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 Study Permits

 

Presenter/s: T.D. (Dani) Willets, RCIC

Date: 03 March 2020

Time: 2 - 4:15 pm Pacific

Location: webinar

Type: webinar and recording

Price: $50.00

CPD approval:

  • ICCRC 2 hours - Approved, expired 7 April 2022
  • LSBC 2 hoursApproved, expired. Attendance at this course will provide you with .25 hours/15 minutes of ethics and professional responsibility component for your BC Law Society reporting.
  • For Alberta lawyers, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan as required by the Law Society of Alberta. 

 

Updates:

08 January 2021

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/01/government-of-canada-announces-new-policy-to-help-former-international-students-live-in-work-in-and-continue-contributing-to-canada.html

Earlier:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/service-delivery/coronavirus/temporary-residence/study-permit.html

 

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2020/04/removing-barriers-for-international-students-working-in-essential-services-to-fight-covid-19.html

 

 

 

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/pgwpp-rules-covid19.html

 

https://thevarsity.ca/2020/03/21/federal-government-confirms-international-students-will-be-allowed-back-into-canada/

 

 

Outline:

 

Application for a study permit

o Factors considered – non visa country

o Factors considered – visa country

Case Study

o Test

o Credibility issues

o When & how to challenge

In-Canada 

o Terms and Conditions 

o Enforcement

o Border Enforcement

o Case Study

Ethics

Q & A

 

08 April 2020

PGWP - Covid-19

Update from IRCC:

 

  

"If your in-class courses are being moved to an online-only format because of COVID-19, your eligibility for the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) Program won’t be affected. This includes students who have a study permit or who have been approved for a study permit for a program starting in May or June but who are unable to travel to Canada at this time due to travel restrictions. International students in this situation may begin their classes while outside Canada and may complete up to 50% of their program while outside Canada if they cannot travel to Canada sooner."

 

 

 

Speaker:

 

T.D. (Dani) Willets RCIC

 

Ms. Willets has been an Accredited Immigration Consultant since August 2013. Prior to that she worked with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration for 25 years. She was originally hired as an Immigration Officer, but in the 10 years prior to retiring from the department, she was primarily an Immigration Supervisor. She has extensive experience in every inland immigration program and several overseas programs. Although substantively a decision maker and supervisor, her career also included opportunities to work in several other capacities including:

 Intelligence Liaison Officer

 Justice Liaison Officer

 Regional Program Advisor

 Senior Policy Advisor

 PRRA Coordinator

 Visa Officer

 Manager

 Director

 Supervisor in Charge of Outreach (for the 2010 Winter Olympics

 Regional Training Coordinator

  

Ms. Willets is a certified departmental and interdepartmental trainer and a frequently requested speaker for external partners including:

 NGOs

 Other government departments

 Immigration section of the Canadian Bar Association

 Universities and colleges

 and others

 

While employed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ms. Willets was recognized nationally three times for her initiatives in outreach. She received the Head of Public Service Award, the Deputy Minister’s Award and the Public Service Award of Excellence.

 

Currently, in addition to Immigration consulting, Ms. Willets teaches the Family Class and Citizenship module for the blended CILPP program at UBC. She continues to be a frequently requested presenter and has presented for many groups either as a government representative before retiring or as an instructor for Continuing Professional Development programs for her colleagues. She’s also been featured as a guest on Borderlines, a podcast hosted by Steven Meurrens and Peter Edelmann in Vancouver and the regular podcast hosted by Mark Holthe an immigration lawyer in Edmonton.

 

 

 

 

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