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Immigration

Our team understand the importance of immigration to the economic growth of Atlantic Canada. Whether in the technology, health care, energy, education, or corporate sectors, immigration plays an important part in how we diversify and fill important skill gaps.

 

Whether you have a business that needs personnel to enter Canada, you want to immigrate to Canada yourself, or you’re looking to help family members settle here, McInnes Cooper can assist you. We provide the full spectrum of legal services in Citizenship and Immigration matters.

 

We commonly address the following types of immigration issues:

 

Movement under International Treaties;

Procurement of Labour Market Opinions (LMOs) from Service Canada;

Issuance and Renewal of Temporary Work Permits;

Applications for Permanent Residency;

Applications for Canadian Citizenship;

Criminal Inadmissibility; and

Miscellaneous Matters.

Legal Alert: Federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program Changes
April 30, 2013

<p>On April 29, 2013 the Federal Government announced seven significant changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ol> <li><b>Payment of Prevailing Job Wage.</b>  Effective immediately, employers must pay temporary foreign workers the prevailing job wage; employers will no longer have the option to pay temporary foreign workers a lesser wage.</li> <li><b>Accelerated Labour Market Opinion

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Changes to Federal Foreign Worker Regulations Effective April 1, 2011: A Serious Issue for Employers
March  6, 2011

In the midst of a sea of change, the Federal Government has enacted Regulatory changes significantly impacting employers who hire foreign workers to come into full effect on April 1, 2011. &nbsp; Recruiting and retaining qualified employees is a perpetual business challenge. In light of significant demographic shifts in the Canadian population, employers now commonly

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