Border Ledger

Follows work immigration between Canada and the US: hiring foreign talent, entry conditions and shifting IRCC processing. It looks harder than most at the gap between paperwork and admission — explaining why even a spotless file, or a past successful entry, doesn't guarantee the next one goes through. Readers get less a checklist and more a look at how decisions actually get made at the border and inside hiring programs. It walks through when an employer needs an LMIA versus when business visitor status beats a work permit, and what happens when a foreign worker's salary, duties or location change. It also tracks how changes like Bill C-3 reshaped citizenship by descent, and why IRCC processing times keep moving. Corporate trade law and firm milestones sit outside its scope.