Posts by Michael Niren

As reported by Joe Friesen of the Globe and Mail, approximately 300 applications for Canadian citizenship directed to a single address in Mississauga, Ontario are subject of an RCMP Investigation. The suspicion is that applicants who live abroad may have retained the services of  unscrupulous Immigration Consultants to file these applications naming a fake address. […]

Immigration to Quebec made easier for Haitians Last week, the Province of Quebec stated that it was preparing to open its door to welcome more Haitian immigrants affected by the recent earthquake despite federal government protocols 90 per cent of the 135,000 members of the Canadian Haitian population currently reside in the province of Quebec. […]

Family facing deportation from Canada after father killed On Christmas Eve of last year, several Toronto-area families were torn apart when four men died and one was critically injured after the scaffolding they were working on collapsed, the worst construction accident in the city in five decades. Now, the North York family of one man, […]

Immigration phone consultations from Niren and Associates Are you located outside Toronto or even Canada? Do you need help with Canadian or US Visas or Entry to Canada or to the US? At our office, we handle immigration and visa cases for people located in Toronto but also ALL over Canada, the US and the […]

TN Visa Application Advice TN Visa applications, those supposedly “quick and easy” NAFTA Work Permits that are issued at the border have become very popular over the years. The relatively minimal paperwork involved (compared with other US Work permits) and instantaneous processing, has made the TNs a favorite among Visa applicants and their US employers. […]

New Rules for Haitian Immigrants As has been reported, the Canadian government has introduced new rules to ease the immigration of Haitians affected by the tragic earthquake. The earthquake, which was over 7.0 on the Richter scale, has left the country with devastation that was “instant, utter and widespread,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said last […]

Immigration Law Office in New York As some of you know we have three immigration offices located in Toronto, Hamilton Ontario and Willimansville, New York.  Our  Immigration Associate Fadi Minawi, one of our  US Immigration Attorneys, who is a member of the New York State Bar and a Foreign Legal Consultant is available to meet […]

Ways to help Haiti The devastation is Haiti is unprecedented and humanitarian aid is desperately needed. The problem of course is making sure that the aid gets to those who really need it. Haiti has always been a politically corrupt nation and now, in the aftermath of the earth quake, a lawless one.  Over the […]

In our ongoing effort to provide comprehensive information to people applying for visas to Canada and visas for US, we have gone “outside the box” as it were. While we are not tax experts by any stretch and the following is not to be considered legal advice, it is important to understand the tax issues […]

Montreal Family Facing Deportation from Canada The Barlagne family immigrated from France to Canada in 2005 with dreams of starting their own business and a new life. Almost five years later, their computer software business is booming, the family’s two daughters are attending school and Mrs. Barlagne teaches new immigrants French at no charge to […]

It has been reported that Google, the primary search engine, is considering pulling out of China because of their censorship laws. Freedom of expression in China, being a communist country, does not exist. The Internet on the other hand is the bastion of free speech in modern times. The two (China and the Internet) mix […]

Temporary Resident Permit Application Approved thanks to Niren and Associates I wanted to express my Thanks for supporting me with my TRP application. This is my 5th TRP and I’m looking forward to getting this behind me in ’11.  The application went very well yesterday as I was in and out of the Rainbow Bridge facility in […]

New Canadian Airport Security Measures As our ongoing effort to inform the pubic about Airport Security, we have learned that along with the introduction of controversial full-body scanners and other new security regulations, Canadian airports will now include specially trained officers who “spot “suspicious individuals based on their behaviour and how they look or dress. […]

US Immigration phone numbers and contacting offices Q. I have an application for a Spousal Petition (I-130) submitted to the National Visa Center. I have not heard from the NVC and I am unable to reach anyone at the US Immigration Services to find out about the status of my US Visa Application. What do […]

Tens of thousands of Canadian Immigrants will be affected by new American security measures New Canadians born in 14 select countries will be subjected to increased special screening when entering into the United States, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced on Sunday, January 3rd. The countries are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, […]