Since August 9, 2021, the Government of Canada has eased travel restrictions by allowing fully vaccinated travellers to enter the country for non-essential purposes, without having to go through quarantine upon arrival.
In October, New data Statistics Canada released a report that indicated 263,400 non-residents arrived in the country in one month, 14 times more than the same period last year.
114,200 of those travellers came from the United States and 149,200 from different countries.
Under the new rules, anyone entering the country must be fully vaccinated with Health Canada-approved vaccines and show proof of a negative PCR test result taken within 72 hours before their flight.
#Tourists, #border_measures, #travel_restrictions, #USA, #vaccination
November 26, 2021
This is a press release from the Law Society of Canada. I really do not agree with this statement at all. There are just a many bad eggs in the Law Society as Immigration Consultants.
I personally have come across clients who have asked me to provide them with job letters and will pay me a fee for it. They have mentioned that their last lawyer did it for them.
So I know this practice is not restricted to bad immigration Consultants it is a industry wide problem and my hope is that this will change in the future with the new Council under the CICC.
On November 24, 2021, the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association (CILA) published an article criticizing the newly launched Immigration and Citizenship Consultants of Canada (CICC).
CILA warned that CICC will also fail to protect the vulnerable public as the CSIC and ICCRC did.
Since all consultants under the previous regime will be grand-parented into the CICC, all problems associated with the thousands of immigration consultants engaged in the actual practice of law today will continue.
CILA also announced that the Association continues to advocate for ethical and competent representation.
#CILA, #CICC, #CSIC, #ICCRC, #immigration_consultants, #consultants, #licensed_consultants
November 26, 2021
In the second quarter of 2021, more than 123,000 people migrated within Canada, changing their provinces.
This is the most significant jump in interprovincial migration recorded in the last 30 years.
The majority of the people - almost 12,000 people left Ontario, starting a new life in other provinces.
The outflow of people from Ontario to other regions may be the result of many institutions shifting to online during the pandemic.
Many can now perform their professional duties without being physically present at the workplace, which frees them from expensive urban real estate and attracts them to provinces with lower prices.
#Ontario, #Population_outflow, #interprovincial_migration
November 25, 2021
On November 24, 2021, the Government of Canada announced a new pathway for the extended family members of Afghan interpreters who immigrated under the 2009 and 2012 policies.
To be eligible for this pathway, an applicant must be an Afghan national who was outside Canada at the time of his or her application;
has been in Afghanistan on or after July 22, 2021; be an extended family member of an individual who was previously granted permanent residence under the 2009 or 2012 public policies;
provide a statutory declaration from a former interpreter to confirm their relationship;
provide a statutory declaration attesting to the applicant’s identity, and submit the application using the special forms for this program.
#Afghanistan, #Afghan_refugees, #refugees, #interpreters
November 25, 2021
