NEWS AND EVENTS
Cultural Shift at IRCC: #sunnydays
Two weeks ago, more than 500 immigration professionals descended into Vancouver for the sold-out annual CBA Immigration Conference. Minister McCallum gave the keynote address and members of his department presented on many aspects of immigration and refugee law, from overseas sponsorship applications for refugees to inadmissibility issues to the interpretation of Kanthasamy and its impact on […]
Guest Speaker @ Robson Hall: 1 April 2016
Please note that Alastair Clarke has been invited by Professor Shauna Labman at the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law (Robson Hall) to give a presentation on immigration and refugee law for law students. Topics covered include: Inadmissibility issues Misrepresentation Security grounds and Section 34/1/f cases Removals Humanitarian and Compassionate applications The Guest Lecture will take […]
Guest Speaker at University of Manitoba, Dept of Labour Studies
Please note that Alastair Clarke has been invited to be the Guest Speaker at the University of Manitoba in the Department of Labour Studies to give a presentation on Canadian Immigration law and how it relates to workers. This presentation will be geared towards the students in Labour Studies; however members of the public may […]
Elimination of Conditional Permanent Resident Status
I recently met with a young Norwegian professional who wanted to know how to become a Canadian citizen. After I explained some of paths from temporary status (which he had, as a visitor) to permanent resident status to citizenship, he was visibly frustrated and said, “this is too complicated. I just want the form to […]
Syrian Refugees
When the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program was launched on 28 Sept 2015, Clarke Law was one of the first law firms in Canada to join. The goal of the program was to help the government reach its target of bringing in 25,000 Syrian refugees as part of its campaign promise. Immigration and refugee lawyers across […]
