FAQs

Yes, and usually, in person at the IAD. You can apply for permission to give evidence by telephone but reasons for the application must be well-established and well-supported.

The appeal is heard in a hearing room at the IAD in Canada. In Toronto, the hearings are at 74 Victoria Street, just north of the King subway station, east of Yonge Street. Some cases are linked by videoconference to the IAD in Montreal.

A member of the Immigration Appeal Division presides at the hearing. He or she is an independent decision maker who hears each side's evidence and submissions.

Within 15 calendar days of receiving a refusal from the IAD, the Appellant may file an Application for Leave and for Judicial Review to the Federal Court of Canada to ask the Court for permission to review the decision of the IAD. The application must be made on the basis that there is an error of law in the IAD decision. We strongly recommend consulting with a lawyer for an opinion on the chances of success if challenging an IAD decision.

Yes, but it will take you longer than an applicant who has worked full-time to accumulate the amount of hours necessary to apply.

You will likely be eligible for a post-graduate work permit. You don't need arranged employment or a labour market opinion to get it, but you must apply within 90 days of receiving your final grades.

No. However, Provincial Nominee Programs are available to lower-skilled workers. These are workers in jobs classified at skill levels C and D under the National Occupational Classification (NOC) System. Applying for permanent residence under the Canadian Experience Class is restricted to Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations) or Skill Level A (professional occupations) or B (technical occupations and skilled trades) in the NOC To get a positive LMO

Your spouse or common-law partner and dependent children can come with you to Canada or visit you in Canada, but they must meet all the requirements for temporary residents to Canada. If your spouse or common-law partner and children need temporary resident visas, they must also meet all the conditions for obtaining those visas.

If your dependent children want to work while in Canada, they must apply for their own work permit. Normally, they must meet the same requirements that you do, including (if needed) a labour market opinion (

However, in two provinces; namely, Ontario and Alberta, an agreement respecting the Temporary Foreign Worker Program has been entered into with the federal government, wherein your dependent children may qualify for a work permit that does not require an

The work permit will be valid for a period of one year from the date it is issued OR for the duration of the parent or guardian's work permit.

Note: Some jobs have age restrictions. Your employer is responsible for ensuring that you are old enough to work in the job in question, in addition to verifying any other provincial requirements.

Jobs that involve working with children or jobs in the health care field will require that your dependent children complete a medical examination.

The Citizenship Act of Canada indicates that you must reside in Canada for 1095 days.

Spouses of Canadian citizens must go through the same process as others to become Canadian citizens. First they must become permanent residents of Canada via the normal immigration process , and once they have been granted PR status and meet the residency obligation under the citizenship act, they can apply for Canadian citizenship.

No, you can maintain dual nationality. Canada does not require you to renounce citizenship from a former country.

You must report the theft to the local police immediately. The local authorities should provide you with a written confirmation/report about the incident. Subsequently, you must contact the nearest Canadian Consulate or Canadian Embassy and apply for a Travel Document.

Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on their education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that have been shown to help them become economically established in Canada.

The term "federal skilled worker" refers to the category under which skilled workers apply if they want to live in any Canadian province or territory except Quebec.

Skilled workers who want to live in Quebec apply under a separate category. The province of Quebec selects its own skilled workers and therefore applicants going to Quebec through that program are known as "Quebec-selected" skilled workers.

• Restaurant and Food Service Managers
• Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture)
• Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management
• Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners
• Biologists and Related Scientists
• Architects
• Specialist Physicians
• General Practitioners and Family Physicians
• Dentists
• Pharmacists
• Physiotherapists
• Registered Nurses
• Medical Radiation Technologists
• Dental Hygienists & Dental Therapists
• Licensed Practical Nurses
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Chefs
• Cooks
• Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades
• Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades
• Electricians (Except Industrial & Power System)
• Industrial Electricians
• Plumbers
• Welders & Related Machine Operators
• Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
• Crane Operators
• Drillers & Blasters - Surface Mining, Quarrying & Construction
• Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service

No. If you have cohabited with your boyfriend for at least 1 year, you can sponsor him under the common-law partner category. However, living together is not the only criteria. You have to demonstrate that there is a high level of commitment in your relationship.

Yes. Any accompanying or non-accompanying dependent children have to be included on your application; otherwise you will not be able to sponsor them in the future.

No. One of the requirements to file an in-land sponsorship application is that there be no removal order in force.

Yes, your spouse qualifies as a co-signer.

No. Once a final decision was made in your application, you can not withdraw your sponsorship.

Yes. American law allows for dual citizenship provided you do not renounce your American citizenship in any way upon obtaining the citizenship of any other country. You need to check the citizenship laws of your native country to determine whether they allow for dual citizenship with the United States. For example, Canada's laws do allow for dual citizenship.

No. In theory you can leave the United States and then come right back in for another six months. However, the immigration officer may wonder how you are surviving without work in the USA and whether in fact you are living there illegally. It is a judgment call at the border on this matter. If you have strong roots in your home country that suggest you will return there, you will be more likely to be granted a new visitor's visa.

You can bring up to $ 10,000 with you without having to declare it. If you have more than $ 10,000, following your arrival, you need to declare that fact. There is no limit on the amount you are entitled to bring provided you declare the amounts.

You should have a driver's license, a social insurance card in Canada or something similar from abroad, a health care card, some proof of a job, a bank statement, membership cards in various clubs or associations and other such documents. Hopefully your address on all documents is the same. Even pictures of your family help.

The quick answer to this question is yes.

The concept of permanent residence is different in the United States than it is in Canada. The difference in definition of the term makes it possible, albeit not easy, to maintain permanent residence in the two countries. The issue has become particularly important ever since both countries adopted the approach of regular reviews of permanent resident status: every five years in Canada, every ten years in the United States.

Under Canadian immigration law, permanent residence is defined by an objective physical presence test. According to Canadian law, as long as you are physically present in Canada for a cumulative period of not less than two years (or 730 days) in any five year period, you are maintaining permanent residence in Canada. So, for example, in any five year period, A Canadian resident could choose to live three years straight in the United States provided that he or she then returned to live in Canada for the last two years. Or, put another way, a Canadian resident could live a few months in the United States, then travel up to Canada for a few weeks then return to the U.S. for a few more months, then up to Canada for a few weeks etc., so long as the combined total of all those weeks of physical presence in Canada totaled two years. It is the resident's duty to prove actual physical presence through visa stamps in the passport, airline tickets and the like.

If you are lucky enough to have a green card proving permanent residence in the United States and a maple leaf card (same as a green card in the U.S.A.) proving permanent residence in Canada, your goal should eventually be to become a citizen of one or both countries. In the meantime, however, you can honestly abide by the requirements of both countries if you maintain domicile in the United States but also ensure you are in Canada sufficiently over the course of each five years to maintain your Canadian status as well. The key to travel, however, will be how you present yourself on entering each country.

Even in the Canadian case, the resident would be wise to enter the country on the maple leaf card. It is important not to confuse these two. And it is important to show only one relevant card when entering the relevant country in order to stay away from further questioning.

No, our role is to help the individual who has been offered a job in Canada obtain the necessary clearances and permissions to work legally in Canada. This often involves working with the potential Canadian employer to secure permission from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada/Service Canada to hire the foreign worker before the foreign worker can proceed to apply for a Work Permit.