May 26, 2020: The government of the Province of Quebec (Canada) today announced that it would suspend and postpone the intake of new applications for the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program until the Spring of 2021. The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program allows foreign investors to obtain Canadian...
Washington, D.C. – May 20, 2020: The U.S. Department of State recently published its monthly Visa Bulletin for June, 2020. Employment Based Green Cards The June, 2020 visa bulletin follows significant movement forward in the March, 2020 and May, 2020 visa bulletins for China and India in...
Washington, D.C.; May 19, 2020. Reports indicate that the White House will likely agree with Canada and Mexico to extend travel restrictions and land border control measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The US implemented travel restrictions in March that barred non-essential travel to...
Toronto, May 18, 2020: Canada’s Minister for Immigration, Marco Mendicino, was recently quoted in support of immigrants and immigration during the COVID-19 crisis: “We could not put food on the plate of Canadians at an affordable price without immigrants, we could not support our front-line...
Washington, D.C., May 18, 2020: US Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has experienced a significant reduction in new visa applications since the start of the COVID-19 crisis in March 2020. As a result, USCIS now running out of money to operate. Funding for USCIS operations are...
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...
