The Post-Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) Program allows international students who have completed certain Canadian post-secondary programs to obtain work permits after graduating. The work permits are open, meaning that the graduates can work for any employer in any Canadian province .However; there are many international students who mistakenly believe that they will be eligible to participate [...]

  Many foreign nationals contact me for advice on how to obtain a study permit to pursue education in Canada. This article will briefly review what is required to apply for a study permit from outside of Canada.  I remind the reader that Canadian Immigration Law is complex and therefore this article should not be [...]

Many foreign nationals interested in immigrating to Canada ask me about the history of the points that have been in previous draws. In the article below I have compiled a history of the points drawn since Express Entry began. Since Express Entry began on January 1, 2015, it has been necessary for prospective permanent residents [...]

Effective August 28, 2017, the ESDC's Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) will impose an additional requirement upon Canadian Employers hoping to utilize its Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) process to recruit outside of the Canadian labor market to fill jobs that the employer is not able to fill locally. The LMIA is a process that [...]