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The Immigration Appeals Division (IAD): What You Need to Know

The Immigration Appeals Division (IAD) is a division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. The IAD’s function is to review (and in some cases, reverse) deportations or decisions to revoke permanent residency.  It also hears appeals from refused applications to sponsor family members. At Elgin Cannon & Associates, we represent clients before the IAD in a few different…

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The Top 4 Mistakes People Make on Spousal Sponsorship Applications

Spousal sponsorship applications can be complicated. There are many application forms, accompanying documents, and administrative requirements to keep track of. Small mistakes with your application can have big consequences. In many cases, those mistakes can result in Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) returning your application instead of processing it.  Here are a few of the most common mistakes we…

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Pathways to Permanent Residency

There has probably never been a better time to be a foreign worker in Canada seeking Permanent Residency. Several new pathways to permanent residency have been launched for temporary workers and international graduates from Canadian post-secondary institutions who have the skills and experience that will benefit Canada in our post-pandemic recovery and will accelerate our economy. Canada needs a growing…

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