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Year: 2017


U.S. immigration: Green card for Canadian marrying U.S. citizen

Sep 5, 2017 | U.S. Immigration

When a resident of British Columbia, or another Canadian province or territory, marries a U.S. citizen, he or she may apply for a permanent U.S. residency. This will be an adjustment of that person’s current immigration status. The procedures under the U.S. immigration laws can be complicated, and legal counsel may be helpful. The process … Continue reading “U.S. immigration: Green card for Canadian marrying U.S. citizen”

Coping with cross-border personal injury involving amputation

Aug 28, 2017 | Cross-border Personal Injury

Losing a part of one’s body is a catastrophic injury that affects the victim on multiple levels. Coping with such a loss is unimaginable, and if it happens in an accident while a person is on vacation in British Columbia from across the border, it could complicate matters considerably. Dealing with a cross-border personal injury … Continue reading “Coping with cross-border personal injury involving amputation”

Cross-border personal injury claim may follow bus crash

Aug 22, 2017 | Cross-border Personal Injury

When an American family planned their trip to British Columbia, they could not have anticipated the tragedy that awaited them. Their lives were changed forever when the driver of a charter bus in Vancouver lost control of his vehicle. To make matters worse, pursuing recovery of damages will be complicated because it involves cross-border personal … Continue reading “Cross-border personal injury claim may follow bus crash”

U.S. immigration — are Canadian tech workers still welcome?

Aug 15, 2017 | U.S. Immigration

British Columbia tech workers who had their eyes on jobs in the United States may be having second thoughts. A website that represents almost 10,000 companies and serves about 1.5 million individuals seeking jobs, recently revealed the results of a study in which over 175,000 job offers and interview requests from the past 12 months … Continue reading “U.S. immigration — are Canadian tech workers still welcome?”

Cross-border personal injury often involves motorcycles

Aug 9, 2017 | Cross-border Personal Injury

Authorities in British Columbia recently expressed their concern over the number of lives that are lost every year in motorcycle accidents that involve automobiles. In some cases, these crashes involve people from south of the border, leading to complicated cross-border personal injury lawsuits. In 2016, 2,600 motorcycle accidents occurred in the province, leaving many people … Continue reading “Cross-border personal injury often involves motorcycles”

Will renewed NAFTA negotiations benefit U.S. immigration?

Aug 2, 2017 | U.S. Immigration

As the Canadian government prepares for negotiations with the United States to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement, there is concern that not much would come from the need for greater labour mobility. One of the purposes of NAFTA is to benefit U.S. immigration and the labour flow between Canada, including British Columbia, and … Continue reading “Will renewed NAFTA negotiations benefit U.S. immigration?”

Fatal 2011 cross-border personal injury truck accident revisited

Jul 27, 2017 | Cross-border Personal Injury

In July 2011, an entire family on vacation in British Columbia was wiped out in a crash that involved a big rig in Kootenay National Park. An American family — parents and two daughters ages 9 and 11 — lost their lives when the driver of a semi-trailer failed to maintain control of his vehicle … Continue reading “Fatal 2011 cross-border personal injury truck accident revisited”

Cross-border employment immigration can be tricky

Jul 20, 2017 | U.S. Immigration

Many of the foreign workers in the United States come from British Columbia, and those whose jobs turn out to be permanent positions might want to apply for Green Cards. Applications for permanent residence through employment immigration are classified in three categories of preference. First preference workers are those immigrants with extraordinary abilities in the … Continue reading “Cross-border employment immigration can be tricky”

Cross-border personal injury claims may follow Amtrak derailment

Jul 6, 2017 | Cross-border Personal Injury

Amtrak reported that it is investigating an incident in which one of its trains derailed on a recent Sunday afternoon. Claims of cross-border personal injury may result, as the train travelled between Vancouver and a city in Oregon. Reportedly, the derailment occurred in Washington state. According to Amtrak officials, the derailment occurred when the locomotive … Continue reading “Cross-border personal injury claims may follow Amtrak derailment”