Total complete applications received since July 1, 2011

If you are applying under one of the 29 eligible occupations, as of July 1, 2011, a maximum of 10,000 Federal Skilled Worker applications will be considered for processing in the following 12 months. Within the 10,000 cap, a maximum of 500 federal skilled worker applications per eligible occupation will be considered for processing each year. These limits do not apply to applications with an offer of arranged employment

Sponsors must repay immigrants’ debt

Governments have a procedural duty to act fairly unless that duty is displaces by clear statutory language or by necessary implication, the Supreme Court of Canada has reaffirmed in an immigration case of note to all administrative law practitioners

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Doctors can’t pull plug on their own, court rules

Ontario’s top court has denied doctors at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre their wish to unilaterally pull the plug on a patient they deem beyond medical help.

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Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC)
On March 18, 2011, it was announced that the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) is being proposed as a new regulatory body to oversee immigration consultants
EFFECTIVE December 23, 2010
EFFECTIVE December 23, 2010, If you are submitting a language test with your application, the results are now valid for 2 years from the time you took the test, instead of 1 year. This change applies to Federal skilled worker, Canadian Experience Class and Business Class Immigrants (investors, entrepreneurs and self-employed people).