What’s Next for the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program? Albertaprime Time Interview on Jason Kenney and the #UCP Immigration Plan for Alberta March 1, 2019

Michael Higgins:     An immigration plan to help reverse shrinking populations in rural Alberta. Jason Kenney’s Alberta Advantage Immigration Strategy would speed up processing and end large backlogs with an aim of bringing 10,000 newcomers to rural Alberta communities, giving priority to committed entrepreneurs …   Jason Kenney:         … who take big risks to turn a

Interview on the Jon McComb Show – February 5, 2019 – Immigration Consequences for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu Guilty Plea

Paul Jefferson:                  “Yes, we helped [inaudible 00:00:03] but at the same time he’s a human being who … he’s not a serial killer. He didn’t go out and kill anybody that day.” Jon McComb:                    The thoughts of Paul Jefferson. He is a billet parent for the Humboldt Broncos. Speaking about Jaskirat Singh Sidhu at a

Interview discussing Rahaf Al-Qunun with Ryan Jespersen AM 630 CHED January 14, 2019

Ryan Jespersen:               … in just a moment. Wanted to bring you this. Of course, you know the story by now if you’ve been paying attention to the news cycle. Canada granting asylum to a Saudi woman that says essentially that her future involved death. It says she said that she was going to be killed;

September 12, 2018 -Interview with Rob Breakenridge -The Surge in Border Crossings at Canada’s Border

R Breakenridge: The asylum seekers debate isn’t going away anytime soon. But more to it, I mean the problem itself isn’t going away anytime soon. Reasonable people can disagree on how big a problem it is or whether it warrants the term crisis, but it’s clearly a situation that we’re not prepared to deal that,

September 4, 2018 -The National on CBC – Canada’s Border and the Migrant Issue -Discussion with Adrienne Arsenault

Adrienne Arsenault: War and persecution and poverty have put this planet on the move. As physically removed as Canada may be from some of that, this country cannot escape the reality of people trying to find refuge here. But who’s coming, how they’re being treated, is the sort of subject that sometimes draws far more

September 4, 2018 -The National -CBC Interview -Challenge or Crisis at the Border?

Adrienne A.: No, we won’t be here that long, I promise you. You get a little bit of a break. Speaker 2: [inaudible 00:00:06] Adrienne A.: Yes it’s on right now. Speaker 2: We’re live. Adrienne A.: Excellent. Thanks, everybody, for stepping up and joining us. Maybe it’s Periscope, maybe it’s Facebook, maybe it’s YouTube.

August 21, 2018 -Interview on the Danielle Smith Show -The End of the Lottery System for Parental Sponsorships

Danielle Smith: The bad and the ugly today. We are going to start off with [inaudible 00:00:02]. I think one of the things that we forget, especially with all the turmoil that the liberals have created around the issue of illegal migrants, irregular migrants, family reunification, refugees, fast-track program, that we actually have a pretty

August 7, 2018 -Interview on The Ryan Jespersen Show -The State of Canada-Saudi Arabia Relations (Such as They Are)

Let’s turn our attention to matters of international news. You heard over the weekend the kingdom of Saudi Arabia expelling Canada’s ambassador and diplomats to that country and pulling back what turns out to be more than 15,000 students, Saudi students that are attending universities and colleges here in Canada, many of them benefiting from

June 30, 2018 -Interview on Global News Calgary -How US Immigration Policy Impacts Canada

    Bindu Suri: The debate over immigration policies in the US has some north of the border questioning if Canada is doing enough to address our own immigration concerns. Raj Sharma, an immigration lawyer here in Calgary, has been following this issue very closely, he joins us this morning. Thanks for coming in. Raj

June 26, 2018 -Interviewed by Ryan Jespersen -Borders Matter in 2018

    Ryan Jespersen: …talk on immigration, perhaps not in many years has talk and policy conversations and then the real life issues on immigration been so contentious, so emotional. We’re gonna talk about kids in detention centers in the United States, we’re gonna talk about kids in detention centers in Canada with our next

June 25, 2018 – Interview with Danielle Smith – The Pitfalls of International Adoption

  Danielle Smith: This was maybe good timing on the part of the lawyer that was representing these five couples that adopted Japanese children, and then found that for no apparent reason, they weren’t allowed to bring the kids back to Canada. You’ve got, it sounds like, in some of these cases one parent in

Podcast/Interview on Immigration Law and Policy – and the Practice of Immigration Law

It was a pleasure to contribute to this interesting new vehicle seeking to increase knowledge and awareness of topical legal matters: Launched in January by students in Pro Bono Students Canada – Calgary (PBSC), the Hearsay Podcast bridges what students learn in the classroom to real-world situations that the general public can relate to. The first season of the

The Ripple Effect: How US Immigration Policy Impacts Canada – Raj Sharma Interviewed on Global News Calgary June 30, 2018

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The new Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program AINP Alberta Opportunities Stream and What you Need to Know

Last week, after signifying that changes were in the works at it for several months, significant changes were announced to the AINP. These changes essentially swept aside the “Employer Driven” and “Strategic Recruitment” streams replacing it with the Alberta Opportunity Stream (AOS). These changes to the AINP indicate a clear “Alberta first” attitude. If you

Annulment and Divorce and When to Use One over the Other

The following is a post by Faraz Bawa; Mr. Bawa’s practice includes family law and he has used annulments in the past to address immigration issues for foreign nationals that cannot obtain a divorce from their country of origin/former residence. Annulments are often misunderstood in addressing marital and immigration law problems. Instead of ending an

Discussing the Growing Crisis for Canada’s Immigration System: Firm founder Raj Sharma interviewed by Danielle Smith on AM770 on April 17 2018

Danielle Smith: You can’t say that we don’t actually have a handle on our borders at the same time as we respect the rule of law, and are ignoring the safe third country agreement. You can’t. They’re usually opposed. You’ve got to make a choice about what you’re going to do. Are you going to

Misrepresentation – You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em

You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. – Don Schlitz, The Gambler A certain (but incalculable) percentage of immigrants have committed misrepresentation to come to Canada. Misrepresentation, as with many aspects of life, is a spectrum, but broadly defined

The End of #TPS for El Salvadoran Nationals Living in the US – Should They Come to Canada?

The Trump Administration has ended TPS for the 200,000 plus individuals from El Salvador. Will they come to Canada and follow in the footsteps of the thousands of Haitians that crossed the border last year? My interview with Danielle Smith this last week:        Danielle Smith: Let’s talk about another influence that the

The End of TPS for Haitians in the US and What it Means for Canada – Interview with Danielle Smith November 21 2017

Danielle Smith:                  I want to get into this issue, now that we’ve seen more development in the US on the Haitian Temporary Protected Status now being revoked finally, for the final time, so they say. This was supposed to be the final time, given six months, and now it’s been … or, when he extended

The Ten Commandments of Winning A Refugee Claim

As former Refugee Protection Officers and now in private practice with a busy refugee practice, and now of course with the dramatic increase in in-Canada refugee claims, we know, more than most that there’s no such thing as a sure thing in refugee hearings. Firm founder Bjorn Harsanyi, presented this paper to the CBA National