudeau, and the refugees they seek to shut out
- Popular Ontario Immigration Programs to Re-open This Week
- Misconceptions about Express Entry
- Never a Dull Moment
- Residency Obligations for Permanent Residents
- Canadian Residency Shouldn’t Be for Sale
- International Students: Don’t Squander Your Post-Graduate Work Permit!
- A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Importance of Photographic Evidence in Spousal Sponsorship Applications
- Visitor visas for romantic partners: tough to get, but not impossible
- The difficulties in travelling AFTER becoming a permanent resident but BEFORE your permanent residence card arrives
- Reduced Residency Requirements for Citizenship Applications Now in Effect
- Medical Inadmissibility
- Seeing Canada Through the Eyes of a Syrian Refugee Family
- Why I’m Not Worried My Job Will be Taken Over by a Robot
- How many immigrants does Canada need?
- International students must navigate complex rules regarding work in Canada: The Rules, Simplified
- Finished School and Ready to Work? Read this before applying for your Post-Graduate Work Permit
- What is Your Success Rate? Why this isn't the question to ask when searching for an immigration lawyer
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is Creeping You: How Your Social Media Use Can Affect Your Immigration Application
- Predicting Express Entry Scores is an Inexact Science
- Birthright Citizenship: A Case of a Solution Needing a Problem
- New Canadian Cannabis Legislation Actually Harsher for Non-Canadians
- How will the Canadian government use my fingerprints? A Primer on Biometrics
- No Shortcuts - Study Permit Requirements for Elementary and Secondary School Students
- Paddling a Canoe While Impaired Can Lead to Deportation from Canada
- Positive Changes to the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program
- Shocker: Your Canadian Immigration Application is More Likely to be Accepted if Prepared with the Assistance of a Lawyer
- And Now for Something Completely Different: My Sojourn as a Law Professor
- Working Too Hard in Canada Can Get you Arrested – A Cautionary Tale for International Students
- Why setting up your own business after graduation is a really, really bad idea for international students in Canada
- Why I Won't be Accepting Parent-Grandparent Sponsorships Next Year
- How long can I stay in Canada as a visitor?
- Getting to Ronalee Carey Law on Ottawa's new LRT
- Liberals Re-Elected: the good, the bad, and the future
- What if I don't want to move to Canada after obtaining my permanent residency?
- Biometrics can now be done in Canada
- More Angst about the Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship Program - Is It Time to Expand the Concept of 'Family'?
- Yes, You Really Do Need a Lawyer to Help You
- R.I.P. to the Handshake?
- Imagining a World without Borders In the Midst of a Global Pandemic
- Too Much Discretion at the Border? Canadian Border Officials Prohibiting Family Members of Canadians from Entering Canada
- It is a Risky Time to be Applying to be an International Student in Canada
- Applying for a Job in Canada - Some Tips
- Good news for couples - IRCC commits to speedier processing times in spousal sponsorship applications
- Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program Re-opening October 13th
- Some happy news!
- New Permanent Residence Program for Health-Care Workers
- Relief for Post-Graduation Work Permit Holders – One Time Extensions Coming Soon
- 27,332 CEC Applicants Just Got Invited to Apply For Permanent Residence, And I’m Not At All Happy About It
- Transparency and Efficiency Please: Making the Express Entry System Work for Canada
- Canadian Immigration Fire Sale on Now!
- Racism Exists in Canada, whether our Politicians Wish to Admit It or Not
- Post-Graduation Work Permit Holders Wanting to Become Licensed to Practice Their Profession Are Thwarted by IRCC’s Rules
- The Parents and Grandparents Program will reopen in September, but not to new applicants
- How Much Has the Pandemic Impacted Processing Times? (Spoiler: A Lot)
- What IRCC Is, Is Not, and Cannot do for the People of Afghanistan
- New Portals, Old Portal Woes
- Delays in Permanent Resident Card Issuance may Scuttle Holiday Plans for New Immigrants
- Climate Migrants are Coming – Canada Must Prepare
- PGWP Applicants Must Now Provide Authorized Leave Documentation
- Ronalee Carey Law’s Newsletter Wins a Clawbie
- Limited Opportunities to apply for Permanent Residence through Express Entry until 2024
- Exceptional Measures for an Exceptional Situation: Canadian Immigration Measures for Ukrainians
- Reprieve for International Students Whose PGWPs are Expiring: 18 Month Extensions will be Granted
- Early Adopters of IRCC’s New Permanent Residence Portal Ignored by IRCC as Applications go Unacknowledged
- Super Visas Get Even More Super
- British Columbia Will No Longer Hold Migrants In Provincial Jails: Will Other Provinces Do The Same?
- New Measures to Tackle Backlogs – Will There be Relief To Those Waiting?
- Ronalee Carey Law Celebrates a Decade of Helping Clients Achieve Their Dreams in Canada
- IRCC Has Announced a Plan to Make a Plan
- Green Bins are no Longer Just for Compost
- 2022 Parent and Grandparent Program Details Announced – New Applicants Shut Out Again
- Moving Towards a Half-a-Million New Canadians a Year
- Dual Intent Policy for Spousal Reunification not Leading to Reunification
- I Smell an Incongruity: International Students Can Work an Unlimited Number of Hours, But Employment Income Can’t Be Considered in Assessing a Study Permit Application
- Time for IRCC to have a Standardized Response to Adverse Country Events
- Am I Still a Permanent Resident If My PR Card Expires?
- Nexus Cards – Worth the Wait
- It’s Not a Good Time to be a Refugee – Expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement and Changes at the Mexico-USA Border
- New Policy Will Allow Family Class Applicants (Spouses and Common-Law Partners) and Dependent Children to Apply for Open Work Permits
- Game Changer: Category-based draws coming soon to Express Entry
- eTAs are now available to citizens of the Philippines and 12 other countries... with a hitch
- The Inefficiency of Requiring Perfection
- Calling all H-1B Visa Holders – Come to Canada!
- Temporary Foreign Workers Can Now Study Without a Study Permit
- Family Sponsorship Program for Ukrainians Opening in October
- 2023 Parents and Grandparents Program Opens October 10th - No New Applicants Being Accepted
- The Devil Was in the Details: Confusion and Delays Plague New Policy for the Spouses of Canadians
- Expansion of the Safe Third County Agreement Has Not Resulted in a Drop in the Number of Refugee Claimants - Now, They Fly Here
- Protecting International Students
- International Students Will Need To Show Increased Funds As of January 1, 2024
- IRCC program for Palestinians Much More Onerous Than That Offered to Ukrainians
- Documenting the ‘Undocumented’
- Time Running out for Ukrainian CUAET Applicants
- Reverse migration – the Impact of Affordability and Job Opportunities in Canada
- Family Reunification Programs Continue to be Inequitably Applied
- Around the World, Without Leaving Canada
- Changes Coming for ‘Semi-Skilled’ Temporary Foreign Workers
- Fears of Immigration Policy Change After Elections
- Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out: Canada Slashing the Number of New Permanent Residents, Tens of Thousands of Temporary Residents in Canada Will Have to Leave
- IRCC Makes it Easier for Indigenous Peoples to Cross the Canadian Border
- Hope in Syria: What Will Be Next for its Refugees?
- Indefinite Pause on the Parent and Grandparent Program
- Do You Speak French and Want to Move to Kelowna? Rural and Francophone Community Immigration Pilots Are Now Accepting Applicants
- If You Have a Canadian Ancestor, You Can Now Apply for a Canadian Citizenship Certificate (Some Conditions Apply)
- Once an immigrant, always an immigrant?
- Removing Barriers Skilled Immigrants Face in Finding Jobs in Canada
- The First Report from IRCC on Internal Misconduct and Wrongdoing
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