United States employers sometimes need to bring an employee into the country from Canada to complete a specific job. Alternatively, the employer may have a special connection to a particular employee and desire his or her presence on site. In order to bring an...
On July 19, 2016 the CBSA issued a notice to its stakeholders to propose amendments to the trusted Traveller program. Here's a brief overview of the notice: To strengthen the integrity of the CBSA's Trusted Traveller Programs, the CBSA is conducting a public...
Canadian organizations are sending their employees to the United States for temporary work purposes. However, Canadians -- just like people from other countries -- require a special work visa to be employed legally in the United States. When a human resources person...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is asking for permission to collect social media information from certain non-immigrant visitors to the United States. Although Canadian citizens would largely be exempt from this request -- which will be added as a voluntary...
The United States government has an extensive list of crimes, which it classifies as crimes of moral turpitude, that could exclude a Canadian from entering the country. The most common among these crimes are murder, rape, manslaughter, forgery, bribery, theft,...
The law in the United States mandates an interview be performed by a consular officer before a visa application is approved. These interviews are performed at a U.S. consulate or embassy and -- depending on the information revealed in the interview and how it applies...
