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		<title>Changes to Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications in Canada as of June 29 2010 – Announced September 3 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September 3 2010 was the date on which Canada’s Immigration Department announced changes to all in-Canada humanitarian and compassionate (“H&#38;C”) cases filed on or after June 29 2010.  The changes are designed to reduce the hurdles Canada’s Border Service Agency has faced prior to deporting foreign nationals from Canada.  Some discipline is being added to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/changes-to-humanitarian-and-compassionate-applications-in-canada-as-of-june-29-2010-%e2%80%93-announced-september-3-2010/</link>
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		<title>The Revised Canadian Citizenship Test: Easier or Harder?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canadian citizenship is no doubt very valuable.  Canada’s immigration department is seeking to reinforce this fact by trying to teach the value and practice of Canadian citizenship, to enhance respect for Canadian democratic values, and to emphasize that citizenship in Canada involves both rights and responsibilities.  To this end, a new citizenship study guide was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/the-revised-canadian-citizenship-test-easier-or-harder/</link>
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		<title>Minister Kenney’s August 18 2010 Press Release: changes to temporary foreign workers, including live-in caregivers – An Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I previously blogged about proposed changes to Canada’s temporary foreign worker program Here.  As can be seen in the August 18 2010 News Release, those proposed changes are now law. A significant change from the previous  law relates to more specific guidelines for a Service Canada officer when assessing the genuineness of a job offer.   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/minister-kenney%e2%80%99s-august-18-2010-press-release-changes-to-temporary-foreign-workers-including-live-in-caregivers-%e2%80%93-an-analysis/</link>
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		<title>Arranged Employment Opinions  – Crackdown by Canadian Immigration Department</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canada’s visa offices around the world are cracking down on the point given to candidates for immigration to Canada under the federal  skilled worker program. The AEOs – arranged employment opinions  are essential for applicants for immigration to Canada who either are short on the required 67 points, and/or do not possess work experience in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/arranged-employment-opinions-%e2%80%93-crackdown-by-canadian-immigration-department/</link>
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		<title>Video Instructions to Assist in Completing Canadian Immigration Forms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canada’s immigration website has introduced video instructions to assist in the completion of one form, the “Use of a Representative Form (IMM 5476)” as can be seen here. The motivation for this may be to make government services more accessible to the public. . Given this screen-o-centric age, with even larger video screens in homes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/video-instructions-to-assist-in-completing-canadian-immigration-forms/</link>
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		<title>Judicial Review of Skilled Worker Cases at Sydney Nova Scotia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The gatekeeper to the Federal Skilled Worker program for Canadian immigration is the Centralized Intake Office at Sydney Nova Scotia.  The reputation of the CIO amongst Canadian immigration lawyers is not stellar.  There are complaints to the effect that the CIO’s decisions are not reasonable (e.g. sending back a file for not specifying a specific [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/judicial-review-of-skilled-worker-cases-at-sydney-nova-scotia/</link>
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		<title>Mandatory Language Testing Imposed by Canada’s Immigration Department is Illegal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Toronto Star reported that the June 26 2010 instructions from Canada’s Immigration Minister for potential skilled workers included mandatory language testing through the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and Test d’évaluation de français (TEF). The reader comments to the article were highly polarized, owing to the inherently controversial nature of (mostly) visible minorities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/mandatory-language-testing-imposed-by-canada%e2%80%99s-immigration-department-is-illegal/</link>
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		<title>Quota of 1000 on the Post June 26 2010 Occupation List for Skilled Workers to Canada and the Skilled Worker / Investor Cases received after June 26 2010.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fears that the one thousand (1000) applicant cap on each occupation listed by the Minister of Immigration would be filled immediately are likely untrue (the cap being imposed by Canada’s Immigration Minister on June 26 2010).  It is very true that 1000 applicants constitutes a relatively small number given the fact that the number of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/quota-of-1000-on-the-post-june-26-2010-occupation-list-for-skilled-workers-to-canada-and-the-skilled-worker-investor-cases-received-after-june-26-2010/</link>
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		<title>Criminal Records Legislation Changes Coming into Force before July 5 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some persons seeking immigration to Canada have had a criminal conviction while  in Canada.  For such people, a pardon may be the appropriate remedy.  Guest blogger Lesley Atkinson of Canadian Pardon Service describes the recent legislative developments related to  Pardons under Canadian law. On June 17, federal MP’s voted to pass a portion of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/criminal-records-legislation-changes-coming-into-force-before-july-5-2010/</link>
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		<title>Pardons Under Canadian Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some persons seeking immigration to Canada have had a checkered history in Canada, characterized by a criminal record.  For these people, a pardon may be the appropriate remedy.  Guest blogger Lesley Atkinson of Canadian Pardon Service describes the concept of a Pardon under Canadian law. Some General Pardons Information Pardons are government documents that are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chaudharylaw.com/site/cms/pardons-under-canadian-law/</link>
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