Newcomers to fill one-third of B.C. job openings by 2020 Feds looking to change immigration rules BY TARA CARMAN, VANCOUVER SUN FEBRUARY 2, 2012 Provincial data hints at an extreme labout shortage could hit B.C. within the next decade. Photograph by: Stock photo, Thinkstock A substantial labour shortage is likely to hinder economic growth in B.C., unless [...]

Canada’s living standards are improving faster compared to the United States, according to report that analyzes 15 years of economic data. The report, released Wednesday by Statistics Canada, evaluates labour productivity, real gross domestic product per capita and real gross national income per capita from the first quarter of 1997 to the first quarter of [...]

Helping your parents come to Canada is now easier. Find out how! On December 1st, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced a new Temporary Resident Visa category for parents or grandparents of Canadian citizens/ Permanent Residents. Its name is Super Visa and as of December 1st, 2011, you may be eligible to apply for this [...]

  Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 299b - Return of incomplete Permanent Resident Card Applications

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 348 - Elimination of Counterfoils for Approved Permanent Residence Applicants from Visa-Exempt Countries

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 358 - Confirmation of Permanent Residence Document Amendments

Operational Bulletin 351 - Fourth Set of Ministerial Instructions: New PhD Eligibility Stream under the Federal Skilled Worker Program

Operational Bulletin 350 - Fourth Set of Ministerial Instructions: Temporary Pause on Family Class Sponsorship Applications for Parents and Grandparents

Operational Bulletin 354 - Photo/Data Error Correction for the Confirmation of Permanent Resident Document Fellows are encouraged to review these announcement carefully.

Operational Bulletin 353 - Change in Procedures for Processing Family Class Parent and Grandparent Applications Fellows are encouraged to review this announcement carefully.

Operational Bulletin 300b - Return of Incomplete Citizenship Proof and Grant Applications Fellows are encouraged to review this announcement carefully.

OTTAWA — A government program that expedites applications for permanent residency for temporary foreign workers and international students is poised to expand next year. According to government sources, Citizenship and Immigration is set to welcome 7,000 people through the Canada Experience Class in 2012 — the largest influx since the Conservatives launched the program in [...]

      Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 349 - Special Events – Visa Fee Exempt Special Events: October and November 2011

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 347 – Repeal of the Source Country Class of Humanitarian-protected Persons Abroad

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 225-D (modified) – Modified processing instructions for Information Technology work permit applications (software pilot) for British Columbia and Quebec

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 346 – Temporary Foreign Worker Program—Intra-company transferees—Recaptured time

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 339 – Change to the Custodianship Requirement for Minor Students

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Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 345 - Partial Reinstatement of Haiti Special Measures for Work Permits Fellows are encouraged to review this announcement carefully.

One of the really great things about Vancouver is it’s proximity to other great cities. Within a couple of hundred miles radius, there are Seattle and Portland. Both cities are different from Vancouver and different from each other. A weekend excursion to each is worth the time spent driving. Seattle, our closest American neighbour to [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 340 – Mandatory Referral to Canadian Public Health Authorities for Complex Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Inactive and other Non-infectious Communicable Diseases Cases

Había escuchado combinaciones extrañas de comida, pero nunca me hubiera imaginado que alguna vez la cocina mexicana y la coreana se pudieran combinar, no es una mezcla muy común y mucho menos si tomamos en cuenta que ni en Corea ni México saben que existe; los orígenes del “taco coreano” fueron en el sur de [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 341 – Procedures for Requesting Police Certificates from Non-Singapore Citizens

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 337 – Pilot Program for Spouses/Common-law partners and Working-Age Dependent Children of select Temporary Foreign Workers Destined to British Columbia

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 342 – Implementation of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

We had a celebratory lunch with one of our Investor clients, Frederico and Rosy. They are a delightful Mexican couple from Monterrey, Mexico who are about to become Canada’s newest residents. We just received word from Canadian Immigration that they should make their investment and send their passport so that they and their family can [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 341 -Procedures for Requesting Police Certificates from Non-Singapore Citizens

Sunday was one of those absolutely spectacular days in Vancouver that makes you completely forget about how rainy things were this past spring and our summer-less June. The sky was a deep aquamarine. The air was crisp and the temperature was a delightful 21C/72F. I decided that this was a day to travel by local [...]

Me quedo otro rato o me regreso?  Después de quedarme sorprendido por la magnitud de las olimpiadas y haber disfrutado de mis primeros meses en Vancouver, llegó el momento de ir pensando en mi regreso, originalmente tenía pensado hacer mis prácticas profesionales de febrero a mayo y regresarme a la universidad en verano, durante días [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 324 –instructions to officers on adding a co-signer to a family class sponsorship undertaking

We can’t afford the immigrants we need, Kenney says. Applicants with desirable skills at front of the line BY ALTHIA RAJ, POSTMEDIA NEWS JULY 20, 2011 Canada needs more immigrants to sustain economic growth, but the Conservative government won’t significantly increase immigration because Canadians don’t want too many newcomers and the federal government can’t afford [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 323 –Overseas Selection and Processing of Refugees: Recommendations from the Privately Sponsored Refugee Quality Assurance Report Operational Bulletin 325 –New Sponsorship Form: IMM 1344 Operational Bulletin 326 –New Form for Permanent Residence Applications Operational Bulletin 327 –Automated Correspondence in the Global Case [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 321 –Procedures for the assessment of study permit applications from students destined to suspended or closed private career colleges in Ontario and British Columbia

The phone rings in the middle of the night……it’s a client…..you haven’t heard from them in a couple of years…..you assume everything is okay but the client is calling from the Immigration Detention Center. He has been detained and is being held for staying in Canada illegally! He’s desperate for your help. How can this [...]

Dear Imin Clients: This is Daniel Won at Imin Consulting. On June 24th, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced new guideline in regard to updated Immigration Regulations, which will come into force on July 1st, 2011. There was no huge change except for the Business Immigration Categories. Please let me explain the changes [...]

안녕하세요, (주) 법률법인 아이민 고객 여러분. 다니엘 입니다. 오늘 이렇게 뉴스레터를 발송하는 이유는 7월 1일부터 시행되는 개정이민법을 안내해드리기 위함입니다. 작년과는 달리 비지니스 카테고리를 제외한 나머지 이민 프로그램은 큰 변경사항이 없으며, 프로그램 별로 상세히 설명드리도록 하겠습니다. 1. 연방 전문인력이민 (Federal Skilled Worker) 2010년도에 발표된 29개 직업군은 변경사항이 없으나, 각 직업군에 부여된 Cap 의 수는 1000 -> [...]

Estimados clientes de Imin: Les escribe Daniel Won para Imin Consulting. El 24 junio del 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) ha anunciado nuevas disposiciones con respecto a las actualizaciones en regulaciones migratorias las cuales entrarán en vigor el 1 de julio del 2011. No hubo grandes cambios a excepción de la clasificación de migración [...]

Many of us (including myself) are immigrants and we all love the fact that July 1st is a legal holiday in Canada, appropriately named Canada Day but as immigrants do we really know the history of Canada Day (unarguably Canada’s most important holiday)? Here is my brief history of Canada. Before July 1, 1867, Canada [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 318 –Updated Ministerial Instructions: New Cap on Federal Skilled Worker Applications Operational Bulletin 319 –Updated Ministerial Instructions: Temporary Moratorium on Federal Entrepreneur Class Applications Operational Bulletin 320 –Updated Ministerial Instructions: Centralized intake of applications under the federal Immigrant Investor Program

Meet Anne….hi Anne……Anne is our receptionist. Anne has worked at Imin Consulting Canada for almost 9 months. Anne has a diploma in Animation from the Vancouver Film School. Anne is always upbeat and friendly. She’s a great asset to our company. Next time you call into Imin in the afternoon you will probably be speaking [...]

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Say “Hola” to Jose! Jose is our new Mexican intern. Who has come to us from our friend and client, Naoko at GEOS Language Academy. Jose will be assisting us by sending spanish translated content to our sister site “Imin Consulting Mexico”. Already Jose has been busy with our new Imin Consulting Mexico Facebook site. [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin and Manual Update: Operational Bulletin 293 – Visa requirement for holders of passports issued by the United Kingdom to British subjects which contain the observation that the holder has the right of abode in the United Kingdom OP 6 – Federal Skilled Workers

We wanted to give a shout out to Steve Rio and Samantha Langdorf at Briteweb for their re-design on our new web page. Our goal was to integrate our web page and our social media sites and Steve and Samantha gave us that and more…..and they came in at budget! I would recommend them highly [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 313 –Instructions on the entry of foreign airline personnel in response to the strike by certain Air Canada employees (Modified)

From the news reports, one might believe that Vancouver was full of Hooligans and poor sports.  It’s just not true.  Of course, it was sad to see our hockey team lose but honestly, we  lost to a better team.  It happens.  It’s a game.  We got over it. Unfortunately, a few individuals came to downtown [...]

  Las olimpiadas de invierno… donde está la nieve? Y de donde salió tanta gente???  Despues de 2 semanas en Vancouver aun no sentía que me estaba adaptando, llovía casi todos los días y aun hacia mucho frio, algo así como 3 grados a medio día; llegue un sábado y el lunes ya estaba en [...]

Si me hubieran dicho hace un año y 5 meses que hoy iba a estar emocionadísimo por un juego de hockey probablemente hubiera pensado que era un sueño, como Mexicano estaba acostumbrado a el futbol, beisbol y futbol americano, nunca me imaginé que un juego en donde 10 jugadores en patines se pelean por un [...]

Hockey hysteria continues! We received this video from one of our associates, Ali who recorded the pandemonium from his condo balconyVancouver craziness after Vancouver scored in the first 11 seconds of overtime to clutch game 2 and move to Boston with a 2-0 lead in games. As you can see and hear even better, downtown [...]

  For those of you in non “Hockey” venues, Vancouver is in the best of seven series against the fabled Boston Bruins. It is new against old, progressive against traditional, west against east. This is the World Series of Hockey. We are down to the two best teams and Vancouver is one of them. There [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 310 –Changes to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s Labour Market Opinion Confirmation Letters Operational Bulletin 279-B –Alberta Pilot for Occupation Specific Work Permits

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 308 –Closure of the visa section of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, Taiwan

Of course, everyone knows that the National Sport of Canada is Hockey but for those of you who don’t live in Vancouver, I thought I would share with you a bit of Vancouver’s excitement last night over qualifying for the Stanley Cup Finals. Granville Street is one of the main streets in downtown (Imin is [...]

Took this Panorama on an early Morning walk to work crossing the Burrard Bridge. Spring is definitely here! The water is clam and as you can see, everything is green. The air smelled of fresh cut grass. Hard on my allergies but the clean air is a welcome relief after a long winter.

Yes…..Vancouver is about half as far from Mexico as it is from Asia.  You would think that given the shorter distance you might find more Mexican restaurants than Asian but not even close.  Vancouver is a veritable bee hive of Asian restaurants…chinese, japanese, korean, filipino….you name it and there are dozens upon dozens of Asian [...]

We have good news for one of our clients, Ms. HY Choi. Her Permanent Resident Visa has been issued and placed in her passport. Congratulations! Her case was the BC PNP Skilled Workers stream and we got the PNP approval in April 2010.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 225-C –Modified processing instructions for Information Technology work permit applications (software pilot) for British Columbia and Quebec

Third video clip of Daniel’s online lecture on Canadian Immigration…

Saturday Night Daniel Won and I had dinner with one of our clients, Grace Alvarez. Grace successfully immigrated to Canada from the United States in July of 2010. She is a ” speech therapist” who quickly found a position in Vancouver. She has been amazed at how much easier it has been to get support [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 297 –Update of the Transit Without Visa Program (TWOV) Operational Bulletin 305 –Processing Appeal Allowed Cases Pilot at Case Processing Pilot-Ottawa Operational Bulletin 223-B –Expansion of the China Transit Trial Operational Bulletin 283 –Special Events – Visa Fee Exempt: May and June [...]

These are strictly my own observations but they are based on facts… Fact #1 The Harper government actively recruited support from Immigrant populations which had previously been more aligned with the Liberals Fact #2 A record number of new MPs were Immigrants (especially Chinese) who vigorously ran with the support of their immigrant constituents…..as members [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin and Manual Update: Operational Bulletin 303 –Fishing (or Hunting) Outfitters—Additional Guidance for Officers Processing Entries into Canada of Foreign Outfitters

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin and Manual Update: Operational Bulletin 290 – Amendment to procedures related to the handling of the Single Journey Document for Resettlement to Canada (IMM 5485) IP 5 – Immigrant Applications in Canada made on Humanitarian or Compassionate Grounds

He’s not just an Immigration Professional but he’s an avid Golfer with an almost perfect swing.CEO’s Weekend

The World’s Friendliest Countries By Beth Greenfield of Forbes.com They say you can never go home again–and you may not want to after relocating to Canada, Bermuda or South Africa. These are the countries where it’s easiest to befriend locals, learn the language, fit into the new culture and integrate into the community, according to [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 287 –Processing of Work Permit Applications for Temporary Foreign Workers in Quebec Operational Bulletin 295 –Change in Procedures for Processing Quebec Family Class Applications Operational Bulletin 296 –Operational instructions related to the participation of members of the Canadian Forces and veterans at [...]

Check out this cool video shot at night in Vancouver…..it is entitled Ode to Vancouver and was used as the opening for a CBC broadcast that was on location for 3 days in Vancouver. It’s short but definitely has the feel of night time in downtown Vancouver. Please click on the You Tube link and [...]

Dear readers, After having a productive trip to Monterrey, I am getting excited about offering our professional immigration services to the new Mexican market. In the meantime, I would like to introduce new case approval during my absence, and it is my great pleasure to share my clients’ new case approvals on my blog. First [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 298 – Foreign Freelance Race Jockeys Operational Bulletin 302 – Regulatory Change: Certificat de sélection du Québec Validity for Economic Class Applicants Selected by Québec

Dear Readers, I would like to tell you about my client’s recent work permit application approval at the port of entry at the Vancouver Airport. Unfortunately, my client had to wait at the immigration (CBSA) office about 5 hours since the CBSA officer did not have a in-depth knowledge or understanding of the Immigration Regulations. [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 260-B –Revised Salaries for Information Technology Workers Under the Software Development Pilot Destined to British Columbia or Quebec

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 225-B –Modified processing instructions for Information Technology work permit applications (software pilot) received prior to October 1, 2010

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 279 –Alberta Pilot for Occupation Specific Work Permits Operational Bulletin 275-C –Temporary Foreign Worker Program – Operational Instructions for the Implementation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulatory Amendments

Good Morning Canadians (or soon to be Canadians), We have exciting news today! After submitting a federal PR application to the Buffalo Visa Office based on a PNP approval, we received a request for our client’s original passport. Finally! (The waits for approvals seem to be getting longer and longer…..such is CIC’s work load). The [...]

52% of Vancouver-ites are not native English speakers…an amazing Immigration statistic! Viva la difference!

Dear Readers, Today I received another approval for a spousal sponsorship application, which was filed within Canada. His application was filed in May 2010, and it took us about 9 months for the initial approval, so now he can apply for an open work permit or study permit while waiting for the final approval. Mr. [...]

If you live in Vancouver or if you are planning a visit and love Vietnamese food, you have to make a trip to Phnom Pehn. This restaurant, like many great food stops, has a very unassuming exterior as soon as you walk through the door you realize something is different here. For one thing, from [...]

The highly respect economic journal released it’s list of the 10 most livable cities in the world using these criteria: 1. Availability of basic community needs (building, water supply, electricity, etc.) 2. Availability of public facilities (parks, sidewalks, houses of worship, etc.) 3. Availability of facilities to support the economic sector, social, political, and cultural [...]

Hello Everyone! Do you know what a visa is for? In order to enter Canada, to physically step on to Canadian soil, you have to have a permission from the Canadian government unless you are a Canadian Citizen. That permission is the VISA on your passport! Why are you coming to Canada? Are you planning [...]

First video of Daniel’s Canadian Immigration lecture series!

Dear Readers, We have an exciting news.  Our client, Ms. SJ is finally submitting her original passport to get an immigration visa!  Congratulations! She filed her PR application through Federal Skilled Worker program in June 2009.  Unfortunately, the regulations related to the Federal Skilled Worker program have been changed several time, which delayed overall FSW application [...]

Yesterday, we received lots of approvals and medical exam requests.  One of them is the case I’m going to introduce you.  As you can see the title of this posting, this case is extension of visitor status.  We submitted the application on October 28, 2010 and it was approved on March 08, 2011.  It took [...]

We received another approval for a Work Permit from Citizenship and Immigration Canada.  After receiving a positive LMO from Service Canada, the Work Permit application was submitted online on January 21, 2011 and it was approved on March 15, 2011.  We waited a bit less than 2 months, much faster than submitting by mailing. The [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletin: Operational Bulletin 278 –Designated persons applying for a visa from Zimbabwe

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has published the following Operational Bulletins: Operational Bulletin 244-B –Amendment to Operational Bulletin 244 Operational Bulletin 281 –Special Events—Visa Fee Exempt: March 2011

Like many of you, we at Imin Consulting are devastated and concerned about the destruction and loss of life created by the unprecedented earthquake in Japan. We have many dear and valued Japanese clients and personally feel for the loss experienced by them, their neighbors and their countrymen. We are enlightened by the stoicism and [...]

Even though Vancouver has a mild climate on those days when our sunshine is a bit more liquid. Vancouver-ites love their coffee drinks. Here Daniel and Hugh are enjoying their afternoon espresso at the Nespresso coffee bar across the street from our office.

Good afternoon, bloggers! Today, we received another approval from the Canadian Visa Office in Mexico.  Congratulations, Mr. OGCR! It was not an easy case because not only his admission to Canada at the port of entry was refused for the first time, but also his TRV application for the second admission to Canada had been [...]

Our client, Mr. J H Choi’s application for Visitor Extension has been approved finally. Congratulations! We submitted his application on November 3rd, 2010 and it took 126 days to be approved.  How could it take longer than 4 months!?  It has been ridiculous since last summer, but what can we do?  Anyway, we appreciate Mr. Choi [...]

Mr. HIK’s PR application has been finally approved from the Seattle Visa Office.  His application was initially submitted to Buffalo visa office  in April 2010 right after BC PNP approval, but his file was transferred to Seattle Visa Office on Nov. 10, 2010, then finalized on March 2011 by submitting his passport.  His civil document [...]

Ms. JMS submitted her TRV (Visitor’s Records) for the second time on Oct. 28, 2010 and it was approved on March 7, 2011.  Her extension reason was based on the common-law partnership in Canada, and it was not an issue to extend her visitor status.  Congratulation on your wedding in last months, and look forward [...]

Ms. JIB’s initial PR application is approved and CIC Visa office in Buffalo requested to go through the medical exam.  Her application was submitted on Sep. 2010, after 6 months, medical was requested.  Once she goes through the medical exam, she will be requested to submit original passport to get a PR visa on the [...]

Ms. T.O. PR application has been finally approved in 10 months from the Buffalo Visa Office! Congratulations and let us know after you land as a permanent resident, we should celebrate together!  Daniel That’s what you’ve been waiting for!  

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