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		<title>Employer Alert: Vancouver’s Unemployment Rate Dips Below 6% &#8211; Act Fast!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Ing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) released new data on January 9, 2026 showing that Metro Vancouver’s unemployment rate fell below 6%. This is a pivotal threshold for employers looking to obtain permission through a Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA) to hire low-wage foreign workers, which includes any foreign worker being paid a wage of $36.60 or less per hour. In this blog we’ll discuss why this development is so important and what employers and foreign workers alike need to know over the next few months and beyond.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Expectation Overload: Employers now subject to more scrutiny when hiring foreign workers under Labour Market Impact Assessments</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Ing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In September 2025, Service Canada introduced a new rule applicable to employers who wish to hire foreign workers through Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) stream. The rule requires employers to use the “Direct Apply” feature on the Canadian Job Bank – a previously optional feature that allows job seekers to digitally submit their resumes to a hiring employer on the Canadian Job Bank platform, rather than only through traditional methods such as email or mail. Employers who do not use the Direct Apply feature can expect to receive a negative LMIA result, so read on to find out more about this new requirement.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“Timing in Life is Everything”: Why timing matters in the Canadian immigration process!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Sas, K.C.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In our immigration law practice, my partner Victor Ing and I are routinely surprised by the clients who contact us at the eleventh hour seeking our advice as to how we can solve their immigration problems. Whether it is extending a work or study permit, obtaining an LMIA to support a work permit application or submitting an H and C application for permanent residency or even making a Stay of Removal application to the Federal Court, it is remarkable how many people leave their immigration matters to the last minute. As the quote above from John Sculley clearly states, “timing is life is everything”. That may be even more true in the Canadian immigration realm where it can result in coming to or remaining in Canada. Let me share a few real-life examples with you.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>End of an era: IRCC eliminates job offer points from Express Entry scoring</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Ing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On March 25, 2025, the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that foreign nationals with Canadian job offers will no longer receive bonus points towards receiving an invitation to apply (ITA) for permanent residence under Canada’s Express Entry (EE) System. This substantial change took effect immediately and applies to all EE candidates who have not already received an ITA. Given the current uncertain immigration environment, permanent resident hopefuls must now re-evaluate their chances of receiving an ITA and proactively plan their next steps. Here is what you need to know.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Home Care Worker Programs Reopening: Are you prepared?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Preet Gill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 05:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Canada’s population continues to grow, evolve and age, the demand for skilled home care workers has never been higher. Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has demonstrated through their programs over the years that caregivers play an essential role in Canada to support vulnerable populations, including children, seniors and individuals with disabilities. Home care workers also enable families to continue working while ensuring that their loved ones are well cared for. The previous Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot programs ended on June 17, 2024 and were based on the amount of qualifying work experience an applicant had.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Opportunity Knocks for Prospective Immigrants in Canada’s Construction Sector.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Sas, K.C.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This past Friday, March 7, 2025, brought some welcome news for prospective immigrants in Canada’s construction sector. Recognizing the need for a stronger construction worker labour force, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ( IRCC), Marc Miller, announced steps to strengthen the opportunities for foreign construction workers in Canada including the creation of an industry advisory council, expansion of a pilot project to enable out-of-status workers to be legally employed and for apprentices in the trades to study without authorization enabling them to obtain their official trade certification in Canada. These steps have been introduced to both increase the pool of construction workers in Canada and to boost housing construction for the benefit of Canadians and the Canadian economy.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Navigating the Winds of Change to Canada’s Immigration program: A year in review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Sas, K.C.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my 30+ years as an immigration lawyer there is no single year that I can recall that has heralded the unprecedented level of change to Canada’s immigration program as 2024! Virtually every aspect of Canada’s economic immigration program has been altered and in many cases dramatically. Economic immigrants are what drives Canada’s immigration program: international students, workers, business immigrants, Express Entry and PNP applicants for permanent residence,]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More Changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program &#8211; Government Takes Aim at Employer’s Pocketbooks to Reduce Reliance on Foreign Workers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Ing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[How do I get a work visa for Canada?]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Effective November 8, 2024 it will cost Canadian employers 20% more to hire foreign workers under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program’s (TFWP) High-Wage Stream. The latest announcement made on October 21, 2024 by the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, is intended to further drive down overall temporary immigration levels in Canada.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Employer Alert! Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program is under attack &#8211; again!</title>
		<link>https://testing.canadian-visa-lawyer.com/employer-alert-canadas-temporary-foreign-worker-program-is-under-attack-again/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Sas, K.C.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For many years, if not decades, Canada has had a love-hate relationship with our foreign worker program. We routinely swing back and forth from facilitating foreign workers to come to Canada to fill labour shortages to restricting the ability of employers to bring temporary labour to the country.  At present, we seem to be, once again, at the restrictive and limiting swing of the pendulum.  Employers need to know what they are facing in this ever-changing and compliance based environment that is the current norm.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More Changes on the Horizon for Canada’s Caregivers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Ing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On June 3, 2024 the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Marc Miller, announced that his department will soon be overhauling Canada’s caregiver immigration programs. The news was timely since it came two weeks before Canada’s most recent five-year caregiver pilot programs expired on June 17, but it can also be viewed as disappointing because few details were shared about how the new programs will operate.]]></description>
		
		
		
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