If you come from a visa exempt nation, must journey overseas within the close to future, and your Canadian PR Card is expiring quickly, you might be in serious trouble. Nonetheless, you might be in luck…this Podcast might help.
On this episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast, I present some nice perception on how Canadian everlasting resident’s from visa exempt international locations can be negatively affected by the Canadian Digital Journey Authorization (eTA) course of that may develop into regulation on March 15, 2016.
As a Canadian everlasting resident, you might assume it doesn’t have an effect on you. Nonetheless, for those who come from a visa exempt nation and are accustomed to easily travelling in your passport as you all the time have when your PR Card expires, you might be dealing with a really disagreeable actuality – you’ll not give you the chance to take action!
If you’re planning to journey within the subsequent 6 months and your PR Card will expire on this time, the airways won’t mean you can board with no legitimate PR Card, or an eTA. As a PR of Canada, you may’t get an eTA.
On this episode, I’m going to provide you some methods to cope with this probably disastrous scenario.
The overall matters mentioned embrace:
- Why I’ve not launched a Podcast in 2 months – and the way I’ve found out a means to make sure this doesn’t occur once more.
- Job Alternatives inside Holthe Tilleman LLP – If you’re an immigration lawyer or licensed immigration marketing consultant on the lookout for a extra versatile and balanced skilled alternative, I share the chance that exists with our group.
- Canadian Immigration DIY Information Dilemma – Ought to I or shouldn’t I really create these?
- What’s New with Citizenship and Immigration Canada – Title adjustments and the ugly Digital Journey Authorization (eTA) world.
- Solutions to Listener Questions– What to do when you might want to journey earlier than your PR Card is prepared. Find out how to cope with an uncooperative immigration consultant.
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LAST EPISODE – S1 E8
-indicated that Billie and I’d use or prior expertise as Canadian immigration officers to debate whether or not or not a spousal sponsorship utility needs to be authorized based mostly upon a fictitious reality sample we developed.
-Billie and I can be doing this in Episode 10 as an alternative of this episode, so keep tuned, as a result of it needs to be loads of enjoyable.
WHY I HAVE NOT RELEASED A PODCAST IN 2 MONTHS
-Canadian Immigration Institute Created
-Why I made a decision to create a course on Specific Entry
- Plenty of misinformation on the web
- Many individuals coming to me when it was too late
- CIC’s “one contact” coverage very ruthless
- Simply wished to assist individuals who had no different place to show for data they might belief
- Working a agency to financially assist my household, so couldn’t present one-on-one free recommendation like I had up to now
- Determined to create a Course on Specific Entry the place I might train a big group of individuals on the similar time find out how to put together and submit their EE functions.
-produced webinars on specific entry to offer free data and introduce individuals to the idea of an EE course.
-created and ran my first pilot program on find out how to submit an Specific Entry profile.
-however, the curiosity within the course was not ample to justify going by way of with it.
-surprising outcome was that many extra individuals would relatively rent our agency instantly than take the course.
-this was sudden and resulted in significantly extra work for the agency than I anticipated.
-my time needed to be targeted on serving to all the brand new shoppers and I didn’t have time to proceed with the Podcast and producing new content material for the Canadian Immigration Podcast web site.
-because IRCC has made the method so difficult and troublesome, many dabbling legal professionals and light-weight weight consultants have now dropped out of the image as a result of they might not sustain with the adjustments and weren’t capable of competently assist individuals with immigration.
– this has resulted in lots of extra individuals coming to our workplace for assist
-because I really like podcasting a lot and producing content material for my website, I knew I must make some adjustments inside our regulation agency.
-I’ve now made changes by hiring new employees and restructuring my agency in order that I can as soon as once more flip my consideration to what I like to do most, which is creating the Canadian Immigration Podcast and offering free assets and knowledge to individuals that may not usually afford to rent an immigration lawyer.
PROFESSION OPPORTUNITY – COME WORK FOR US
-I additionally wish to prolong an invite to any at the moment training Canadian immigration legal professionals or licensed immigration consultants, regardless of the place you reside in Canada or overseas, who’re on the lookout for a possibility to work inside an superior rising regulation agency, however are not looking for the stress of getting to fulfill sure targets, or work on a full time foundation.
-Due to the digital nature of our regulation agency, we’re able to supply a platform in which you’ll work as a lot or as little as you need below the Holthe Tilleman LLP umbrella in no matter geographic location you might be in. You’ll be capable to work on a contract foundation or in a part-time capability whereas being compensated instantly for the work you wish to do.
-That is how I intend to proceed assembly the wants of our shoppers and create alternatives for professionals who’ve seen their practices shrink with the toughening immigration market and the numerous restrictions on TFWs and folks not qualifying for PR.
-Simply attain out to me instantly by way of our agency web site at ht-llp.com or contact me by way of my LinkedIn profile, Fb, or every other technique that works. You can even name our regulation agency instantly on our toll free quantity at 1-844-485-8204 and ask to talk with me.
DIY GUIDE DILEMMA
–So I’ve determined to not proceed ahead with the course.
-Dilemma I now face is whether or not or not it is sensible for me to create DIY guides for many who merely wish to do it themselves, however would really like a bit skilled assist to keep away from among the frequent pitfalls that simply beset individuals who attempt to do it themselves.
-So I wish to hear from you.
-When you assume it might be a good suggestion for me to create a collection of DIY Guides to Canadian Immigration I’d like to get your suggestions.
-These guides could be video tutorials on find out how to full the varied sorts of Canadian immigration functions.
-You’ll be able to reply within the remark part of this Podcast, or ship us your ideas through our Canadian Immigration Podcast Fb Web page. I’d love to listen to from you.
-The responses we obtain will largely dictate whether or not or not I proceed ahead with the DIY Guides at the moment. So please take the time to let me know for those who assume it might be one thing helpful for individuals who couldn’t in any other case afford to rent an immigration consultant.
WHAT IS NEW WITH CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION CANADA
Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s New Title
CIC now Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
-transition is slowly taking up and now we’re seeing just about all communication coming again as IRCC versus CIC.
-CIC web site has not but modified. I thought of registering the area identify for IRCC as quickly because the change was introduced, however I’m not likely within the enterprise of being a website squatter.
-IRCC web site has been actually sluggish these days…..presumably resulting from rollover to new area
New Digital Journey Authorization Coming into Impact
Beginning March 15, 2016, visa-exempt overseas nationals who fly to or transit by way of Canada will want an Digital Journey Authorization (eTA).
Exceptions embrace U.S. residents and travellers with a legitimate visa.
Entry necessities for different strategies of journey (land, sea) haven’t modified.
See: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/go to/eta.asp
– Apply electronically by way of MyCIC portal: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/go to/eta-start.asp
-huge downside brewing
– You can not apply for an eTA in case you are:
- a Canadian citizen or a twin Canadian citizen,
- a Canadian everlasting resident, or
- a U.S. citizen. (Nonetheless, lawful everlasting residents of the U.S. want an eTA if travelling by air.)
– What in case your PR Card is expiring and you might want to journey.
-Present PR Card Processing occasions are at 171 days: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/data/occasions/
-what if you might want to journey and wish your PR Card extension processed on an Pressing Foundation?
To qualify for pressing processing, you should be:
- travelling within the subsequent three months, and
- returning to Canada on a business car, like an airplane, practice, boat or bus.
Even when these circumstances apply to you, we could not be capable to course of your request urgently or get your card to you earlier than you might want to journey.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/data/pr-card/apply-urgent-processing.asp
– Are you able to think about the nightmare that’s going to occur for visa exempt nationals comparable to UK, Australian, or different Canadian PR holders who come from visa exempt international locations and need to journey with no legitimate PR card?
– up to now, they might typically simply journey on their Passports and airways or CBSA would hardly ever have a difficulty once they returned as a result of they didn’t want a visa.
-however, now if they’re PRs, the airways won’t allow them to board until they’ve a legitimate PR card, or maintain an eTA.
-well, PRs of Canada can’t apply for an eTA, so what are these individuals to do?
-if you’re a PR overseas and you’ve got misplaced your PR Card, or you might have utilized to increase it and it has not but been processed and also you wish to return to Canada, IRCC requires that you simply apply for a Journey Doc as a Canadian consulate or visa workplace overseas.
-what a colossal waste of time and drain on everybody’s assets.
-let me share with you what I’m advising my shoppers.
-remember, eTAs solely apply to “air journey”. So in case you are getting into Canada through a land crossing from the US, then the outdated guidelines apply.
-although there may be by no means a assure {that a} CBSA officer won’t provide you with some trouble, I’m advising my visa exempt shoppers who’ve PR Card extensions in course of and must journey after their present PR playing cards have expired to journey to the US by land after which fly domestically throughout the US or internationally from a US airport after which return to Canada through the land crossing.
-obviously, visa exempt nationals with PR standing in Canada should nonetheless meet the necessities of the US visa waiver program, or maintain a legitimate US visa; nevertheless, on this method, enterprise journeys, essential private journeys can nonetheless be accommodated for with out the trouble of making use of for a Journey Doc.
If in case you have any particular questions relating to this course of, simply go away me a remark and whether it is one thing that every one our listeners may benefit from, I’ll share it with everybody.
ANSWERS TO LISTENER QUESTIONS
Listener #1
From: kumar
Topic: [your-subject]
Message Physique:
hi there, I utilized for specific entry in September 2015 and my file was select from the pool in oct 2015. After submitting my doc in final of oct, they requested me to submit my passport. I submit it final week, I’ll get my passport in few enterprise days. After receiving my passport, I wish to journey to my very own nation, India for some form of work. Is that attainable, or ought to I look ahead to my pr card? If I wish to journey to my very own nation earlier than receiving pr card, then what would be the process? can I enter the Canada after my go to to India
Reply: When you should go away earlier than your PR Card is processed,
You could apply for a Journey Doc at one of many Canadian consulate’s in India earlier than you may return: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/data/functions/journey.asp
Present processing occasions to obtain your preliminary PR Card are at 42 days.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/data/occasions/
There’s a course of to request Pressing Processing of your PR card, nevertheless, there aren’t any ensures and I can inform you from my expertise that nothing is pressing for them nowadays
-when you consider the entire individuals with PR Card extensions pending who must journey and are going to be caught by the eTA rule, will probably be unlikely that any request for pressing processing can be accepted until there may be actually an emergency (and even then it’s uncertain)
Listener #2
From: Krishna
Topic: [your-subject]
Message Physique:
Good day,
Simply to provide you a background I had utilized below the Specific Entry program final yr by way of a marketing consultant. Nonetheless because the consultants had been actually ineffective I made a decision to choose out of their providers. Now I’m attempting to use alone this yr and had a query relating to the applying course of.
Whereas making use of I’m requested if I had utilized to CIC earlier than and there may be one other query asking if I had utilized for EE earlier than.
I belive I ought to say sure, as my ex-immigration consultants had utilized on my behalf proper?
They’re but to share the Specific Entry file quantity and the Distinctive Shopper Identifier (UCI). In your opinion they need to be sharing these identification numbers with me proper?
As once I was with them, they by no means shared these particulars.
regards
Krishna
Reply: Completely. Any consultant, whether or not immigration marketing consultant or lawyer has an obligation to cooperate with you while you want to discontinue their illustration.
When you owe them cash, they are able to preserve the work product that they created and never return it to you. Nonetheless, when it comes materials that you’ve paid for, you might be entitled to obtain copies of your file supplies which incorporates your EE file quantity and UCI quantity.
In the event that they refuse, then I like to recommend that you simply report them to their regulatory physique. If a marketing consultant, it might be the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC): https://www.iccrc-crcic.ca/residence.cfm
If a lawyer, then you may search the Provincial Regulation Society governing physique the place the lawyer practices and observe the hyperlinks offering directions on find out how to report misconduct.
IDEAS FOR OUR NEXT PODCAST
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Within the coming episodes, I’m going to be interviewing numerous Canadian immigration business leaders who can be sharing their expertise and perception into among the present challenges individuals are dealing with with Specific Entry in addition to different points we as immigration legal professionals and consultants face when representing our shoppers earlier than Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
So keep tuned.
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