Navigating Canadian Ports of Entry – a Jekyll and Hyde Expertise


Are you contemplating sending certainly one of your purchasers to a Canadian port of entry to profit from sooner processing? STOP! Hearken to this Episode earlier than you even take into consideration doing this. Sure…..you’re going to get sooner processing – nevertheless, you will not be as thrilled with the choice you get on that software. Be a part of me on this Episode the place I share a few of my very own x-immigration officer perception on navigating Canadian ports of entry.

For the final couple of years, I’ve at all times adopted an interview format on my Canadian Immigration Podcast. There has at all times been an superior visitor who joins me to debate the assorted matters I cowl on Canadian immigration. Nevertheless, on this episode I made a decision to “go solo” for a change.

In the summertime of 2002 (wow….it’s onerous to consider a lot time as handed), this  younger fellow had the chance to work as an immigration officer on the Carway and Chief Mountain POEs straddling the Alberta/Montana border. To a big extent, my expertise over that summer season and the next 12 months working as a “professional bono” slave to the hearings officer in Calgary whereas I completed up legislation college, formed my want to follow immigration legislation at this time.

I really consider that these experiences gained working as an immigration officer have made me a greater immigration lawyer at this time. I typically discover myself drawing upon these experiences after I recommendation purchasers and finally with the best way by which I create my immigration purposes and supporting paperwork. I’ll perpetually be grateful to all the superb officers I labored with these a few years in the past.

A current consumer expertise shared with me by a pal and previous colleague triggered me to do that episode at this time. Navigating the Canadian POEs can actually be a Jekyll and Hyde expertise. On this episode I shared a little bit perception that I hope will assist you as you ponder sending your purchasers by way of a port of entry for immigration functions.

On this episode, I lined the next matters:

  1. Why are POEs tougher at this time than they was once?
  2. The cultural transformation that has gone on at Canadian POEs.
  3. My ideas on why issues are the best way they’re.
  4. Suggestions and techniques that will help you when coping with Canadian POEs.

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