By: Law Office of Jeff Jiehui Li As of October 24, 2017, the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) increased the age limit under the definition of a “dependent child”. Individuals under the age of 22 years old…
Category: Family Class – Spouse
Elimination of the Two-Year Cohabitation Period in Spousal Sponsorship Applications
As of April 18, 2017, the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) repealed the conditional permanent residence requirement. The requirement for the two-year cohabitation period no longer applied to new and existing applicants under the spouse, common-law partner,…
New Divorce Process for Certain Non-residents Who Married in Canada
[The following is a news release provided by Jeff Li, Toronto Family Law Lawyer.] OTTAWA, August 16, 2013 – The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the coming into force of a…
Spouses must live with sponsors for two years to keep permanent resident status
Mississauga, October 26, 2012 — In an ongoing effort to deter people from using marriages of convenience to cheat their way into Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) introduced a new regulation that requires certain sponsored spouses live in a legitimate…
Couple fined $120,000 for immigration fraud following government crackdown
[National Post] When Reha and Ecehan Ozcelik landed at Montreal’s Trudeau airport on Sept. 17, they told the border officer who questioned them they were permanent residents of Canada and lived in Montreal. And yet, they couldn’t answer basic questions…
Conditional permanent residence proposed to deter marriages of convenience
The following is a news release by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, provided to you by Toronto Lawyer Jeff Li. Ottawa, March 9, 2012 — Today, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney announced measures to further strengthen the Government of…
5-year ban imposed on certain spousal sponsorship applicants
The following is a news release by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, provided to you by Toronto Lawyer Jeff Li. Toronto, March 2, 2012 — The Government of Canada has put in place a bar on sponsorship in an ongoing effort to…
Potential spousal sponsorship program change? Married immigrants have to stay together for two years or face expulsion
http://www.canada.com/life/Married+immigrants+have+stay+together+years+face+expulsion/6160581/story.html
Immigrant marriage fraudster finally deported
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Immigrant%2Bmarriage%2Bfraudster%2Bfinally%2Bdeported/6147773/story.html
Live-in caregivers made to work longer to earn status; Ottawa faces legal challenge over backlogged immigrant visa applications
Live-in caregivers made to work longer to earn status: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1092211 Ottawa faces legal challenge over backlogged immigrant visa applications: http://www.thestar.com/iphone/news/article/1091558–ottawa-faces-legal-challenge-over-backlogged-immigrant-visa-applications