Canada Visa

Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenny, spent some time in the United States last week promoting Canada’s most exciting immigration visa. “The new Start-Up Visa will help Canada attract the world’s best and brightest entrepreneurs to build businesses, create jobs, and fuel economic growth,” Minister Kenney said in a news release from Citizenship […]

The new Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) was designed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to serve the needs of the country’s economy as it continues to grow and the services of certain professions become more and more in-demand. The old FSWP program was halted in summer of 2012, but it will resume on May

If you want to apply to extend your temporary visa in Canada you will have to file IMM 5708, Application to Change Conditions or Extend Your Stay in Canada. This is, of course, not the initial application for temporary residence in Canada. That form is separate and should be filed in your home country. This

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has recently been encouraging travellers to visit Canada. Find out what there is to see in one of the most multicultural countries in the world! Niagara Falls One of the largest waterfalls in the world, Niagara Falls straddles the United States and Canadian border by Lake Erie. The majority of the

The newly re-vamped Start-Up Visa will begin on April 1, 2013. Applications may be submitted to appropriate Citizenship and Immigration Canada offices. The previous iteration of the Start-Up Visa was deemed to be unsuccessful because it tended to support unviable businesses within Canada. The new, and more robust program is designed to improve and support

The Canadian immigration form IMM 5257 is the application for a Temporary Resident Visa. By applying for this set of benefits one can apply for entry in Canada for a limited period of time. Temporary visas are given to foreign citizens and permanent residents to visit Canada either on work, tourism, vacation or to visit

Technically there is no such thing as visa renewal. A Permanent Resident Card can be renewed, but it is technically not a visa. Additionally, the status of Permanent Resident is more or less permanent and not subject to renewal. However, temporary, non-immigrant visas can be extended. When you are granted a temporary visa at one

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced that they issued a record number of visitor visas last year. The announcement of almost one million visas being approved was made jointly by Minister Jason Kenney and Minister Maxime Bernier in a press conference on Wednesday. Visitor visas are temporary immigration documents that allow foreign citizens into Canada