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Apply for Parent and Grandparent Super Visa for Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has started accepting applications for parent and grandparent super visa as announced earlier. With the Super Visa, parent and grandparent could be enjoying the company of their family in about eight weeks as compared to waiting for as long as eight years or more when applying …

Alberta Puts Family Stream and US Visa Holder Class Immigration on Hold

The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) will not accept new applications in the following two immigration programs effective August 23, 2010: Family Stream and, the U.S. Visa Holder Category. “Our focus needs to be on jobs for Albertans and Canadians first,” said Thomas Lukaszuk, Minister of Employment and Immigration. “We …

Can I Sponsor My Brothers and Sisters for Canadian Immigration?

We are asked this question many times a day. Canadian citizens and permanent residents after fulfilling the requirements to sponsor a family member can sponsor their parents. Your parents can include their dependent children (your brothers and sisters) in the immigration application to accompany them to Canada. You may also …

Canada Eases Restrictions to Fast Track Some Adoptions from Haiti

Canada has eased immigration restrictions to fast track some adoption of children from Haiti after the recent disastrous earthquake. Canadian Immigration officials will expedite adoptions that were already underway and had received preliminary approvals before the earthquake. Furthermore, the Canadian government is consulting Haitian authorities on “fast-tracking” their foreign-adoption approval …