Stewart Sharma Harsanyi Immigration Law Firm Blog

We are moving!

After 13 plus years at Ford Tower, we are moving! Just down the street though We will be at Suite 950 550 6th Ave SW Calgary AB starting April 1, 2024. Phones, email and fax will remain the same. Read more →

The More Things Change ... Mexicans Require Visas (Again) to Visit Canada

The more things change, the more they stay the same. In 2009, then Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Jason Kenney, imposed a visitor visa requirement on Mexican nationals after a significant surge in asylum claims from that country -notwithstanding the serious human rights and other issues plaguing that nation. The Liberal government now somewhat long in the tooth rescinded that requirement in 2016. Claims have shot up from a hundred or so from 2015 to about 25K last year. The Quebec government cried foul given the burden fell disproportionately on belle province; the Americans did as well. The Liberals have responded with imposing visa requirements on Mexican nationals again, albeit attenuated with the ETA. I discussed this with Shaye Ganam of 630 CHED last week. Transcript: Shaye Ganam: Now a lot of people will be getting out of here soon, getting away from the cold weather. Spring break is almost upon us. I'm not sure when it is. I don't have kids in school anymore, but it's sometime in March I think. So we know a lot of people will head to Mexico, right? They do every year. There's probably a lot of Canadians in Mexico right now. Probably a... Read more →