Here is a Q & A with US and Canadian immigration lawyer Andy Semotiuk on current US immigration issues. Topics include:

James Metcalfe – Pace Immigration: On June 20, World Refugee Day, the ministry of immigration released a self congratulatory news release on its recent accomplishments.

Al Pace – Pace Law Firm:
My firm does extensive immigration work. As part of that work, I have
the opportunity to travel widely and experience immigration matters from
many different perspectives.

Immigration lawyer Andy Semotiuk – Pace Immigration: The current efforts in Congress to change U.S. immigration laws through a comprehensive immigration reform package include many good initiatives that are long overdue.

James Metcalfe – Pace Immigration: The Minister of Immigration has proposed changes in the definition of dependents under the Immigration Act and Regulations.

James Metcalfe – Pace Immigration: In brief there will be a cap of 5000 new application to be approved in 2014. Applications will be served on a fist come first served basis. Once the cap is reached applications will be returned.

In this interview with Canadian and US immigration lawyer Andy Semotiuk, we cover:

James Metcalfe – Pace Immigration: One of the problems with Citizenship and Immigration Canada is that it seems to have lost its memory.

Immigration lawyer Andy Semotiuk – Pace Immigration: Canadian Minister of Immigration Jason Kenney today announced some changes to the temporary foreign worker program.

James Metcalfe – Pace Immigration: The Super Visa program has been operating for more than a year and from what I have heard most people are happy with it.