Mississauga man found criminally inadmissible to Canada for alleged Tamil Tigers connections Canadian immigration tried for decades to deport Manickavasagam Suresh as a terrorist fundraiser TORONTO, October 2015 – After two decades of removal attempts, the Canadian Federal Court has ordered the deportation of a Mississauga resident reportedly sent by the Sri Lankan guerrilla group known as the Tamil Tigers to run an organization alleged
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Deportation For Criminal Inadmissibility
Canadian Immigration Lawyer Wants Client Released – Claims Charter Rights Infringed OTTAWA – A 26-year-old Yemen-born man convicted of bank robbery and other offenses has remained in custody by the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board for over 20 months, while facing deportation to his country of birth. Canadian immigration authorities have been holding Ahmed Ali Ahmed in custody since his completion of a two-year sentence for robbery.
Canadian Immigration eases conditions for Ottawa-born man without citizenship
Deemed criminally inadmissible and ordered to leave Canada, Deepan Budlakoti claims to be rehabilitated and continues to fight government ruling July 2015 – After a hearing in Montreal, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada has eased the release conditions for a 25 year-old Ottawa-born man without citizenship who was convicted of drug and weapons charges and ordered to leave the country. At the hearing,
UPDATE: Canadian Immigration Accepting Applications for Electronic Travel Authorization
Electronic pre-screening to be required for foreign air travelers to Canada starting next year JULY, 2015 – On Saturday, August 1st, 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will begin accepting applications for Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA). Under the eTA system, which launches in March 2016, foreign air travelers to Canada from visa-exempt countries will have to submit personal information for pre-screening via the CIC website or
Inadmissible to Canada for DIY repairs
British Tourist Detained by Canadian immigration after being accused of working illegally Protests that he was “treated like a criminal” EDMONTON, ALBERTA June 2015 – A British citizen visiting his Canadian girlfriend is being deported after Canadian immigration authorities charged that he violated his visa by working illegally during his stay. He is now inadmissible to Canada. Tom Rolfe, a 24 year-old traveler from Abergavenny, Wales,
Over $30,000 seized by Canadian immigration authorities at Emerson
A case of criminal inadmissibility at the southern Manitoba border EMERSON, MANITOBA – On May 3, 2015 in the border town of Emerson, Manitoba, officers confiscated nearly $31,000 in undeclared funds from two Canadian travelers returning from the States. Facing secondary examination, each confessed to having roughly $10,000 in cash, while their individual records revealed previous criminal behaviour. As neither man could verify that the funds were
CIC’s Reforms to Canada’s Citizenship Act
June 2015 – Resulting from measures passed by Parliament last year, a series of heavily anticipated changes to the Canadian Act has taken effect this month. The reforms stem from Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act passed in 2014. According to an official statement from the federal government, the new reforms “will deter citizens of convenience—those who become citizens for the sake of having
9th Express Entry Draw
Express Entry Updates: Second Nova Scotia Stream Launched and Ninth Draw Held for Canadian Immigration Nova Scotia’s provincial nominee system has launched a new stream for skilled workers called Nova Scotia Experience: Express Entry, which will complement the Nova Scotia Demand stream that opened in January. Like its predecessor, the Experience stream is aligned with the federal Express Entry immigration system, through which the Canadian
Express Entry in Ontario: French-Speaking Skilled Worker and Human Capital Priorities Streams for Canadian Immigration
ONTARIO, June, 2015 – The province of Ontario has announced two new Canadian immigration streams aligned with the federal Express Entry immigration selection system. The Opportunities Ontario: Human Capital Priorities Stream and French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream both enable the Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program (OOPNP) to choose candidates for Canadian immigration from the Express Entry pool. Under both streams, OOPNP nominates Express Entry candidates who
Filipino Nationals Dominate Canadian Immigration in 2014
Philippines overtakes China as biggest source of new Canadian permanent residents Official statistics now identify the Philippines as the number-one source country for Canadian immigration. According to Canadian immigration figures for 2014, over 40,000 Filipino nationals gained permanent residency in Canada, compared to 29,539 in 2013 when China was the number-one source country. A significant portion of these new permanent residents first entered Canada through