Washington, D.C., May 8, 2020: In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is extending a measure recently adopted to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to requests for evidence (RFEs) and notices of intent to...

Borders with Canada On April 20, the United States and Canada announced a mutual agreement to extend restrictions on non-essential travel across our shared border for an additional 30 days. “Non-essential” travel includes travel that is considered tourism or recreational in nature. “Essential...

Washington, D.C., May 1, 2020: In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is extending a measure recently adopted to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to requests for evidence (RFEs) and notices of intent to...

On April 29,2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to 589 candidates. This draw was restricted exclusively to candidates with provincial nominations from Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for this draw was 692 points, which...

Washington, D.C. – April 24, 2020: The U.S. Department of State recently published its monthly Visa Bulletin for May, 2020, a few days after a Presidential proclamation was signed to temporarily limit immigration to the U.S. for 60-days. Employment Based Green Cards The May, 2020 visa bulletin...

On April 22, 2020 the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued 26 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) under the Entrepreneur Stream (OINP:ES). Expressions of Interest (EOIs) received and scored by the OINP:ES between November 22, 2019 and April 17, 2020 were eligible for consideration for this...

Washington, D.C., April 24, 2020: Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation on Thursday which temporarily suspends immigration to the United States for 60 days. The full text of the Proclamation can be found here : whitehouse.gov The proclamation becomes effective on Thursday, April 23,...

Washington, D.C., April 22, 2020: The White House has still not released the Executive Order suspending immigration to the U.S. The President first announced this new measure by Tweet on Monday evening — apparently without prior coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, USCIS and...