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Canadian Immigration Podcast — 183 episodes

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CIP 179: Tax Implications of Moving to Canada

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CIP 178: Black Box Immigration - Express Entry and AI Hallucinations

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CIP 177: Farming your way to Alberta - Who qualifies and who gets left out?

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CIP 176: Express Entry Getting it Right - Can You Claim Concurrent Work?

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CIP 175: Express Entry Getting it Right - 2026 Category Based Draws

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CIP 174: Express Entry Getting it Right - How your spouse can make or break your CRS score

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CIP 173: Business Immigration Series - LMIA Violations

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CIP 172: Immigration Levels Plans 2026-2028 - How It impacts you!

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CIP 171: Spousal Sponsorship - Work permit options for spouses and kids

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CIP 170: Business Immigration Series - What is going on with LMIAs in 2025

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CIP 169: Time's Up Series - How to respond to a PFL

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CIP 168: Express Entry Getting it Right - Language Tests

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CIP 167: Express Entry Getting it Right - Canadian Work Experience

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CIP 166: Express Entry Getting it Right - Mistakes Doctors Make

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CIP 165: Express Entry Getting it Right - Statutory Information Questions

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CIP 164: Express Entry Getting it Right - Changes to your eAPR after ITA

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CIP 163: Express Entry Getting it Right - Reference Letters

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CIP 162: Time's Up Series - New measures to support construction industry

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CIP 161: Express Entry Getting it Right - Show me the money - Settlement Funds

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CIP 160: Express Entry Getting it Right - 2025 Category-Based Draws

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CIP 159: Express Entry Getting it Right - Police Clearances

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CIP 158: Express Entry Getting it Right - Certificate of qualification points

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CIP 157: Time's Up Series - Applying for a BOWP? Don't make these costly mistakes

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CIP 156: Time's Up Series - No Points for LMIAs: What this means for Express Entry?

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CIP 155: Time's Up Series - When not to claim refugee status in Canada

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CIP 154: Time's Up Series - H&C Applications: What you need to know

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CIP 153: Time's Up Series - No Extensions for PGWPs

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CIP 152: How to move to Canada for US citizens post 2024 election (2nd Edition)

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CIP 151: Time's Up Series - My work permit expires soon: Can I change to a visitor status?

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CIP 150: Time's Up Series - The High Cost of Staying in Canada Illegally

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CIP 149: Time's Up Series - What to do when your work permit is expiring?

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CIP 148: AAIP Expression of Interest System - Everything you need to know!

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CIP 147: Uncovering TFWP Abuse: What Every Employer and Worker Needs to Know

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CIP 146: Mastering the 'Intention to Reside' in Canada's PNPs

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CIP 145: Lengthy Delays in Security Screening

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CIP 144: The Real Costs of Immigrating to Canada

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CIP 143: The Dangers of Crowd Sourcing Canadian Immigration Information with Robert Leong

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CIP 142: The PNP Battle for PR in Canada - From Temporary to Tenuous

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CIP 141: Major Shifts in Canada's Start-Up and Self Employed PR Programs with Pantea Jafari

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140: What if I am not invited in an Express Entry Draw?

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139: Making Sense of Filipino TFW Exit Visa Requirements with Lou Janssen Dangzalan

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138: Budget 2024 - Top 6 Immigration Takeaways

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137: Flagpoling - The Good, the bad, and the ugly

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136: The Future of Immigration in Canada 2024

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135: Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications - When all else fails!

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134: Top 10 Essential Tips for Employers of Foreign Workers

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133: AAIP Tourism and Hospitality Stream

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132: Closure of the Alberta Opportunity Stream and Creation ofNew Tourism Program

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131: Express Entry - Top 5 wrong answers given in online forums

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130: Business Immigration Series: Canada Chile Free Trade Agreement

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129: Business Immigration Series: General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS)

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128: Business Immigration Series: C10 Significant Benefit Work Permits

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127: Systemic Refusals in Canada's Self Employed PR Program - Part 2

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126: Recognized Employer Pilot

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125: Business Immigration Series: CUSMA Traders and Investors

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124: Business Immigration Series: CUSMA ICTs

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123: Business Immigration Series: CUSMA Professionals (formerly NAFTA)

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122: Business Immigration Series: Canada Free Trade Agreements - TOP 10 Things to Remember

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121: Business Immigration Series: Employer Portal Pain and Suffering

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120: Business Immigration Series: Business Visitors

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119: Business Immigration Series: Termination of the employment relationships - how to avoid mistakes?

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118: What if your Visa to Canada was refused?

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117: Why NO JUSTICE for Self-Employed applicants?

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116: Canada Tech Talent Strategy and Work Permit for H-1B Holders

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115: Rural an Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) in Claresholm, AB - Opportunities, Challenges and Practical Tips

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114: Business Immigration Series - Supporting a Foreign Worker for Permanent Residence

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113: Business Immigration Series - Employer Compliance and why you should be scared

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112: Deemed Knowledge - what if you hired someone illegally?

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111: The four BIG problems with CUAET no one is talking about

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110: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of CUAET

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109: Business Immigration Series - LMIA approved, now what?

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108: The strike, it's impact on immigration, and The Impossible Trivia

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107: The Return of the Impossible Canadian Trivia

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106: The latest updates on Immigration and the return of the Impossible Trivia

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105: Business Immigration Series - TOP 4 Reasons for LMIA refusal

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104: Business Immigration Series - Where most companies go wrong with LMIA?

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103: Meet the Holthe Immigration Law Team and Impossible Trivia

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102: Business Immigration Series - How to avoid the need for an LMIA

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101: Business Immigration Series - Does your employee need a Work Permit?

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100: Business Immigration Series - How to hire a foreign worker?

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099: CELPIP Test-Taking Tips from an English Teacher

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098: Top 6 Takeaways from Fraser's Strategy to Expand Transitions to PR

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097: How to Prepare a Reconsideration Request When your Visa is Refused

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096: Express Entry - should I add my CANADIAN SPOUSE as acompanying?

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095: How IRCC’s use of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE might displace CHINOOK 2022

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094: New PGWP Extensions and Express Entry Draws

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093: The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Crash Course with Chanelle Rosenbaum

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092: Workforce Solutions Road Map (Great News For Foreign Workers in Canada)

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091: Top 10 Reasons for Student Permit Refusals

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090: Canadian Study Permits - Approval Ratings by DLI

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089: All about getting a Job Offer in Canada

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088: Afghan Crisis - Interview with a Judge trapped in Kabul

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087: Credential Recognition and Other Challenges Faced by Newcomers

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086: Windmill Microlending and stimulation of Canadian Economy?

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085: Inside vs Outside Spousal Sponsorship and why your choice matters?

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084: Does Canada need an investor immigration program similar to American EB-5 program?

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083: SPECIAL SERIES: Immigration Hearings and Appeals - Appealing the Removal of Permanent Residents for Misrepresentation with Rekha McNutt

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082: SPECIAL SERIES: Immigration Hearings and Appeals - Appealing the Removal of PR for Criminality with Rekha McNutt

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081: SPECIAL SERIES: Immigration Hearings and Appeals - Residency Appeals with Rekha McNutt

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080: How Trump's new restrictions on foreign workers really benefit Canada!

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079: Is the IELTS really better than the CELPIP Test?

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078: Is the CBSA Above the Law?

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077: Canadian Business Immigration - The best options available with Jeffrey Lowe

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076: Canadian Business Immigration - The best options available with Jeffrey Lowe

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075: International Students in Canada - What the future holds with Will Tao

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074: What's Up With Canadian Immigration? Insight from the trenches with the Host, Mark Holthe

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073: SPECIAL SERIES: Immigration Hearings and Appeals - Sponsorship Appeals with Rekha McNutt

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072: Windmill Microlending - A great success story with Onai Abote

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071: Caregivers - Understanding the Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker Pilot with Matt Aronson

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070: SPECIAL SERIES INTRODUCTION - Immigration Hearings and Appeals with Rekah McNutt

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069: Special Episode - The impact of the 2019 Election on Immigration

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068: Express Entry

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067: Be prepared for the Canadian Health System with Jason Cummings

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066: Canadian Refugee Law - What everyone should know with Hart Kaminker

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65: Quebec Immigration - What's new? with Quebec Immigration Lawyer Genna Evelyn

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064: Pot Legalization and Cross Border Travel with Henry Chang

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063: BUSINESS IMMIGRATION SERIES: Business Plans - An essential component to business immigration applications with Mariannella Manzur of Joorney Business Plans

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062: United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) - 5 great ways to work in Canada with Billie Young

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061: Police Clearances - Don't take them lightly with Shirish Chotalia

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060: Visa Processing - Navigating the Quirky Cases with Christy Jones

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059: AINP - Alberta Opportunity Stream - Everything you wanted to know - Mark Holthe's take!

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058: How to Select the Best Translator for Your Immigration Application with Monica De Maria

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057: Navigating Canadian Ports of Entry - the Jekyll and Hyde experience

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056: Strategies for Bringing Marijuana Professionals into Canada with Betsy Kane

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055: PNP Series - Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program - Proposed changes for 2018 with Alastair Clarke

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054: Atlantic Immigration Pilot - The Best Immigration Program in Canada with Janet Thompson-Price

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053: Parental Sponsorship - Are you prepared to win the lottery with Ravi Jain

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052: Express Entry - How to Score High on the IELTS Exam with Kris Enders

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051: Private Sponsorship of Refugees to Canada - Part 2 - Helpful insight on the Blended Visa Office Referral (BVOR) process with Ronalee Carey

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050: PR Card Extensions - What to do if you are outside Canada with Robert Leong

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049: Quebec Immigration Programs with Genevieve Henault

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048: Maintaining Canadian Permanent Resident Status - Should I Stay or Should I Go with Carter Hoppe

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047: Canadian Citizenship - Good News is Just About Here!

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046: Medical Inadmissibility - Top 5 considerations when responding to a fairness letter with Mario Bellissimo

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045: Special PNP Series: Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program with Sarah Fagan

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044: International Medical Graduates: How to immigrate and practice as a doctor in Canada with Irma Roberts

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043: SPECIAL US Immigration EDITION: Understanding President Trump's Immigration Executive Orders - if that's even possible! with Heather Segal

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042: Self Employed Permanent Resident Program with Peter Rekai

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041: What Everybody Should Know About Canadian Permanent Resident Status! Essential tips on how to retain your status with Chantal Desloges

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40: Immigrant Investor Programs with Carter Hoppe

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039: What to do When Your Canadian Immigration Application is Refused with Richard Kurland

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038: SPECIAL PNP SERIES - Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program with Scott Bell

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037: Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications - When all else fails with Jean Munn, Q.C.

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036: Inadmissibility on Security Grounds - Removing terrorists, spies and dangerous people from Canada with Peter Edelmann

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035: Defending the Vulnerable - An Immigration Lawyer's Story with Shirish Chotalia

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034: Express Entry - Breaking Down the Nov 19, 2016 Update with Tamara Mosher-Kuczer

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033: How to Move to Canada - Special Episode Dedicated to all US Citizens Post Election with Betsy Kane

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032: Criminal Inadmissibility - Essential Strategies on Overcoming Criminality - interview with Raj Sharma

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031: What to do when your LMIA is refused for improper advertising! With Immigration lawyer Robert Leong

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030: Slave Labour Trafficking by Red Cross Tsunami Contractors - interview with journalist Virgil Grandfield

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029: The Private Sponsorship of Refugees to Canada with Ronalee Carey

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028: Challenging an Immigration officer's decision with Steven Meurrens

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027: Who knew Canadian Passports could be so interesting with Les Morley

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026: Life as a Canadian Immigration Lawyer - Is it for you? Interview with Will Tao

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025: PNP Series: Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program with Alastair Clarke

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024: How to contact Canadian immigration Authorities - even when they don't want you to, with Elizabeth Wozniak

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023: Temporary Foreign Worker Program Review – What does the future hold with Russ Weninger

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022: Employer Compliance Reviews - If employers are not scared, they should be! with Betsy Kane

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021: Wondering why your Study Permit got Refused with Dani Willets

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020: Express Entry - Navigating the Nasty Online Portal with Marina Sedai

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019: Owner Operator LMIAs with Jeffrey Lowe

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018: Judicial Review of a Visa Refusal - When all else fails! - Everything you wanted to know about the Judicial Review Process with Rekha McNutt

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017: Spousal Sponsorships - Essential tips for successful applications with Ravi Jain

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016: Canadian Immigration World - Look out!

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015: Canadian Citizenship - Good News on the Horizon with Chris Veeman

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014: Changes at the POEs that are catching people off guard with BJ Caruso

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013: Canadian Immigration Trends for 2016 - Immigration Minister John McCallum

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012: Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program - Program highlights

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011: Express Entry - How to Obtain a Job Offer with Emma Goerzen of Hire Standard

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010: Spousal Sponsorship Case Study with x-immigration Officer Billie Young

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009: Beware the New Canadian electronic Travel Authorization

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008: Express Entry - Answers to Listener Questions

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007: Interview with x-immigration officer Billie Young on the inner workings of CIC

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006: New Liberal Government's Immigration Reforms for 2016

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005: Express Entry - Top 5 Reasons You are Deemed Ineligible by the Come to Canada Wizard

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004: Special Foreign Worker Presentation to HRIA Professionals in Lethbridge

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003: Express Entry - Top 5 Reasons Your Application Can Get Refused

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002: Top 5 Things to Prepare Before Submitting Your Express Entry Profile

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001: Official Introduction to the Canadian Immigration Podcast

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000: Express Entry - Crucial Facts for Canadian Employers and Prospective Immigrants

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000: Express Entry - Top 5 Things to Prepare Now to Increase Your Chance of Early Selection

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000: Top 5 Ways to Stay in Canada if faced with the TFWP Cap of April 1, 2015

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000: The Canadian Immigration Podcast