Effective immediately, Canada Visa Application Centers throughout India may refuse study permit applications submitted less than a month prior to the start of the school term unless a letter of acceptance is submitted from the Canadian educational institution which clearly states that the student will be admitted to a later program of study.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada will be funding the operation of new offices in China, India, the Philippines and the United Kingdom to address the needs of immigrant professionals to secure their foreign credential assessments prior to their arrival in Canada. New immigrants indicate that foreign credential recognition is one of their top challenges in integrating [...]

A pilot project between Canada’s visa offices in India and 20 member colleges of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) was recently announced to increase the approval rate for study permit applications destined for participating colleges. Wait times for a study visa have gone from eight months to an average of 2.5 weeks. Despite [...]

Foreign nationals who are engaged to U.S. citizens may be eligible for the K-1 Fiance Visa.  Eligibility for the K-1 Fiance Visa depends on a number of factors including that you have the intent to enter the U.S. to marry your U.S. citizen fiance, that you have met with your U.S. citizen fiance within the last two [...]

In anticipation of this year’s Olympic Games to be hosted in Vancouver in the winter of 2010, large numbers of international visitors will be aiming to enter Canada. Many well-intending spectators may have purchased their tickets unaware that Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the host country’s administrative body responsible for the entry of foreign nationals, places [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has posted new guidelines and specifications governing Intracompany Transferees. These have taken effect as of November 10, 2009. Specifically, the new guidelines impact international companies that intend to transfer employees to Canada for the purpose of opening a new office or a start-up business. Pursuant to these changes, where an international [...]