MetroTown.info Map of South West BC and North West Washington State:  showing Greater Vancouver Regional District GVRD cities-municipalities & Abbotsford and Chilliwack to the East  + WASHINGTON STATE MAP includes:  Blaine, Ferndale, Lynden, Nooksak and North Bellingham shows major highways including: TransCanada, Highway 99 in BC which becomes Washington State's I5 Highway

WASHINGTON STATE, USA BUSINESS· GOVERNMENT· TOURISM INFORMATION

State Government
State Capital located at:
416 14th Ave. SW
Olympia, WA 98504

• visitor information www.ga.wa.gov/visitor
  
• state agencies www.ga.wa.gov/customer.htm

Bellingham

• Bellingham/Whatcom County Convention & Visitor’s Bureau www.bellingham.org

  "Whether for the weekend or an extended stay, we offer a break from the ordinary. With magnificent natural scenery, unique cultural attractions, charming villages and waterfront adventures, the Bellingham Mt. Baker region is a unique area of Washington state. .... We are the Bellingham/Whatcom County Convention and Visitors Bureau, a non-profit association dedicated to serving visitors." [quote fr. website 2005.09.05]

Travel & Tourism in Washington

• Weather Service
  National Weather Forecast Service - Seattle, Washington www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew
• Tourism Administration Official State Tourim Site www.experiencewashington.com  "...The official website of Washington State Tourism with maps, history, and tourist attractions."
• AAA Washington / Northern Idaoh
  American Auto Association website www.aaawa.com

Introductory overviews of United States of America - USA the Country

• USA C.I.A.'s fact book
  Intro. to USA by CIA Central Intelligence Agency World Fact Book web site.

Legal Resources on the Net-Web

• Cross-Border USA-Canada Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Dil Gosal, JD, LLM Attorney at Law
  member of Washington Bar
• Cross-Border USA-Canada Corporate Business Lawyers
  Lawyers-BC Business Lawyers Directory of Lawyers expereinced in USA and Canada laws dealing with e.g. intellectual property, business immigration visas including NAFTA work permits,
  • Corporate / Commercial Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • International Investment & Transactions
  • International Structure & Finance
  • Technology Law
  • Business Outsourcing, Insourcing, Offshoring, Nearshoring
  • Business Succession Planning
  • including Wills & Estate Law
  • Commercial, Construction and Engineering Litigation
  • Professional Practice Issues and Disputes

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Canada Immigration Lawyers | IntraCompany Transfers | Work Permits | NAFTA Permits | Entrepreneur & Investor Immigrants | Study Visa-Permits

Jeffery S. Lowe, Canada Business-Immigration Lawyer, Vancouver BC

Jeffery S. Lowe heads the Business Immigrant Team and the Global HR Team of Lowe & Company.  This firm has helped individuals and businesses in over 50 countries immigrate, do business and handle their intracompany transfer needs e.g. through NAFTA work permits and visas to Canada.

Visit www.canadavisalaw.com for a wealth of information about Canada's Citizenship and Immigration programs.

Jeffery and his team of lawyers, notaries and relocation specialists are fluent in:  English, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Teo Chiu Chinese, Polish, and Arabic.

Jeffrey S. Lowe
barrister & solicitor, B.Comm., LLB
Lowe and Company
#900 - 777 West Broadway,
Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4J7
Canada
phone: (604) 875-9338 fax: (604) 875-1325
e-mail: info@canadavisalaw.com
web-site: CanadaVisaLaw.com
web-site: CanadaTradeJobs.com your site for Canada Work Permits & Visas for Skilled Trades Workers and Employers seeking help with placement in high demand occupations in BC and Alberta's booming building, mining and infrastructure industries.

Jeffrey and his team of lawyers and registered immigration consultants have more than 20 years of experience in helping clients come from over 50 countries to work / live / study in Canada.

This page is in part sponsored by Lowe & Company CanadaVisalaw.com/home.htm as a public service for people looking for immigration lawyers and services in the Vancouver and South Western BC area.

See also article on "Why Use a Canada Immigration Lawyer to Help Your Application for a Special Work Permit or Application?  Why Not Do-It-Yourself?

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Canadian Business-Corporate Graphic Designers · Creative Consultants · Book Illustrators · Cartographers · MapMakers

Canadian businesses doing business in Asia?  China-Asian businesses wanting to expand to English speaking North American market on line - consider the following graphics professionals with experience in corporate brand development and marketing in print, TV and Web media.

• Canadian - Chinese corporate graphic designer and creative director in Hong Kong, China
  • Tony Yau BFA, MVA (Bachelor of Fine Arts & Master of Visual Arts from York University, Toronto and University of Alberta, Edmonton) - has designed web and print media/sites for Xerox-Fuiji, Hong Kong Telecom, Ikea furniture etc.
    Sample work in 2003-2004 for Chinese speaking audiences include:
    • 個人傳情卡首頁 chinese.greetings.yahoo.com/
      greet/my
    • 雅虎中文 chinese.yahoo.com
    • Hong Kong Job Market Web Publication uses Anjolico cartoons to enhance its "Coffee Corner" section
  • Tony has also been the creative director for TV advertising commercials and web sites for Vancouver, Real Estate Developers and realtors e.g. Anson Realty (in the late 1990's)
  • A recent venture into children's animated graphics and toy marketing can be seen at PublicSigns.com.hk a children's e-card web site.
    
    
• Canadian - S.E. Asian corporate graphic designer and creative director in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Singapore; and Indonesia
  • Andy Teo (BCIT, Intergate.ca, BushFire.com) formerly with Vancouver's Internet Gateway Corporation www.intergate.ca
    
    
• Canada's PDF maps and cartographic / map-making-design specialist
  • Angus Weller MapMatrix.com
    Weller Cartographic Services is based in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island in BC (see also CityOfNanaimo.com
    
    
• Children's Books Illustrator and Interior Designer in Vancouver
  • Christine Wong CarrotStick.ca
    see samples of her color pencil drawings and other illustration work for preschool and young children's art appreciation development classes held at The Crystal Mall, Vancouver's newest, largest, centrally located, Asian-Chinese shopping mall in the metrotown area of Burnaby.
  • Christine is trained in Hong Kong and Vancouver, a gifted illustrator-designer inspired by her 3 young children and supportive husband.

CANADA BUSINESS· GOVERNMENT· TOURISM INFORMATION

Canada Business Information - STRATEGIS

• Sponsored by the Government of Canada
  www.strategis.ic.gc.ca
  
  

Canadian Business Magazines Online

• Canadian Business Magazine
  www.canadianbusiness.com
  
  

Canada Business Service Centres

• Sponsored by the Government of Canada
  www.cbsc.org
  
  

Canada's Laws · Legislation · Courts

• Introductory directory of Federal and Provincial information sources
  CanadaLegal.info
  
  

Provincial Business Service Centres

• Alberta Business Service Centre
  www.cbsc.org/alberta
• British Columbia Business Service Centre
  www.smallbusinessbc.ca

eBusiness Web & Blog Sites

• BC also has an "excellent e-business information site called eBusiness Connection" at www.e-bc.ca/home.asp
  
  
• see also e-Business Website Blog [for BC] e-business commentary, news, and insider tips for small business on a budget.
  
  

Canada Export Information

Sponsored by the Government of Canada

• www.exportsource.gc.ca
  
  

Employers Online-Web Resource

Sponsored by Government of Canada

• www.employers.gc.ca
  
  

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

• cicnet.ci.gc.ca/english/index.html
  
  

Directories of Canada Immigration Lawyers

• Why use a Canadian Immigration Lawyer for your business-visa needs?  Why not do it yourself?
  article in www.canadalegal.info
• Vancouver, BC directory of lawyers with stated "Preferred Area of Practice" in Canada Immigration Law [CanadaLegal.info]
• Toronto, Ontario directory of lawyers who have Law Society status as Certified [Canada] citizenship and immigration law specialists [CanadaLegal.info]
• Toronto, Ontario lawyers directory with different areas of legal practice e.g. class action / business civil litigation / personal injury etc.
• Montreal, Quebec Canada Immigration Lawyers CanadaLegal.info]

Canada Business & Immigration Lawyers

CanadaVisaLaw.com in Vancouver, BC

Lawyers , attorneys, notaries & Certified Registered Canada Immigration Consultants and business consultants with over 20 years of immigration service experience helping clients from over 50 countries.  Professionals fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Arabic and Polish

Read articles about Canada's Immigration Laws & Regulations from CanadaVisaLaw.com

• Canada Work Permits
  • Introduction to Work Permits (previously also known as "Work Visas"
  • Traps & Pitfalls
  • Technology / Software Development Workers
  • Intra Company Transfers
  • Foreign Religious and Charitable Workers
  • HRSDC Labour Market Opinions
  • see also Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Government of Canada web site
• NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement (as it relates to Canada's Work Permits and Business Visitors
  • General Introduction to NAFTA
  • NAFTA Business Visitors
  • NAFTA Investors
  • NAFTA Traders
  • NAFTA Professionals
  • NAFTA Intra Company Transferees

• Provincial Nominees Programs PNPs for Immigration
  • General Intro. to BC Provincial Nominee Programs PNPs
  • BC's Strategic Occupations Provincial Nominee Program is designed to help BC employers to bring in the foreign talent that they need.
  • BC's International Student PNP Program
  • BC's Business Skills PNP Program is intended to assist business immigrants, with proven skills and financial resources, to "fast track" their plans to establish a business anywhere in BC
  • BC's Provincial Nominee Program Regional Business Category - for Regions outside of Vancouver
  • BC's PNP program is committed to helping public sector health care services address shortages in certain professions by accepting applications for two categories of health care professionals: Registered Nurses, and Physicians.
• Independent Skilled Workers
  • General Intro. to Point System Assemssement for Skilled Worker - Immigration Applicants
  • Arranged Employment Points
  • Assessing Independent Skilled Workers, with points assessed in 6 categories with a maximum of 100 points
  • Adaptability to Life in Canada Points
  • "Substituted Evaluation" by Immigration officer ... a subjective evaluation of the immigrant’s ability to successfully settle in Canada, and substitute this evaluation for the point system assessment.

• Business Immigrants Coming to Canada
  • Business Category Comparison Chart
  • Investor Immigrants (Federal)
  • Investor Immigrants (Quebec)
  • Entrepreneur Immigration
  • Entrepreneur's Removal of Terms and Conditions
  • Self Employed Persons
• Family Sponsorships
  • Spouse and Dependent Children
  • Parents and Grandparents
  • Income Requirements for Sponsor's Relatives
  • Processing Delays - Admission Quotas Backlog
• Study Permits for Canada
  • General Intro. to Study Permits formerly also known as "Canada student visas"
  • Spousal Work Permits, for spouse of student to work in Canada
  • Post Graduation Work Permits
  • Working While You Are Studying
    There are a number of possibilities to work in Canada while you are studying. Some of these options require a work permit, while others do not.
• When Things Go Wrong With Your Immigration or Visa Application
  • Appeals
  • If You've Been Refused Before

Canadian Economic Policy Think Tanks

• C.C. Howe Institute www.cdhowe.org

  Since its formation in 1973, the C.D. Howe Institute has earned a reputation as Canada's most respected independent, nonprofit, economic and social policy research institution. Governments, the media, and Canadians in every region look to the Institute to provide balanced, well-reasoned, and comprehensible analysis of issues of national interest. From the beginning, the recipe for the Institute's success has consisted of equal measures of objectivity, professionalism, and relevance. [quoted from http://www.cdhowe.org/english/ profile/history.htmlenglish/profile/history.html 2003/04/08

• The Fraser Institute www.fraserinstitute.ca

  COMPETITIVE MARKET SOLUTIONS for PUBLIC POLICY PROBLEMS
  As an independent public policy organization, The Fraser Institute focuses on the role competitive markets play in providing for the economic and social well-being of all Canadians. [quoted from www.fraserinstitute.ca 2003/07/11]

• Canada Women's Business Network
  www.cdnbizwomen
  
  
• Women Entrepreneurs Network, sponsored by RBC Royal Bank
  Virtual Network
  
  
• Business Travelers [Article]
  Keeping your portable information-technology safe
  
  
• Small Business Resources Canada
  www.CanadaOne.com
  
  
• Business Copy & Technical Writers
  ServiceMatrix.com/
  writers

Internet Web Domain Names - Canada

• www.webnames.ca the original .CA domain name registrar of Canadian domain names
  
  

Web Hosting · Business Web Sites · Business Solutions

• eHosting.ca aka Mecca.ca is a TuCows affiliate [see mecca.tucows.com].  They offer a full spectrum of web hosting solutions for businesses, from the SOHO micro-business, to full co-location 24x7 technical support - these folks are based in Vancouver, they are bandwidth and personalized service specialists!
  
  
• WebNames.ca
  Canada's original dot.CA domain registrar, based in Vancouver, BC.  WebNames.ca is not only the largest registrar of dot.CA domain names in Canada, it also provides a full range of corporate web hosting services.
  
  

Telephone - Long Distance Services

• Bell Mobility
  
  
• AIC
  
  
• Telus Mobility
  
  

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