17 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
Amid lengthy adjudication times for Canadian work permit renewal applications, the Canadian government has limited access to “flagpoling”. Flagpoling is when foreign nationals who hold temporary resident status in Canada, leave Canada and, after a brief visit to the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon, re-enter to access immigration […]
Effective January 21, 2025, Canada will implement new rules restricting the grant of open work permits to spouses of foreign students and foreign workers. These changes follow an announcement by the Canadian government late last year that the ability for spouses to work in Canada would be more limited than […]
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for February 2025. Until February 1, the January 2025 Visa Bulletin remains in effect. The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the cutoff dates for each respective category, the categories that are current during the applicable […]
13 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On January 10, 2025, the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued a joint announcement designating Romania as a U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) country. This designation will allow Romanian citizens and nationals to apply for admission to the United States […]
