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Message from the Chair - April 2013

  • April 01, 2013
  • Lainie M. Appleby

The Executive continues its efforts in working on behalf of the Ontario Bar Association Citizenship and Immigration Section.

Citizenship and Immigration Law

Message from the Editor - April 2013

  • April 01, 2013
  • Joy-Ann Cohen

So many new immigration laws have taken effect in the past twelve months that the government’s accomplishment, in creating and passing them all, calls out for response.

Citizenship and Immigration Law

Professional Corporations for Immigration Lawyers

  • January 02, 2012
  • Chantal Desloges

In the Income Tax Act, a professional corporation (PC) is defined to mean a corporation that carries on the professional practice of an accountant, dentist, lawyer medical doctor, veterinarian or chiropractor.

Citizenship and Immigration Law

International Students: The Advisor’s Perspective

  • January 02, 2012
  • Justin Kerr

School is going well. I’m getting good marks in English and my other classes. My family wants me to go to university, but where? What to study and where to go?

Citizenship and Immigration Law

USA: Highly Skilled Workers

  • January 02, 2012
  • David H. Nachman

During the last year the streets of Cairo, Tripoli, Manama, and Madison were recently heaving with protesters who were demonstrating their personal commitment to change.

Citizenship and Immigration Law

Studying In Canada as A Path To Permanent Residence

  • January 02, 2012
  • Véronique Malka

In their quest for a way to immigrate to Canada, foreign nationals typically consider the traditional processes available through business immigration, such as the Foreign Skilled Worker program.

Citizenship and Immigration Law

The Working Student

  • January 02, 2012
  • Naseem Malik

Given the fierce competition within the global marketplace for human capital and Canada’s current and future needs to replace its aging workforce, attracting talented young foreign nationals to come to Canada is both a daunting challenge and an ever-growing necessity.

Citizenship and Immigration Law

International Students, Travel and Implied Status

  • January 02, 2012
  • Plamen Petkov

When a foreign national applies to extend his or her stay in Canada before the expiration of the foreign national’s status in Canada the foreign national can legally stay in Canada until the application to extend the status is decided. This is called "implied status".

Citizenship and Immigration Law