Andrew Hayes is a US immigration lawyer who practices out of Vancouver. He joins us for a discussion about intersections between US and Canadian immigration law, with a focus on the implications of a US “Administrative Processing” decision — as defined by s.221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Andrew provides his opinion on whether such a decision is a “refusal” requiring disclosure in the Canadian immigration law context, while also offering numerous insightful comparisons between our own immigration scheme and that our our neighbour to the south. Note that Andrew has been on two prior episodes of the podcast — namely, Episode 37 (on the DACA Program) and Episode 41 (on Judges “Virtue Signaling”).

Deanna and Steven discuss what we consider to be some top Federal Court immigration decisions to this point in 2024.

Cases include Toor v. Canada, 2024 FC 1146 (restoration), Chung v. Canada, 2024 FC 1218 (misrepresentation when a degree is obtained through plagerism), Abdool v. Canada, 2024 FC 1172 (misrepresentation and involuntary cancellations of US entry attempts), and Alohan v. Canada, 2024 FC 1122 (reconsideration requests).

Siavash Shekarian is an immigration lawyer in Toronto, and the Executive Member & Public Affairs Liaison of the Ontario Bar Association.

Deanna and Steven discuss Canada’s caregiver programs, including the Live-in Caregiver Program (1992 to 2014), the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots (2014 to 2019), the Interim Pathway for Caregivers (March 4 to July 8, 2019), the Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker Pilots (June 18, 2019 – June 18 2024), and the new proposed program.

Topics include whether Canada needs caregiver programs, open work permits, permanent residence right away, caregivers leaving the occupation after getting permanent residence, processing delays and more.