Posts by Michael Niren

Mr. Niren is CEO of VisaPlace LLC and the President and Managing Partner of VisaPlace Legal Canada, an immigration law firm based in Toronto, and VisaPlace Legal US a law firm registered in The District of Columbia, USA. Mr. Niren is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association’s Citizenship and Immigration Section, American Lawyers Association, and an Associate Member of the American Bar Association.

Ontario Bridge Training Program for Immigrant Skilled Workers

By Michael NirenDecember 19, 2019
(Below is a transcription of this video) Hello, my name is Michael Niren. I’m an immigration lawyer and founder of VisaPlace.com. An exciting announcement by Kanan immigration on November 22nd, they announced that the working with the Ontario government to institute what we call a Bridge Training Program that will help license skilled workers get […]
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Immigration Investor Program for Canada Closed

By Michael NirenDecember 3, 2019
Business Visa
(Below is a transcription of this video) Hi. My name is Michael Niren, an immigration lawyer and founder of visaplace.com. It was recently announced that the Canadian Investor program, the federal Canadian Investor program is going to be cancelled. Unfortunate news for high net worth individuals who wish to invest in Canada and get permanent […]

U.S will start accepting H-1B applications starting April 1st

By Michael NirenMarch 31, 2014
The Federal US agency has announced that starting April 1st  people aspiring to apply for the H-1B visas can start submitting their applications. There are a maximum of 65,000 applications being accepted by the USCIS which is most popular with IT professionals and companies in IT services. It is said that due to the high […]

Denials of Specialized Work Visas in U.S Soar

By Michael NirenMarch 31, 2014
People from outside the U.S trying to get in through specialized work visas are being denied at a much higher rate. According to a report released on March 12 the denials have increased fivefold. U.S based companies sent out petitions to transfer foreign-based employees with “specialized knowledge” into the U.S these applications were denied 34 […]

Irish and Canadian Youth are Provided a great Opportunity

By Michael NirenMarch 31, 2014
Youth from Canada and Ireland will have a lot more opportunity to be able to travel and work abroad. The two countries have signed an amendment to the youth mobility agreement that the two countries currently have. On March 6 2004 Canada and Ireland signed an amendment that will expand the existing agreement. This youth […]

Nova Scotia Nominee Program-Regional Labour Market Demand

By Michael NirenMarch 31, 2014
The Nova Scotia Immigration  received a very large number of applications for the Regional labour Market Demand stream. There will only be 150 people nominated in total this calendar year. This new stream is aimed at choosing individuals who will meet labour market needs, they are destined to join the labour market with a full-time […]

Multiple Entry Tourist Visas for Canada in 2014

By Michael NirenMarch 29, 2014
(Below is a transcription of this video) Hello this is Michael Niren, immigration lawyer and founder of VisaPlace.com. Some good news that came out of CIC recently: they will be considering multiple entry visas automatically for all temporary resident visa applications. Understanding the Multiple Entry Tourist Visa So what that means is that when you […]
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2014 Parental and Grandparent Sponsorships Has Reached Cap

By Michael NirenDecember 19, 2019
Family ImmigrationParent & Grandparent
Hi, this is Michael Niren and I am an immigration lawyer and founder of visaplace.com.  Just an update on the parental sponsorship procedures no longer accepted for 2014, as well as, a grandparent applications. Parental and Grandparent Sponsorship Update Five thousand applications have been reached, meaning that there is a cap and it has been […]

Investors hit a road block, program closes

By Michael NirenMarch 17, 2014
Many immigrated to Canada through the investor program. This was viewed as an inefficient way to bring people into Canada who are wealthy entrepreneurs who could benefit the economy. This program was criticized by many, it was dubbed as being a way to essentially buy citizenship.  This program allows people from abroad with a net […]

Three Political Powerhouses Meet in Mexico

By Michael NirenMarch 17, 2014
President Obama, and his Canadian and Mexican counterparts met in Mexico for a fun filled afternoon while they discussed the Olympics, and took a walk through a beautiful Mexican garden while posing for the cameras. This meeting was not as fun as everyone hoped it would be, there were a series of topics that have […]

Most U.S Citizens not opposed to Illegal Immigrants

By Michael NirenMarch 17, 2014
Almost three quarters of Americans say that Immigrants that are living illegally in the U.S should not be kicked out. The support for obtaining full US citizenship is a little different,  46% of U.S citizens say that the illegal immigrants in the U.S should not have an open path to U.S citizenship. A national survey […]

Cracking down on Citizenship fraud

By Michael NirenMarch 17, 2014
Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander supported the government’s commitment to tackling citizenship fraud through measures proposed in Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act. Under the new law, the government will have the ability to develop laws to designate a regulatory body whose members would be authorized to act as consultants on citizenship […]

New Immigration Rules may slow high end Real Estate Sales

By Michael NirenMarch 17, 2014
Canada’s high end housing market has already suffered by changes to Immigration rules and could potentially be looking at tougher times as foreign investors are being pulled into the United States. The Immigrant Investor program has basically been stopped; this program allowed investors to fast track a permanent residency application into Canada if they could […]

Federal Skilled Worker Program | 15 Occupations Left

By Michael NirenMarch 16, 2014
(Below is a transcription of this video) Hi, my name is Michael Niren. I’m an immigration lawyer and founder of VisaPlace.com. Today I’m going to talk about the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Understanding the Federal Skilled Worker Program Currently there are 24 occupations that are accepted under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. However, every occupation […]

Parental and Grand Parent Sponsorship Reaches Quota of 5000 for 2014

By Michael NirenMarch 14, 2014
(Below is a transcription of this video) Hello, this is Michael Niren. I’m an immigration lawyer and founder of VisaPlace.com. It was just announced by Citizenship and Immigration Canada that the parental and grandparent sponsorship has met its quota of 5,000 for the year. That didn’t take very long; it’s only February. That means no […]
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