Saturday, September 26, 2020

Citizenship and Permanent Residency Just Because You Are Involved With a Canadian - or Maybe Not Even a Canadian, but a Permanent Resident

Canada Immigration News: How to sponsor your partner for Canadian immigration.

"...In recent years, Canada has been targeting some 70,000 new immigrants to obtain permanent residence each year under its spousal, partner, and children family class sponsorship category. This is due to the Canadian government viewing family reunification as a top priority...."

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How to sponsor your partner for Canadian immigration

With Canada aiming to expedite 18,000 spousal sponsorship applications by the end of 2020, here is a step-by-step guide on how to submit an application to reunite with your loved one.


Canada aims to process 18,000 spousal sponsorship applications by the end of 2020. Here is a step-by-step guide on submitting a spousal sponsorship application.

Canada is aiming to expedite the processing of 18,000 spousal sponsorship applications by the end of this year.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) made this significant announcement on Thursday, outlining the innovative steps it is taking to try and reunite loved ones as quickly as possible.

Looking to sponsor your spouse? Complete this form so a Campbell Cohen lawyer can help you!

In recent years, Canada has been targeting some 70,000 new immigrants to obtain permanent residence each year under its spousal, partner, and children family class sponsorship category. This is due to the Canadian government viewing family reunification as a top priority.

Spousal sponsorship application processing has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, however the new measures announced by IRCC should help to alleviate backlogs.

If you are looking to submit a new spousal sponsorship application, here is key information that you need to know.

About the process

Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor a spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner to obtain permanent residence.

The Canadian citizen or permanent resident (the “sponsor”) and the foreign national (the “sponsored person”) must be approved by IRCC for the sponsored person to obtain permanent residence.

Complete a free spousal sponsorship assessment form to receive assistance from a Campbell Cohen lawyer.

The sponsor and sponsored person must prove to IRCC that their relationship falls under one of these three categories:

  • Spouse
  • Common-law partner
  • Conjugal partner

Canada recognizes same-sex marriages. Same-sex partners can apply under one of these three categories so long as they meet all of IRCC’s eligibility criteria.

IRCC’s eligibility criteria

You can sponsor your partner if:

  • You are at least 18 years old.
  • You are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or a person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act.
    • If you are a Canadian citizen living abroad, you must prove that you plan to live in Canada with the sponsored person once they become a permanent resident.
    • A permanent resident is eligible to sponsor their partner if the permanent resident resides in Canada.
  • You can prove that you are not receiving social assistance for reasons other than having a disability.
  • You can financially provide for the basic needs of the sponsored person.

Looking to sponsor your spouse? Please complete an eligibility assessment form now for a lawyer to assist you.

Who you can sponsor

  • Spouse: Your spouse must be legally married to you and at least 18 years old.
  • Common-law partner: Is not legally married to you, is at least 18 years old, and has been living with you for at least 12 consecutive months.
  • Conjugal partner: Is not legally married to you, is it at least 18 years old, has been in a relationship with you for at least 1 year, lives outside of Canada, and can not live with you in their country of residence or marry you due to significant legal and immigration reasons. Such reasons can include their marital status (e.g., they are still married to someone else in a country where divorce is not possible), their sexual orientation (e.g., same-sex relationships are not accepted in their country), persecution (e.g., your relationship is between religious groups in a country where this not accepted). You must prove you could not live together or get married in your conjugal partner’s country...."

Another Liberal MP Has a Court Date

https://nationalpost.com/news/sitting-mp-marwan-tabbara-has-court-hearing-for-assault-harassment-and-break-and-enter-charges

More Immigration Fraud and the NDPLiberals Bkind Eye: This Time Religion

Another example of how Canada's overly generous entry, temporary foreign worker, visa, permanent residency and/or citizenship opportunities are taken advantage of under the guise of something righteous and well-meaning (eg. Religion).  Not just this particular group according to this article but others too, while sums of tens of thousands allegedly change hands, and the government continues to lose track of individuals as soon as entry gained in Canada. 

"...The sharp rise in cases coming forward in the public regarding potential immigrants paying tens of thousands of dollars to these societies in order to secure work permits is shocking and undermining the immigration process and laws..."

"...Meanwhile, there’s evidence that at least one of the three priests may now be working as a truck driver, and allegations he tried to obtain a visa fraudulently four years ago. Saini says the preachers have all disappeared, and that he reported them missing to immigration authorities...."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/shocking-how-phoney-sikh-temples-are-taking-advantage-of-religious-immigrants

Another Example of the NDPLiberals and How Jagmeet Is Our Prtime Minister

Did anyone expect a vote for Justin was actually a vote for Jagmeet in 2019?

"...Nevertheless, Singh said the NDP will support the government in getting the bill passed quickly next week, bypassing the normal legislative process that can take months or even years.

“We need to speed up the passage of this legislation so that it gets in place quickly and so that there’s not a break in support for families that need the support,” he said..."


Lewlyn Lewis Could Not Have Said It Better: This Is What Parliament Was Shut Down For?

"...Shockingly, with five weeks to prepare, both the speech from the throne and his entirely unnecessary national address showed no interest in changing course...'

"...Instead of taking bold steps to address the pandemic and rebuild our economy by providing solutions to the economic and social problems our country faces, we were given a laundry list of resurrected virtue-signalling platitudes. Instead of a path back to economic stability, we were given a plan that promised free money to everyone who would lay down their liberties in exchange for the paternalistic protection of Trudeau.

The speech was devoid of specifics and barely went beyond recapping the 2016 budget; it certainly did not substantiate the shutting down of Parliament...."

Thursday, September 24, 2020

During a Pandemic Liberals Allow 56,000 International Student Visas: How Do You Enforce Self Quarantining For This Many?

https://www.cicnews.com/2020/09/canadas-immigration-minister-56000-study-permits-approved-in-first-stage-0915852.html#gs.gzytzp

Ethics Commission Has No teeth, Backbone or Sense: Teflon Telford (and Husband) Slips Away

Despite blatant pieces of evidence in the public domain, somehow this decision of dismissal  was made! And the timing of this is on the eve of the throne speech? 

:...They argued that it is “stunning” to suggest that Telford was unaware that her husband was “burning up the phone lines, pressing her subordinates” about the wage subsidy program. They therefore concluded that she failed to recuse herself both from the issue and from the decision to re-hire McNair, in contravention of the Conflict of Interest Act...."

 https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ethics-watchdog-dismisses-conflict-of-interest-charges-against-pms-chief-of-staff

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Unions: Do They Actually Have Some Balance - Ultimate Job Security Versus Less Severance Rights?

But then again who is ever fired? 

"...Unionized employees are angry. Not at their employers and not always at their unions, but at their plight. A plight which has led to the blinding realization that they have far fewer rights than their non-unionized peers.

The pandemic has driven that home with intensifying ferocity. Unionized employees have no right to claim wrongful dismissal or constructive dismissal. If they are ultimately terminated, their severance is governed by the minimal provisions of employment standards legislation, a fraction of what a court would provide. Some unions negotiate greater severance but few in this country negotiate anything approximating what their members would have been entitled to if they had not been unionized..."

More Rewriting of Rules to Permanent Residency and Physical Entry into Canada

https://www.cicnews.com/2020/09/biometrics-no-longer-required-for-some-canadian-immigration-applicants-0915855.html#gs.gd0rj5

"...Biometrics are usually required for foreign nationals who seek to obtain a Canadian visitor visa, work or study permit (except U.S. nationals), refugee or asylum status, permanent residence, a visitor record, or to extend their work or study permit.

These individuals are required to submit their fingerprints, photograph, and pay a fee. Canada uses biometrics to confirm the identity of foreign nationals upon their entry to the country..."

Monday, September 21, 2020

Canada Cleans Up at Emmys: Good Use of Tax Payers CBC Dollars?

How do I get to have one of those Emmys for a day (if I paid for it)? 

The Militant Left and Regard For Canada's Already Overly Generous Immigration Institution: Throw the Doors Open To Anyone Who Is in Canada (Student Visas, Work Permits)

Because someone happens to be in Canada (eg. on a student visa) they should receive the tax payer funded rights (healthcare, etc) of a Canadian citizen?  Where do these "advocates" come from?
"....Migrants are in Canada on various study, work or humanitarian permits, or without documentation at all..."


Thursday, September 17, 2020

"Trudeau's Credibility as a Fiscal Manager is shot" - Must Be A Slow News Day

"...The message for Trudeau from the Fitch downgrade and the universal anxiety of Finance veterans is clear: his credibility as a fiscal manager is shot. If he wants to restore it, he’ll have to start over with a spending restraint that is easy for people to understand..."

https://financialpost.com/news/economy/justin-trudeaus-credibility-as-a-fiscal-manager-is-shot-hell-have-to-restrain-spending-to-get-it-back

Interesting Questions For Basic and Expert Investors

Some quartins thtlat will make you stop and think 

RRSP: what if tax rates are higher when you are retired and plan to be withdrawing proceeds then from you nest egg RRSP? Could happen with each day a Liberal government is at the helm.
Bonds: for the "safety" of bonds (a whopping 0.5% now), yes interest income is taxed at the highest rate. Are you sleeping at night now? 
Dividends: no tax on the first $48,000 of dividend income (in Ontario). 

And others....

https://financialpost.com/investing/investing-pro/ditch-your-rrsp-and-four-other-unorthodox-ideas-that-could-make-you-money

Closed Borders? What Closed Borders? International Flights Still Bringing In Covid Cases

https://globalnews.ca/video/7338025/several-international-flights-that-land-at-pearson-airport-report-cases-of-covid-19

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Travel Restrictions, Closed Border During Covid? 50,000 Permanent Residents Allowed into Canada Since March - All Quarantining?

Canada Immigration News: Canada admitted 13,645 immigrants in July 2020.
https://www.cicnews.com/2020/09/canada-admitted-13645-immigrants-in-july-2020-0915729.html

And if one group represented about a third of the "top 15" in anything, would you not start asking questions? 

1) India (3,195)
2) China (870)
3) Philippines (865)
4) Pakistan (640)
5) Nigeria (555)
6) Morocco (515)
7) Iran (405)
8) United States of America (405)
9) Algeria (335)
10) France (290)
11) Syria (245)
12) Egypt (225)
13) United Kingdom (225)
14) Cameroon (220)
15) South Korea (205)


Thursday, September 10, 2020

Add the Liberals to Canada's Leftist Political Groups, Leaving Centrist Politics a Wide Divide

"...with the federal Liberals looking like they’ll be tacking hard to left in the upcoming throne speech...the middle of the political spectrum is opening up as wide as a prairie horizon..."

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Birth Tourism: So Prevalent, It Can No Longer Be Ignored

CTV News Vancouver: Richmond, B.C. politicians push Ottawa to address birth tourism and stop 'passport mill'.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/richmond-b-c-politicians-push-ottawa-to-address-birth-tourism-and-stop-passport-mill-1.5094237

"...They reveal that births by non-residents made up 24 per cent of the deliveries at Richmond Hospital, a slight uptick from the year before.

The numbers jumped by more than a third for St. Paul’s and and Mount Saint Joseph hospitals in Vancouver, where non-residents made up 14 per cent of the total births.

We just feel that that is not fair, it really degrades the citizenship that we all enjoy,” said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie

We just feel that that is not fair, it really degrades the citizenship that we all enjoy,” said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie..."

Friday, September 4, 2020

Pierre Trudeau as a "Flawed", Toppled Leader, Cancel Culture and Canadians' (Lack of) Knowledge of Canadian History

How much do Canadians know about Canadian history or the true history and contributions of those being selectively criticized under the guise of "colonialism"?  Would the recent generation or two approve of Pierree Trudeau being toppled for his mistakes? 

"...Kenney blames much of this on “historical illiteracy” in Canada. “Jack Granatstein (in his book Who Killed Canadian History) pointed out 20 years ago it was then possible to graduate, I think, from eight of 10 Canadian provinces without ever having taken a class in Canadian history.

“This is the betrayal of two generations, because how can people be informed citizens in a democracy if they don’t have a passing knowledge of how we came to be, of the development of our institutions?”

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/corbella-is-trudeau-worried-about-cancel-culture-coming-after-his-fathers-legacy/wcm/ae2aa6d8-9479-4100-b58b-7e17269c9a53




Thursday, September 3, 2020

Liberal Behaving Badly: Rex Says It Best

"...This is an established theme with this government. They may and can get caught, but let 24 hours and a few TV panels pass, and what difference does it make? They continue on — unashamed, unchanged, without regret or remorse — as if nothing has happened.

They were caught out on SNC-Lavalin and interfering with the highest principles of the rule of law after Trudeau categorically (“The allegations in the Globe story this morning are false”) denied the charge. Ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, two outstanding presences in his cabinet, found themselves — I think this is a fair way of phrasing it — resigned from the government. Wilson-Raybould and Philpott bore the consequences of, ironic isn’t it, “doing the right thing.” Meantime the good ship SS Trudeau went beguilingly on as per usual.

Can’t get the power to spend without Parliamentary approval? Fine, spend as you like anyway. Can’t bend the will of your justice minister? Deny you tried and then be found out? Fine — she’s gone, you’re still here..."



Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Liberals Trying To Look Like Saviours Again, But in Reality Canadians Could be on the Vaccine Sidelines

"...“We have been the slowest Western country in the world to arrange a vaccine supply,” charged Amir Attaran, a University of Ottawa law professor and health policy expert. “I’m worried Canadians are going to watch Americans and Europeans getting vaccinated on TV while we’re still sitting in lockdown.”..."

https://nationalpost.com/health/canada-strikes-more-deals-for-covid-19-vaccine-but-may-have-to-wait-in-line-behind-other-nations

And it Has Started: The Most Powerful Group In Ontario Politics, Teachers, Are Beginning Their Disruptive Ways Again - Filing Complaints on the Eve of a Covid School Year

Like clock work...

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cp-newsalert-unions-to-file-labour-board-complaint-over-school-reopening-plan

"Outmigration": Canada's Well-Meaning but Overly Generous, Hasty, Unmonitored, Ill-Considered, Virtuous Immigration program at work.

"Outmigration"? Never ceases to amaze me the words that are created to justify something.

Provinces like N.L. have literally HUNDREDS of fast track entry/immigration programs and are BENDING OVER BACKWARDS for immigrants to come and STAY (not the subject of this article) yet it appears most do not stay (like this article) and end up moving to Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver anyway once the fast track qualification period is over...cities and provinces that these programs were not intended and have their own challenges of overburdened health care, housing, public transportation, policing, infrastructure not to mention recent sky high unemployment levels.

Canada's well-meaning but overly generous, hasty, unmonitored, ill-considered, virtuous immigration program at work.

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/immigrant-families-leaving-nl-1.5703816