Immigration Alert:
Significant Changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Regulations in Canada
September 29, 2010
Various changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations will become law on April 1, 2011, affecting both Canadian employers and their temporary foreign workers.
These changes aim at the following:
-        Reducing the opportunity for exploitation of temporary foreign workers by employers and third-party agents;
-        […]

For an application to be eligible for processing, an applicant must have a valid offer of arranged employment, or be a skilled worker who has had one year of continuous full-time or equivalent part-time paid work experience in at least one of  Canadian CIC eligible occupations within the last ten years. Eligible occupations are the […]

Jacqueline Bart’s Recent Speaking Itinerary:

Speaker, Canadian Immigration Updates and Visitor Do’s and Don’ts, AILA, Global Migration Forum, Washington D.C., June 30, 2010.

Speaker of Canadian Immigration Update, Webinar for the Human Resources Professional Association, June 2, 2010.

Co-Chair of Immigration Panel, Center for International Legal Studies Conference, Colorado, April 2010.

Co-Chair of Immigration Panel, Union International Des Avocats […]

Minister Kenney announces improvements affecting temporary foreign workers, including live-in caregivers
Ottawa, August 18, 2010 — New rules to strengthen Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program were announced today by the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism.
Changes that were initially published in the Canada Gazette Part 1 on October 9, 2009 are now being implemented. 
“The government is […]