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Benjamin Meadow is a lawyer in Vancouver, British Columbia. We discuss whether landlords can charge temporary residents more for rent or security deposits, when a foreign worker’s lease is tied to their employment, landlords discovering illegal subletting, and more.

We breakdown the immigration promises of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

The following IMMReps exchange shows confusion over whether academic breaks include statutory holidays for the purpose of off campus work.

Connie Campbell is an immigration lawyer in Vancouver. We discuss the Federal Court decision in Talukder v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2024 FC 1489. Is inadmissibility for membership in a terrorist organization too broad? Is the Bangladesh Nationalist Party a terrorist organization? What about Samidoun?

One issue that arises with the landing portal is what are the potential consequences if someone receives their eCOPR while they are temporarily outside of Canada, if they had already declared their presence in Canada through the PR confirmation portal before leaving? Here is an IMMReps response.  

There would be perhaps few things as frustrating for the potential employers of foreign workers than to go through the Labour Market Impact Assessment process only to learn that they were not considered to be an employer by the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada. According to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program manual, an employer is an entity (e.g. person, business, corporation or organization) that makes an offer of employment to one or more foreign nationals who provide labour in return for compensation for a specified period of time. The employer is generally the entity that hires, controls working conditions and remunerates the foreign national. The Manual further states: Entities Considered the Employer of a Foreign National under the TFW Program: Canadian-Based Entity A person, business, corporation or organization based in Canada that makes an offer of employment to one or more foreign nationals. Foreign-Based Entity A person, business, corporation or organization that is not based in Canada that makes an offer of employment to one or more foreign nationals to work in Canada. For identification purposes, it is strongly recommended that the foreign-based employer obtain a Canadian business number to facilitate the TFW Program’s assessment of their genuineness. … Read More

Randall Cohn, an immigration lawyer in Vancouver, joins to discuss his reasons for leaving the Canadian immigration law practice area.

In Saffar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 645, the Federal Court ruled that it is reasonable for IRCC to refuse a permanent residence application if the applicant does not provide the Right of Permanent Residence Fee, and that IRCC does not have to inform them that the application was approved first.

The following PDF contains several IRCC training materials. Here are more IRCC training materials.

“Incompetence of counsel” in the Canadian immigration law context refers to situations where an applicant seeks to set aside a decision (e.g., refusal, removal order, etc.) on the grounds that their legal or immigration representative provided ineffective or negligent assistance, which prejudiced their case. Arsheep Kahlon joins to discuss the key elements of how this argument works.