Immigration Update
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On September 16, 2021, the Government of Canada updated guidance for the bridging open work permit (BOWP) applications.
Now, foreign nationals under the Quebec skilled worker class (QSWC) can apply for BOWP if they have passed a completeness check under section 10 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) and meet other eligibility requirements.
Quebec will be responsible for the selection of applicants, while IRCC will be responsible for determining admissibility.
Applicants selected by the province will be issued a Certificat de selection du Quebec (CSQ). In addition, the Government has made clarifications to the Agri-Food Pilot (AFP) section.
Applicants must submit their BOWP applications for the AFP online and provide their approval in principle letter in the ‘Client Information’ field with their work permit online application.
#Quebec, #skilled_workers, #BOWP, #QSWC, #IRPR, #CSQ, #AFP
https://convirzon.ca/Client/ghimmigration/work-permits/open-work-permits/
Refugees and their lawyers want to challenge Canada's right to deny asylum to those arriving from the United States.
The ‘Safe Third Country Agreement’ signed in 2004 is considered to violate Canada's own charter of human rights, as it returns asylum-seekers to the US, where they are usually imprisoned by the authorities, often under inhumane conditions.
The Federal Court of Appeal rejected the refugees’ claim earlier this year, and the new appeal will now be heard by the Supreme Court.
#Supreme_Court, #refugees, #asylum_seekers, #Safe_Third_Country_Agreement
On August 26, 2021, the Federal Court of Canada ordered Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to pay $2,500 to the applicant, Mr. Charles Obafemi who applied for a work permit and visitor visa in Nigeria on September 13, 2019, to join his wife in Canada.
Due to an error made by the visa officer, an unnecessary delay occurred and prevented the applicant to join his wife in Canada for far too long.
The court ordered IRCC to process Mr. Obafemi’s application on a high priority basis.
In addition, on August 27, 2021, the Court also ordered IRCC to pay a compensation of $62,040 to David Alfonzo Blanco Carrero.
Mr Carrero a Quebec Skilled Worker whose permanent residence (PR) has been processed by IRCC for almost a decade because of officer mistakes that now prevents the applicant get a PR as the application was impacted by the 2019 Quebec CSQ cancellation law.
#Federal_Court, #IRCC, #delays
The Government of Canada helped 145 Canadian-bound refugees flee Afghanistan overland to Pakistan.
About 145 individuals who helped Canada during its military mission to Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, have Canadian visas and are now being processed in Pakistan.
According to Alexander Cohen, Press Secretary at Office of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2,200 Afghan refugees have already resettled in Canada so far, with another 400 in transit.
Evacuated refugees will be on their way to Canada within days or weeks.
#Afghanistan, #Taliban, #refugees, #Afghans, #IRCC, #Pakistan
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/opposition-calls-sask-more-help-230152251.html
