Heron Law Offices is proud to have Will Tao and Laura Schemitsch featured as speakers at the 2025 CBA Immigration Law Conference in Victoria, B.C.
In our day-to-day work, we have borne witness to the biased application of immigration measures as a form of reprisal, and we fear that the proposed changes will only increase the targeting of certain applicants.
Effective 27 May 2025 (12 weeks after being signed), the policy allows certain foreign nationals in Canada who have secured a valid offer of employment to start working in a new position or with a new employer immediately after submitting their work permit application, before it is approved.
The article highlights a growing trend of American students applying to British Columbia universities. For example, the University of British Columbia (UBC) has seen a 30% increase in U.S.-based applications. UBC suggests that “social and political shifts” in the U.S. may be driving this surge.
Lexpert recently published a concise, informative article on the topic—and our lawyers at Heron Law Offices were honoured to be interviewed and share their insights.