As part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to provide greater flexibility in meeting requirements for those who wish to obtain Canadian citizenship, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced today a significant milestone in implementing changes to the Citizenship Act through the adoption of Bill C-6.

From the government’s website: The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced today that changes to the Citizenship Act through the adoption of Bill C-6 will be effective October 11, 2017.

Andy Semotiuk – Pace Immigration: President Donald Trump announced new restrictions on travel to the United States on September 24th, 2017. The new rules include broadening of the number of countries to be affected by his travel ban to include citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen — and some from Venezuela and will go into effect on October 18. The new ban is more targeted and involves more specific demands from each country included.

Andy Semotiuk – Pace Immigration: An American and a foreigner meet.  They date, fall in love and marry. Now they want to live together. Or while still dating, they plan to get married and settle in the United States.  This goal, to live together in the United States, requires a strong familiarity with U.S. immigration laws.  The immigration process can be a daunting one. The best approach is to study the options and procedures that are available.  To help in that process, this article will provide an introduction to sponsoring a spouse for an American green card.

Andy Semotiuk – Pace Immigration: President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants in the United States is having unforeseen consequences for Canada. The flood of recent illegal migrants crossing the Canadian border from the U. S. is unprecedented. Originally from Mexico, from Honduras, from El Salvadore, they come. Somalis with criminal records, Haitians fleeing expected cancellation of their American Temporary Protected Status and even a Syrian family flying into New York City on tourist visas, then making their way to Plattsburgh, where they took a taxi to the border.

The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda has approved the following changes to the program:

Jim Metcalfe – Pace Immigration: Earlier this year, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale visited Emerson, Manitoba, to look at the border situation there. Migrants – as well as some bona fide refugees – were coming over the US/Manitoba border to claim asylum.

Klaudios Mustakas – Pace Law Firm: I have had many phone calls in the past few months from people who are faced with the biggest problem in Canadian immigration: delays. It now takes months or years for applications of all kinds to make their way through the Canadian immigration apparatus. Spousal sponsorships, work visas, you name it. All of these people are facing seemingly endless delays. If I could sum it up in one letter to Immigration Minister Hussen, it would look something like this:

Pace Immigration Lawyer Andy Semotiuk: Here is an interesting story, especially in light of the large number of Syrian refugees who have settled in Canada over the past year:

Rachel Brown – Pace Immigration: Canadian citizenship changes have arrived. The recent announcement by the Government of Canada regarding the long-awaited Bill C-6 is the best immigration news in 2017.