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Category Archives: application backlog
Lawyers Representing Canadian Immigration Applicants Argue Unlawful Discrimination in Backlog Wipe-Out
Lawyers representing a group of 1,000 immigration hopefuls whose applications for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) were closed by the federal government under Bill C-38 argued in a hearing this week that the government’s decision violated … Continue reading
Canadian Immigration Provides Instructions for FSW Backlog Wipe-out Fee Refund
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) issued a notice on Friday instructing those affected by the wipe-out of the pre-February 27, 2008 Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) application backlog to submit a form informing the department of their current address in order … Continue reading
Federal Government Loses Legal Battle over 900 Cases in Application Backlog
The federal government’s efforts to wipe out the 280,000 Federal Skilled Worker Program application backlog through legislation had a major setback today, as a court ruled that the government must process the applications of 900 people who sued the federal government … Continue reading
Update on Canadian Government’s slashing of pre-2008 Skilled Worker applications
As posted earlier, the Conservative government proposed to eliminate 280,000 applications filed before February 27th 2008 for the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Here are some questions that you may have: Will I be affected by the proposed changes? Under the proposed changes, CIC would … Continue reading
Canadian Government to Legislate Elimination of 280,000 Immigration Applications
The Conservative government proposed to eliminate 280,000 applications filed before February 27th 2008 for the Federal Skilled Worker Program in last Thursday’s federal budget. If this proposal is approved, as it is expected to be, the hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading
Canadian Immigration Minister to announce new Entrepreneur Program
Canadian Citizen and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says that the Canadian government will introduce its new immigrant entrepreneur program soon, which will target “high value innovators” and not be saddled with the problems of the previous entrepreneur program. In an … Continue reading