Washington, D.C.; May 19, 2020. Reports indicate that the White House will likely agree with Canada and Mexico to extend travel restrictions and land border control measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The US implemented travel restrictions in March that barred non-essential travel to...
Toronto, May 18, 2020: Canada’s Minister for Immigration, Marco Mendicino, was recently quoted in support of immigrants and immigration during the COVID-19 crisis: “We could not put food on the plate of Canadians at an affordable price without immigrants, we could not support our front-line...
Washington, D.C., May 18, 2020: US Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has experienced a significant reduction in new visa applications since the start of the COVID-19 crisis in March 2020. As a result, USCIS now running out of money to operate. Funding for USCIS operations are...
Washington, D.C., May 8, 2020: In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is extending a measure recently adopted to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to requests for evidence (RFEs) and notices of intent to...
Borders with Canada On April 20, the United States and Canada announced a mutual agreement to extend restrictions on non-essential travel across our shared border for an additional 30 days. “Non-essential” travel includes travel that is considered tourism or recreational in nature. “Essential...
Washington, D.C., May 1, 2020: In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is extending a measure recently adopted to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to requests for evidence (RFEs) and notices of intent to...
On April 29,2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to 589 candidates. This draw was restricted exclusively to candidates with provincial nominations from Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for this draw was 692 points, which...
Washington, D.C., April 27, 2020: USCIS announced on Friday, April 24, 2020, that it intends to reopen its offices to the public on or after June 4, 2020. Since March 18, 2020, USCIS offices in the United States have been closed to all public visitors...
Washington, D.C. – April 24, 2020: The U.S. Department of State recently published its monthly Visa Bulletin for May, 2020, a few days after a Presidential proclamation was signed to temporarily limit immigration to the U.S. for 60-days. Employment Based Green Cards The May, 2020 visa bulletin...
On April 22, 2020 the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued 26 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) under the Entrepreneur Stream (OINP:ES). Expressions of Interest (EOIs) received and scored by the OINP:ES between November 22, 2019 and April 17, 2020 were eligible for consideration for this...
