I have got permanet resident visa got as the spouse of my husband, but as we are separated now and as I have the eligibilty to apply and obtain permanent resident visa as a skilled migrant, would like to apply and get my own independently. Can I get a bridging visa? How do I inform authorities? Can I apply while I hold the permanent resident visa or do I have to revoke my current visa and apply ?
Oct
20
I have got permanet resident visa got as the spouse of my husband, but as we are separated now and as I have the eligibilty to apply and obtain permanent resident visa as a skilled migrant, would like to apply and get my own independently. Can I get a bridging visa? How do I inform authorities? Can I apply while I hold the permanent resident visa or do I have to revoke my current visa and apply ?
Oct
17
I’m going to be marrying my boyfriend soon, but was wondering could he be denied his PR if one or a few people in his family had a criminal record? His record is clean, but his mother and his sister have commited some crimes, nothing really serious like drugs or murder, but still crimes. I don’t think they would deny him for that as he didn’t get to choose his family, but I want to make sure. Thanks for all the answers everyone.
Oct
15
Suppose a Canada PR (permanent resident) drives from the United States to Canada 8PM Friday night, lives in Canada on Saturday and Sunday, and then drives from Canada to the U.S. 9AM Monday morning. How many days are counted as living in Canada? 2, 3, or 4 days? If, luckily, 3 or 4 days can be counted instead of 2 days, how about this PR does this regularly every week until 2 years out of 5 years are accumulated? Thanks!
Oct
13
Cities of Color:
The New Racial Frontier
in California’s Minority-
Majority Cities
ALBERT M. CAMARILLO
The author is a member of the history department at Stanford University. This was
his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Pacifi c Coast Branch, AHA, in
Stanford, California, in Au gust 2006.
Demographic changes of enormous magnitude have altered the ethnic and racial
composition of large cities and metropolitan suburbs across the nation over the past
thirty years, especially in California. Many cities and suburbs that were once home to
large majorities of whites are now places where ethnic and racial minorities form the
majority. “Minority-majority” cities in California have emerged as a new frontier in
ethnic and race relations, where African Americans, Latinos, and other non-white
groups now fi nd themselves, many for the fi rst time, living together and struggling
to coexist. Although confl ict, tension, and misunderstanding characterize this new
racial frontier, historians and other scholars must look deeper to fi nd examples of cooperation
and collaboration in these new “cities of color.” This article considers three
cities in California—Compton, East Palo Alto, and Seaside—as examples of the historical
and contemporary forces that have shaped “minority-majority” cities and the
relations between African Americans and Latinos in particular.
In the past decade or so, the national and local print and
visual media have made much of African American-Latino confl ict
at many levels—in politics, in education, in gangs, and in other
youth violence. For example, in a recent article titled “Black versus
Brown,” Newsweek focused on the contentious political climate
in the City of Lynwood, a municipality located between downtown
Los Angeles and Long Beach that over the past forty years went
from a white- to a black- to a Latino-majority community. The article
opened with a focus on Leticia Vásquez, the current mayor of
Lynwood, who recalled the racially charged politics in 1997, when
the new Latino majority in the city was mobilizing to gain control
of the black-run city council. Vásquez remembered “people knocking
on the door saying we needed to get rid of black city-council
Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 76, No. 1, pages 1–28. ISSN 0030-8684
©2007 by the Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association. All rights reserved.
Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the
University of California Press’s Rights and Permissions website, at http://www.ucpress.edu/
journals/rights.htm.
Oct
6
Hi
I have recently graduated from an American University and am currently on OPT. I have gotten a job and plan to apply for H1b next year which i plan to get in October 2008. I then plan to apply for Canadian PR around the same time that I apply for H1b status in the US , which would be early April. I am estimating it would take about 2 years to get Canadian PR. My questions:
1) Assuming I get my Canadian PR while working with H1 status in the United States, how long can i continue to live and work in the U.S. before i have to land for the first time in Canada? In other words, how long can i wait after I get approved for Canadian PR before actually landing in Canada.
2) When I land in Canada, how long do I have to stay in Canada before I can return to the job in the U.S.
3) I understand that I have to live in Canada 2/5 years to satisfy residency requirements, so can I land in Canada, come back to the U.S.for say a year before moving permanently to Canada.
not sure if the last answerer understood my question.. I want to quit my job after 3 years and move to Canada. I understand the process of the H1b and I am not trying to apply for a green card.
not sure if mamapeapod understood my question.. I want to quit my job after 3 years and move to Canada. I understand the process of the H1b and I am not trying to apply for a green card.
Sep
12