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Immigration News Headlines – December, 2015

CIC News
 

Ottawa, December 1, 2015
Ottawa, December 1, 2015

 

December 2, 2015

CIC Program delivery updates
 

December 1,  2015
Currently, work permits are being processed within shorter timelines as a result of the waiving of the requirement to send an official acknowledgement of receipt letter to applicants.

 

Applicants may now submit their bridging open work permit (BOWP) at the same time as their application for permanent residence. Once the completeness check has been performed, the application for a BOWP will be processed. BOWP applications received before the completeness checks have been performed will be held until they are ready to be processed.

 

CIC Ministerial instructions – Express Entry draw
 

 

1,451 ITA – minimum CRS rank 461

 

Canadian immigration in news
Changes made to Canada working holiday visa scheme
By Ciara Kenny, Irish Times, December 7, 2015Ottawa’s volunteers are helping refugees more than Canada’s government
By Shannon Gormley, Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 2015Refugee advocates see victory as smuggling laws read down
By Christin Schmitz, The Lawyers Weekly, December 11, 2015 issue‘In Syria, people faced us with live bullets’: A refugee’s long journey to Canada, in his own words
By Austin M. Davis, National Post, December 5, 205Couple finally gets word they can stay in Canada
By Shawn Jeffords, Toronto Sun, December 6, 2015Mauril Bélanger’s help allowed daughter to care for parents
By Sonia J. Rajani, Ottawa Citizen, December 5, 2015Should grandma and grandpa be allowed to immigrate to Canada?
By Reis Pagtakhan, CBC News, December 6, 2015Somali mother faces court on abducting her two children
diplomat.so, December 6, 2015Immigration minister meets newly settled refugees
CTV News Montreal, December 5, 2015BC expecting fewer than 2000 government-sponsored Syrian refugees
The Oracle Herald, December 5, 2015

Immigration dept. unmoved by Afghan interpreter’s story
By Joe Warmington, canada24online.com, December 5, 2015

Speech from the Throne: immigration to Canada will become easier
CIJ News, December 5, 2015

Medical community across Canada mobilizing health care for refugees
By Elizabeth Church, The Globe and Mail, December 4, 2015

Will Jimi Sandhu, 25, be deported to India?
By Rattan Mall, The Indo-Canadian Voice, December 4, 2015

No surprise here: Canada a turnoff for some refugees
By Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail, December 4, 2015

Somali mother surrenders to extradition, awaits further court decisions
By Tucker Wilson, CBC News, December 4, 2015

Man with gang links begs for chance to stay in Canada
By Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun, December 4, 2015

Immigration detention: Trapped in a ‘legal black hole’
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, December 4, 2015

Chinese have been paying millions to create fake lives in Canada
By Charis Chang, news.com.au, December 4, 2015

Immigration detainee held under constant ‘suicide watch’
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, December 4, 2015

Five reasons Canada might decide you’re not gay (Part 1)
By Arshy Mann, Daily Extra, December 3, 2015

Canada’s border agents armed with new information to screen visitors
By John Lancaster, CBC News, December 3, 2015

Refugees arriving in Calgary face high rents and waiting lists
The Star, December 2, 2015

Syrian refugees reluctant to resettle in Canada immediately, Ottawa says
By Steven Chase & Daniel LeBlanc, The Globe and Mail, December 2, 2015

Improving economic immigration programs crucial to Quebec economy’s future
By Peter Hadekel, Montreal Gazette, December 2, 2015

Action Sask
 

Watch Lorne Waldman speak about the SK issue at IMEDA Goodbye, 2015 seminar in Toronto on December 9.

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CIC News
 

Ottawa, December 9, 2015
December 8, 2015

 

December 9, 2015

 

Toronto, Ontario, December 11, 2015
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CIC Notices
 

December 11, 2015

CIC Program delivery updates
 

December 11,  2015
The Employer Portal was launched on October 26, 2015, replacing the email submission method of the Offer of Employment to a Foreign National exempt from the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) form [IMM 5802].

 

However, due to a reported problem, the Department has re-enabled the use of the email submission for authorized employers. These processing instructions explain what actions to take in regards to the offer of employment information.