Stewart Sharma Harsanyi Immigration Law Firm Blog

The Rural Immigration Pilot Project

Economic immigration to attract foreign skilled workers to one of the smaller, participating communities. The prospective candidate approaches the approved community. List of communities: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/rural-northern-immigration-pilot/community-partners.html , submits application for endorsement to the community who selects candidates. Successful candidates submit PR application which is assessed against Federal Selection and Admissibility requirements. If PR is successful, person can move there to work. Pilot begins in Fall 2019. Further details on who can apply & what documents are needed will be provided at that time. Read more →

The Emergency Stay Application

A common goal for immigration lawyers is to help clients avoid deportation. In this case the client, who has been in Canada for almost a decade as an international student, graduated and had a child there, attempted to navigate the PR process but failed. She was found to be non-compliant and after her first marriage broke down, she started a common law relationship with a failed refugee claimant. The couple filed an H&C, but it was refused. They sought a JR at the Federal Court and the DoJ consented, but CBSA nevertheless geared up for removal. The couple filed another JR and requested a deferral of removal. The Removals Officer refused to grant the deferral request. The only option was to seek an Emergency Stay Application, which was granted. The H&C JR will now be considered, but the author predicts more removals due to a spike in enforcement. One important goal that all immigration lawyers share is to help their clients avoid deportation. Deportation however is one outcome (among others) contemplated in the IRPA/IRPR. My client entered Canada almost a decade ago. She came as an international student, graduated (had a child here) and obtained a Post Graduate Work Permit.... Read more →