Presenter/s: T.D. (Dani) Willets, RCIC and Dave Sage, RCIC
Date: 07 July 2020
Time: noon - 2:15 pm Pacific
Location: webinar
Type: webinar and recording
Price: $50.00
CPD approval:
- ICCRC 2 hours - 2 CPD hours approved, expired 7 April 2022
- LSBC 2 hours - Approved, expired - attendance to 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
07 August 2020
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/study-permits/post-graduation-work-permit-program.html
25 August 2020
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/after-graduation/eligibility.html
26 August 2020
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/pgwp-eligibility-measures.html
Outline:
- Eligibility (including eligible institutions)
- Determining length of program
- Accelerated Studies
- Distance Learning
- Transfers between institutions
- Programs with an Overseas component
- When and How to apply
- Working after Applications
- Applications made from within Canada
- Applications made outside of Canada
- Study Permit expires before application
- Impact of Covid 19
- Ethics
- Q & A
Case Studies:
- Study permit expires before application
- Distance learning as a result of COVID 19/outside of Canada
- Accelerated studies
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.
Dave Sage RCIC
New Neighbours Consulting is a Canadian owned and operated business providing quality Canadian immigration legal guidance and international education expertise. We are located in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
As its director and owner, Dave Sage, I am authorised to conduct business on behalf of my clients in front of the following federal government bodies: Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). I also work with provincial bodies, especially on matters relating to provincial nominee programs (PNP).
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