Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah speaks with her clients Brian and Michael, American expats in Canada who moved to Calgary in September of 2018. Brian Owens and his husband Michael Dettner had the opportunity to move from Tennessee to Alberta, Canada for Brian's job as Artistic Director for the Calgary Film Festival. Brian accepted the job, and the film fest contacted Evelyn Ackah and Ackah Business Immigration Law to get his LMIA as a senior highly Skilled Foreign Worker. Brian started work in Calgary a few weeks la ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah speaks with U.S. immigration lawyer Sameer Khedekar, the Founder and Managing Attorney at Banyan Law in California. Sameer was named one of the top 20 immigration attorneys in the nation by HR Executive, was just selected for inclusion into the Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers Guide, joining only 70 other corporate immigration lawyers nationwide. Sameer is listed in Chambers USA and the International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers. He is one of only a handful of immigration lawyers to be certified as an immigration ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah discusses L-1 Intracompany Transfers under the Canadian-US-Mexico Agreement, formerly known as NAFTA. If you have a cross-border business and you want to expand your business to the United States and send key employees to the United States, the L-1 visa may be an option for you. This option is for people who have worked with your Canadian entity for at least one year, and they have to be in a role of either a managerial executive or specialized knowledge worker. About Evelyn Ackah Evelyn Ackah is the Founder and Managing Lawyer a ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah discusses Ackah Business Immigration Law immigration case studies and success stories in Canada and the United States, including: A Filipino foreign worker whose immigration case was derailed when he was injured in a robbery and could no longer work, or bring his mother to Canada from the Philippines to assist him. A professional dancer who changed Canadian employers and had difficulties securing a work permit. An employee on TRP who applied for Permanent Residence, and an old DUI from his home country derailed the PR process.  The challe ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah talks to Dr. Brian Abelson, DC, a Doctor of Chiropractic, the developer of Motion Specific Release (MSR), an International Best Selling Author, and founder of Kinetic Health in Calgary, Alberta. He is also Evelyn's chiropractor and friend. Dr. Abelson lives in a multicultural family, is a world traveller, philanthropist, marathon runner and triathlete. He has a firm belief in living a holistic lifestyle. Evelyn and Brian discussed a wide range of topics including: The benefits of curiosity and lifelong learning Aging, tai c ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah explains Canada's new goal to recruit more internationally educated healthcare professionals who want to work in Canada. With Canada's current healthcare crisis and labour shortage, this is a much needed program. Dec 5, IRCC Minister Sean Frasier a request for proposals. IRCC will invest up to $90 Million to help foreign healthcare workers get their credentials recognized to work in Canada. Under the Foreign Credential Program, Canada will remove barriers to foreign workers getting recognized experience and simplify the process. The program will cr ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah discusses Canada's newly announced family work permits to address the ongoing labour shortages, and how employers and temporary workers will benefit. Canadians are not returning to the labour market as quickly as employers would've liked post-Covid. Starting January 2023, for a 2-year period Canada will extend work permit eligibility to spouses, common-law partners and working-age dependents of temporary workers of all skill levels. Phase I of the new family work permit pilot program will enable family members of workers coming to Ca ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah discusses the recent tech layoff in the United States and how this is an opportunity for skilled laid off H-1B workers to move to Canada and for Canadian employers to recruit and hire skilled, experienced tech workers during Canada's labour shortage. Evelyn covers information for H-1B workers who are looking for employment and for Canadian businesses who need to hire skilled workers, including: laid off H-1B visa workers have 60 days to find a job before they have to leave the United States H-1B workers are skilled, trained and proven emp ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah discusses updates and news for international students in Canada. Evelyn covers information international students need to know about studying and working in Canada, and what Canadian employers who hire international students need to know including: foreign students on a study permit can now work up to 40 hours a week due to the labour shortage how international students can benefit from the experience category of the Canadian Experience Class to apply for permanent residence benefits of an academic program that provides international students a minimum ..read more

Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah discusses some information, timelines and immigration processing issues for Canadian employers who are interested in strategies for hiring foreign workers because there is a labour shortage of Canadian workers. Evelyn covers topics including: how to expedite hiring foreign workers the Canadian government is looking to make the LMIA process faster current processing time is 2 weeks to 6 weeks to get an LMIA approved processing times for hiring a foreign  worker from a Western European country, America ..read more