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Webinar: Beyond Borders: Navigating Immigration Law in 2026

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Beyond Borders: Navigating Immigration Law in 2026

Hosted by MLT Aikins LLP
Virtual Event

Wed, November 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Free

This virtual webinar covers common concerns, emerging risks and strategic advice for Canadian and United States immigration. Designed specifically for logistics and supply chain professionals, this session will help company leaders, operations managers and business decision-makers stay informed, compliant and confident in cross-border workforce and mobility planning. 

This practical, forward-looking webinar will address recent legal updates, economic shifts and evolving political climates impacting immigration and cross-border employment in the logistics sector. Whether you're recruiting temporary foreign workers, supporting them through permanent residency pathways in Canada or the U.S., or facilitating cross-border travel for drivers, technicians and executives, our legal professionals will outline what you need to know to keep your people – and your goods – moving across the border as seamlessly as possible. 

Canadian Immigration 

  • Current landscape of Canadian immigration  
  • Entry to Canada for business visitors – what border processing looks like in practice 
  • Recruiting foreign workers through the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and Provincial Nominee Programs 
  • Recruiting foreign workers through the International Mobility Program – Free trade professionals and technicians, intra-company transfers and others 
  • Canadian border immigration processing: What to expect and how to prepare your workforce 

U.S. Immigration 

  • The U.S. business visitor: Understanding U.S. B Status and border entry requirements 
  • Working in the U.S. on nonimmigrant status – Understanding the U.S. nonimmigrant alphabet: 
    • L status for intra-company transfers 
    • TN status for USMCA professionals 
    • E visas for treaty traders and investors
    • H status for other workers 
  • U.S. border immigration processing: Practical tips for Canadian-based employees crossing into the U.S. 
  • Updates on travel and restrictions under the current U.S. administration 

Speaker:

Jessica Jensen, Partner, Winnipeg, MLT Aikins, LLP

Raised in Winnipeg, Jessica began her legal career at a law firm in Minnesota, where she started as a Law Clerk in 2014 before becoming an Associate Lawyer in May 2015, focusing on family and immigration law.

Jessica practises Canadian and U.S. immigration law and maintains a Foreign Legal Consultant permit from the Law Society of Manitoba, allowing her to practise U.S. law in Manitoba.

She is dual-licensed and is a member in good standing of the Manitoba, Minnesota and North Dakota Bars, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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