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Sweeping changes to Canada’s temporary foreign worker program

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada
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  • May 3 2013

On the heels of intense media scrutiny of Canada's foreign worker program, the Harper Government announced sweeping changes to the Temporary

U.S., Canada sign visa and immigration info-sharing agreement

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

The United States and Canada signed the U.S.-Canada Visa and Immigration Information-Sharing Agreement on December 13, 2012. The agreement will

O Canada! Seyfarth’s news and practice pointers on Canadian immigration

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 1 2012

I. Practice Advisory Be Prepared for Business Visitors to Face Greater Scrutiny at Canadian Ports of Entry We have been receiving reports at various

IT Workers and Work Permits

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • November 28 2012

Although Canada does not have an equivalent work visa to that of the U.S. H-1B temporary work visa, for years information technology workers could rather easily secure a Canadian Work Permit by obtaining a Canadian job offer under what was known as the Information Technology Worker Program

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces new filing option for Canadian TN nonimmigrants, reminds employers of L-1 options

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • November 5 2012

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun accepting the Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, filed on behalf of Canadian citizens outside the United States who seek classification as TN (Trade NAFTA) nonimmigrants

New guidelines for assessing qualification as an intra-company transfer under specialized knowledge

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 22 2011

On July 4, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC") published an Operational Bulletin instructing CIC Officers (at the border and inland) on how to interpret the assessment criteria of intra-company transferee applications under the specialized knowledge category

New employer compliance requirements and ramped up enforcement measures to take effect on April 1, 2011

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 4 2011

Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC"), in cooperation with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada ("HRSDC") and the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA"), has developed dramatic amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations that will take effect on April 1, 2011

Amended regulations drastically affect Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker Program

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 23 2010

At the beginning of the year, Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC"), in cooperation with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada ("HRSDC") and the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA"), proposed dramatic amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Keeping up with OSHA

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 3 2010

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been busy this year implementing new policies and aggressively stepping up enforcement against employers

Global: news from China, Australia, Mexico, Canada

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Australia, Canada, China, Mexico
  • -
  • April 16 2010

China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) recently instituted new regulations for representative offices of foreign companies (ROs) in Shanghai, limiting head count as well as the validity period of the RO’s registration