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Immigration News Headlines – September, 2017

Immigration News Headlines

IRCC News
Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Irregular Migration met today in Ottawa
Ottawa, September 1, 2017

IRCC Notice
Parents and Grandparents Program: Second round of application intake
Ottawa, September 1, 2017

IRCC Program delivery update
Update to program delivery instructions to reflect Bill C-6 amendment to the Citizenship Act
August 31, 2017
Unspecified sex “X” (interim measures)
August 31, 2017

Canadian immigration in news
Man arrives in Canada through subterranean rail tunnel, seeks refuge in Sarnia
By Cathy Dobson, The Sarnia Journal, September 5, 2017
Number of asylum seekers dwindles as Ottawa’s messaging appears to pay off
By Les Perreaux, The Globe and Mail, September 5, 2017
Globe editorial: When it comes to giving refuge, Canada is the new America
The Globe and Mail, September 4, 2017
NAFTA: Early sticking points encountered on numerous issues
National Post, September 5, 2017
‘We’re allowed to stay here forever’: Deportation order for Mexican family overturned
By Mary Wiens, CBC News, September 4, 2017
Three million people snap up Canada’s 10-year visas
By Douglas Todd, Edmonton Journal, September 4, 2017
Canada demands U.S. end ‘right to work’ laws as part of NAFTA talks
By Adrian Morrow, The Globe and Mail, September 4, 2017

Foreign students flock to Canada as government struggles to get grads to stay
By Kathleen Harris, CBC News, September 3, 2017
What’s a ‘Canadian’?
By Angelo Persichilli, Toronto Sun, September 2, 2017
Immigrants could prosper in small towns
By Douglas Todd, Ottawa Citizen, September 1, 2017
It’s time for straight talk on border mess
Toronto Sun, September 1, 2017
Toronto-based charity says it helped 31 LGBT Chechens find asylum in Canada
By Justin Li, CBC Canada, September 1, 2017
Quebec man could lose Canadian citizenship over role in Bosnia police force
By Jim Bronskill, The Globe and Mail, September 1, 2017
How Canada can restore order to its immigration system
By Howard Anglin, Maclean’s, September 1, 2017
Windsor’s next refugee wave could be citizens of El Salvador living in the U.S.
By Dave Battagello, Windsor Star, September 1, 2017
How Canada has been secretly giving asylum to gay people in Chechnya fleeing persecution
By John Ibbitson, The Globe and Mail, September 1, 2017
UN calls out Ottawa over lengthy immigration detention stays
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, September 1, 2017
Poll finds majority of Canadians disapprove of government’s handling of asylum seekers
By Alexandra Paul, Winnipeg Free Press, September 1, 2017
Asylum seekers: Canadians getting generosity fatigue?
By March Montgomery, Radio International Canada, September 1, 2017
How to debate immigration issues in Canada
By Andrew Griffith, Policy Options, September 1, 2017

Rhonda’s practice tip
International Students

Do you work with international students yet?  This is a great area of practice if you’re just getting started or if you want to add an additional line of business.  One of the reasons to get into this line is because you can get commission from educational institutions and you may also be able to collect fees from the international students for doing the Study Permit application. Helping international students with a study permit application is usually the first step in a long relationship:
  • Study permit extension or change
  • PGWP
  • PR application – CEC, PNP, FSW
  • Spousal sponsorship
  • PGP sponsorship
Getting started can be a real challenge. Finding Canadian educational institutions that will pay you isn’t easy.  Lots of them don’t pay anything and don’t want to work with a representative. Large prestigious universities usually have their own dedicated staff who are tasked with international student recruitment. They aren’t interested in hearing from one RCIC telling them that they have a (single) student who wants admission. So where does that leave you? 

Don’t despair, there are still a lot of Canadian education institutions that are looking for help with international student recruitment. It’s good for them, because international students pay considerably higher tuition fees than Canadian citizen or PR students. It also adds to their cachet if they can boast about having a well-rounded, international student population that welcomes new students. So look for smaller universities and colleges, technical institutions, school boards and other educational outlets.

But the institutions still want to know that you can actually help them deliver fee paying bums on seats. You’ll have to be prepared to tell them about yourself and what you can offer them:
  • additional professional services in the form of assistance to the students with their study permit applications.
  • your history as an RCIC with the professional standards and requirements
  • your history as a business person, whether you have a company, a business license and so on. Some institutions insist on the business license and prefer to work with someone in a company (your own or a company you work for)
  • if you have dealt with international students before and what kind of volume you might be able to secure
  • what geographic market you’re working in because some markets are over subscribed in Canada already. The institutions might be quite interested if you can indicate that you can open new markets for them.
What do you want from them:
  • commission
  • fast turn-around for admission applications (I worked with a university once that took three months to look at an application for admission!)
  • program information and admission requirements
  • marketing materials about the institution that you can pass out to students and their parents, including brochures, CDs, posters and so on.
Some institutions have a section on their website for aspiring international student agents. You can contact them directly and work out an agreement. If they don’t have anything like that, you can just contact them and see if they work with international student agents.  In addition, every year, ICEF holds an International Education Workshop in Canada. It’s like a matchmaking service where education institutions and international student agents come to meet each other. It is very well organized and short appointments, very much like speed dating, are arranged to get agents and institutions connected. See: https://www.icef.com/en/workshops/icef-north-america-workshop-toronto/

Then your job is to actually find those international students and get them into the classrooms in Canada. You may have to do recruitment trips overseas to geographic areas where you know there is a demand for the excellent product you are promoting – education in Canada. Holding open houses or seminars is a great way to talk about education in Canada and all the institutions you represent.

Keep in mind that it’s often not the international student themselves who will make the decision on where the student goes, but the people who controls the purse strings – the parents. Parents want to know several things:
  • their child will be safe – Canada has an excellent and well-earned reputation for safety, security and political stability
  • their child will be welcome – Canada’s multi-cultural policies are alive and well at Canadian educational institutions
  • the money they pay will be worth it – Canada has a world class reputation for higher education and their children are most likely to obtain a well-regarded and internationally recognized educational credential
  • are there immigration opportunities after the studies are complete – talk about PGWP, CEC, PR and so on.
You might find that the geographic market you work in is very competitive and it might be impossible to charge fees for the study permit application. But you know that once the student is in place in Canada, has paid their tuition and is attending classes, your commission cheque will be on its way to you. Hopefully this is an area of practice that RCICs will take over in the next few years. Good luck!
IRCC Program delivery update
Update to the stakeholder guidelines on the use of representatives
September 11. 2017
Removal of interim measure for designated learning institutions in Quebec
September 6, 2017

Ministerial instructions – Express Entry draw # 71
September 6, 2017 – Number of ITA: 2,772 – CRS: 435 points

Canadian immigration in news
Immigration detainee freed weeks ago now faces being separated from his family
By Shanifa Nasser, CBC News, September 11, 2017
Arts groups unhappy as foreign dancers, actors denied visas
By Luisa D’Amato, The Record, September 11, 2017
Number of Hongkongers migrating to Canada hits 20-year high, stretching back to handover in 1997
By Phila Siu, South China Morning Post, September 11, 2017
Customer service a new concept for Canada’s Immigration Department
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, September 10, 2017
PM needs to step up for Afghan interpreter
By Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun, September 10, 2017
Canada has deported hundreds of people back to war torn countries
By Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News, September 10, 2017
New book on Canadian racism firmly refutes ‘We’re not as bad as the U.S.’ sentiment
By Shree Paradkar, The Star, September 10, 2017
Iranian stars of TIFF film denied entry into Canada
By Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2017
Four-year-old boy stuck in legal limbo while thousands illegally cross the border
The Licia Corbella, Calgary Herald, September 9, 2017
Family reunited in Saskatchewan after spending 3 years an ocean apart
By Alex Soloducha, CBC News, September 9, 2017
Canadians feeling DACA sympathy should understand we deport children too
By Candice Malcolm, Toronto Sun, September 8, 2017
Refugee claim backlog hit 34,000 last month
By Amanda Connolly, iPolitics, September 8, 2017
LGBT Chechens covertly brought to Canada, granted asylum
By Sebastien Malo, Reuters, September 8, 2017
UNDERCOVER IN TEMP NATION
By Sara Mojtehedzadeh & Brendan Kennedy, The Star, September 8, 2017
American family gets another chance to stay in Canada
By Alexandra Paul, Winnipeg Free Press, September 7, 2017
Reality check: Will Andrew Scheer’s ideas for the border work?
By Stephanie Levitz, Global News, September 7, 2017
Is there more than meets the eye on DACA?
Hamilton Spectator, September 7, 2017
Immigration lawyers fear flow of misinformation as DACA ends
By Amanda Connolly, iPolitics, September 6, 2017
Canada needs a DACA program
By Guidy Mamann, Toronto Sun, September 6, 2017
Immigration Canada reopens Manitoba family’s application for permanent residency
By Andrew Russell & Brian Hill, Global News, September 6, 2017
‘Dreamers’ unlikely to rush to claim asylum in Canada, immigration experts say
By Maura Forrest, National Post, September 6, 2017
In Canada, an Immigration Minister Who Himself Is a Refugee
By Catherine Porter, The New York Times, September 6, 2017
DACA repeal could spur ‘jolt’ of young people coming to Canada
By Sonia Puzic, CTV News, September 6, 2017
In Trudeau’s Canada, some refugees are more equal than others
By Scott Fenwick, iPolitics, September 6, 2017
Self-Righteousness of Western Leaders Destroys Rational Policy Making
By Rachel Marsden, NewsMax, September 6, 2017
Pausing accommodation debate in Quebec would be reasonable
By Dan Delmar, Montreal Gazetter, September 5, 2017
Russia to probe Canada’s aid to gay Chechens fleeing persecution
By John Ibbitson, The Globe and Mail, September 5, 2017
Federal government works to clarify immigration policies for public
By Paul Chiasson, The Globe and Mail, September 5, 2017

World immigration in news
Norway’s election a close contest over national values, immigration, EU ties
The Star, September 11, 2017
Migrant sea route to Italy is world’s most lethal
By Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian, September 11, 2017
Britain can control immigration without Brexit, Blair says
By Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times, September 10, 2017
Merkel warns of consequences for EU asylum laggards
The Local (DE), September 10, 2017
German minister urges EU to standardise asylum seeker benefits
Reuters, September 9, 2017
Family reunited in Saskatchewan after spending 3 years an ocean apart
By Alex Soloducha, CBC News, September 9, 2017
Danish official: No room for refugees from UN this year
By Jan M. Olsen, The Chronicle Journal, September 9, 2017
Norway wrestles with national values, immigration, EU ties in election
Fox News, September 9, 2017
The Latest: 217 migrants found in Black Sea seeking Europe
National Post, September 9, 2017
How a small German town mastered the refugee crisis
By Derek Schally, The Irish Times, September 9, 2017
Germany Heading for Four More Years of Pro-EU, Open-Door Migration Policies
By Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute, September 8, 2017
There’s nothing new about unease with immigrants
Baltimore Sun, September 8, 2017
Misericordia professor: DACA decision skirts real immigration debate
By Mark Guydish, Times Leader, September 8, 2017
It’s VIOLENT FORCE: Orban FURY at Juncker – you’re going against will of Hungarian people
By Mark Chandler, Express (UK), September 8, 2017
Rohingya Muslims facing world’s most enduring sentiment: bigotry
By Nahlah Ayed, CBC News, September 8, 2017
The Latest: UN Urges Greece to Improve Migrant Conditions
U.S. News, September 8, 2017
Viktor Orban: EU court ruling opens door to ‘mixed culture’
Daily Astorian, September 8, 2017
The Birth of ‘Illegal’ Immigration
By Beckty Little, History, September 7, 2017
Why is Bulgaria’s population falling off a cliff?
By Ruth Alexander, BBC News, September 7, 2017
Germany sees jump in citizenship applications from U.S.
Reuters, September 7, 2017
Immigrant voters in German federal election could prove influential
By Andrea Grunau, Mara Bierbach, Deutsche Welle, September 7, 2017
Self-Righteousness of Western Leaders Destroys Rational Policy Making
By Rachel Marsden, NewsMax, September 6, 2017
Manus Island: judge approves $70m compensation for detainees
By Ben Doherty, The Guardian, September 6, 2017
Citizenship changes requiring tougher English levels labelled too tough by Senate committee
By Matthew Doran, ABC News (AU), September 5, 2017
DACA: Donald Trump puts heat on Congress to find solution for Dreamers in six months
By Zoe Daniel, ABC News, September 5, 2017
Europe’s Migrant Crisis Isn’t Over
By Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg, September 5, 2017

Exclusive: 77 percent of voters in key states demand end to ‘sanctuary cities’ for illegal immigrants
By Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, September 5, 2017
IRCC Program delivery update
Update to the instructions to reflect the amalgamation of the Centralized Processing Office in Winnipeg, the Centralized Processing Office in Vancouver and the Matching Centre into the new Resettlement Operations Centre in Ottawa
September 18. 2017
Update to the instructions on entrepreneurs and self-employed candidates seeking to operate a business in Canada [R205(a) – C11]
September 15, 2017

Canadian immigration in news
Mass-Migration: The Tiniest Dose of Reality Hits
By Douglas Murray, Gatestone Institute, September 19, 2017
Canada has its own ‘Dreamers,’ but no program to protect them
By Blair Sanderson, CBC News, September 18, 2017
Refugee groups expect surge in Salvadoran, Honduran asylum seekers
By Nick Eagland, Vancouver Sun, September 18, 2017
World opinion on migrants: Unease mounts
By Marc Montgomery, Radio International Canada, September 18, 2017
Canada needs a fuller house to thrive – but population growth isn’t enough
By Doug Sanders, The  Globe and Mail, September 18, 2017
Caregivers hold rally seeking family reunification now
By Ethel Tungohan, rabble.ca, September 18, 2017
New passport processing system $75M over budget
By Dean Beeby, CBC News, September 17, 2017
Increasingly, foreign students are choosing Canada over US
By Laura Krantz, Boston Globe, September 16, 2017
Number of asylum-seekers crossing into Quebec doubled in August
By Nicholas Keung, The Spectator, September 15, 2017
8 sentenced in New Can Consultants immigration fraud case affecting over 1,600 clients
By Manjula Dufresne, Eric Rankin, CBC News, September 15, 2017
As Nova Scotia tries to lure immigrants, feds ‘scuttle’ German family’s plans
CBC News, September 15, 2017
Get Ready For A More Chinese Canada
By Sonny Wong, HuffPost, September 15, 2017
Systemic racism hearings: Quebec minister defends closed-door approach
Montreal Gazette, September 15, 2017
Global Study: Immigration a ‘Major’ Concern Across 25 Countries, Majority Doubt ‘Refugee’ Claims
By Liam Deacon, Breitbart, September 14, 2017
Canadians divided on granting entry to asylum seekers from U.S., poll finds
By Michelle Zilio, The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2017
Desperate Crossing: Cuban man risked his life to enter Canada through train tunnel
By Dan Taekema, CBC News, September 14, 2017

Time for real immigration strategies
By Guidy Mamman, Toronto Sun, September 14, 2017
Sons of Russian spies’ case comes to a head
By Michael Friscolanti, Maclean’s, September 14, 2017
Canada’s asylum claims are spiking dramatically. Will it restrict its welcome at last?
By Rebecca Hamlin, The Washington Post, September 14, 2017
Family facing deportation despite dad being highly skilled aviation mechanic
By Ellwood Shreve, Chatham Daily News, September 13, 2017
Foreign student says immigrants leaving N.L. because finding meaningful work too difficult
CBC News, September 13, 2017
Demanding access to public services without fear of deportation
By Scott Neigh, rabble. ca, September 12, 2017
Editorial: How Canada can help those fleeing Myanmar
Ottawa Citizen, September 11, 2017

World immigration in news
Dual citizenship laws rule out half the population, lawyers say
By Rosie Lewis, The Australian, September 19, 2017
Hungary: Battle over migration has only just begun
By Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico, September 18, 2017
Australia offers to pay Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar
By Oliver Holmes & Ben Doherty, The Guardian, September 18, 2017
Congo Ban on Non-Biometric Passports Sparks Outcry
Reuters, September 18, 2017
Border security is tougher than ever, DHS report finds
By Nick Miroff, The Washington Post, September 18, 2017
Fall in migration after Brexit could push up inflation, says Carney
By Richard Partington, The Guardian, September 18, 2017
Seeking to Deport Rohingya, India Tells Court Has Evidence of Militant Links
By Suchitra Mohanty & Krishna N. Das, Reuters, September 18, 2017
Europe’s pushback against migrants enters new phase – with Libya’s help
By Nahlah Ayed, CBC News, September 18, 2017
Deportation and child removal threats – just for living legally in the UK
By Lisa O’Carroll, The Guardian, September 18, 2017
State Department Tightens Rules for Visas to U.S.
By Gardiner Harris, The New York Times, September 18, 2017
RAISE Act: Global panel of scholars explains ‘merit-based’ immigration
By Alex Reilly, Kevin Johnson & Mireille Paquet, Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2017
Indian IT Professionals Face Tough Time With Visa Restrictions
Little India, September 17, 2017
Australia’s conflicted relationship with its vast and growing immigrant family
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 16, 2017
EU deadline on refugee pledges misses mark
By Nikolaj Nielsen, EU Observer, September 14, 2017
Turkey and Italy most anti-immigration while Britain positive, poll says
By Zoe Tabary, Reuters, September 14, 2017
Why America’s elites like DACA, and so many American workers don’t
By Lawrence Solomon, Financial Post, September 15, 2017
IRCC Program delivery update
Update to Labour Market Impact Assessment exemption codes page
September 21. 2017
New instructions for the temporary entry of business persons under the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
September 21, 2017
Update to the instructions related to super visas
September 21, 2017
Update to the instructions on the Temporary Resident Program
September 20, 2017
Upfront medical examinations are no longer available for family class applicants
September 20, 2017

Ministerial instructions – Express Entry draw # 72
September 20, 2017 – Number of ITA: 2,871 – CRS: 433 points

Canadian immigration in news
Canada blocks Chelsea Manning visit, citing ‘treason’ (PHOTO)
Newsline, September 25, 2017
Liberals face fears over more rural office closures, amid backlash in Alberta
By Marie-Danielle Smith, National Post, September 25, 2017
Cap on refugee sponsorships means Syrians in Canada remain separated from family members
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, September 25, 2017
Conrich couple face human trafficking charges after allegedly exploiting foreign worker
By Ryan White, Calgary CTV News, September 22, 2017
Tensions in Quebec reflect challenges faced by multicultural Canada
By J. J. McCullough, Press Herald, September 22, 2017
Aussie living in Kingston fears being kicked out of Canada
By Morganne Campbell, Global News, September 22, 2017
Foreign workers sue over bogus job promises
By Laura McQuillan, HRM Online, September 21, 2017
The Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
By Steven Meurrens, Meurrens on Immigration, September 21, 2017
Foreign Worker Program Driving Down Wages, Breaking Alberta Law, Unions Charge
By Jeremy J. Nuttall, The Tyee, September 22, 2017
Extradition of B.C. mother, uncle for alleged honour killing halted by last-minute ruling
By Tom Blackwell, National Post, September 21, 2017
Opinion: Reflecting on Japanese-Canadian redress
By Paul Kariya, Vancouver Sun, September 21, 2017
‘Crying your guts out’: some international students fear seeking help for burnout
By Melanie Green, CBC News, September 21, 2017
Changes Coming to Parent and Grandparent Immigration?
By Kelly  Toughill, New Canadian Media, September 20, 2017
Canada border agent detentions of Mexicans surge to highest levels in decade
By Colin Perkel, Times Colonist, September 21, 2017
Newcomers to Canada could fill northern Ontario’s employment gap, rural job agency says
CBC News, September 21, 2017
Rights group loses battle to help former child refugee
By Andrea Gunn, The Chronicle Herald, September 20, 2017
White South Africans denied refugee status in Canada
By Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International, September 20, 2017
Could migrants be the solution to Quebec’s growing labour shortage?
By Catherine Solyom, Montreal Gazette, September 20, 2017
NDP slam Liberal government for lack of action on ending ‘discriminatory’ immigration policy
By Andrew Russell & Brian Hill, Global News, September 19, 2017
Mass-Migration: The Tiniest Dose of Reality Hits
By Douglas Murray, Gatestone Institute, September 19, 2017

World immigration in news
U.S. Supreme Court signals it may dismiss challenge to Trump’s immigration ban
By Andrew Chung & Mica Rosenberg, The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2017
Borders are back, and a new great game looms
By Niall Ferguson, The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2017
EU citizens will not be fingerprinted or need ID cards, say officials
By Lisa O’Carroll, The Guardina, September 25, 2017
Visa crackdown: Australians treated like criminals at US border
New Zealand Herald, September 25, 2017
The Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Is Fine
By Adam Ozimek, Forbes, September 23, 2017
Germany’s jubilant far-right has Merkel in its sights
By Michelle Martin, Reuters UK, September 24, 2017
New Spanish migrant route sees three times as many migrants caught at British port
Telegraph UK, September 24, 2017
Bank immigration checks ‘nightmare’ warning from expert
BBC News, September 22, 2017
EU rebels Hungary and Poland reaffirm anti-immigrant alliance
By Daniel McLaughlin, The Irish Times, September 22, 2017
Greek Court Says Syrian Refugees Can Be Returned to Turkey
By Fanis Karabatsakis, U.S. News, September 22, 2017
Trump weighing refugee limits even lower than the 50,000 he set this year
Japan Times, September 21, 2017
‘Stupid’ Australia refugee deal that Trump hates goes ahead
By Joshua Berlinger & Tain Kopan, CNN, September 21, 2017
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