Our Recent Immigration Success Stories

Permanent Status Retained on H&C Grounds Despite Significant Breach of Residency Obligation

We recently won an appeal for our client who, being outside Canada, received a negative decision on his Permanent Resident Travel Document (PRTD) application due to the significant residency obligation breach. This refusal, if not appealed, would mean the loss of our client’s permanent resident status in Canada. In addition to the extent of the breach, the case was further complicated by our client’s difficulties, for the reasons beyond his control, with collecting the documents in support of his appeal. During the hearing we zealously argued that the appeal ought to be allowed based on humanitarian and compassionate considerations. We provided strong evidence of the appellant parents’ difficult circumstances in Canada and the need for their child’s assistance, as well as unfavourable living conditions in the appellant’s country of residence. We are very pleased for this family who will be reunited in Canada after years of separation!

Successful Economic Immigrant Application for Permanent Residence

We worked with our clients over a number of many months, and they have recently had a successful conclusion of their economic immigrant application for permanent residence. The family had been in Canada on valid work permits for a number of years prior to filing their application for permanent residence. They had been working and contributing to the Canadian economy substantially in their time in Canada. If not for the disability of their young child, their application would have been routinely processed. Their child’s particular disability however lead to the need for a number of interventions beyond special education, and as such, we worked with the applicants to build a Mitigation Plan, detailing how her care would be delivered in Canada; reliving the suggested burden from the Canadian Government. This, together with the recent change in law lead to the successful completion of their application, and allowing them to settle in Canada together, permanently.

Express Entry Profile, Can I Go At It Alone?

Another law firm blog about how their assistance made all the difference? Yes indeed!

But I know many people who applied and managed it on their own? Yes, that’s true.

So, what’s your point? Well many people who could have qualified did not because they tried on their own.

How do you know that? Well, because we see it often and keep in mind we see only those that decide to reach out after failing. We cannot know how many out there just mistakenly gave up.

Many people think that creating a profile on Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) portal is easy. For some people, it might be, but not for all. If one wants to make sure the profile takes into consideration every relevant aspect of the person’s life, including education, work history, travels, etc., then hiring a law firm with a proven track of multiple success stories might be a good idea.

Work history for one is very tricky.  Many questions arise.  Do I list every period of employment or self-employment? Can I not mention certain periods of employment to qualify for one of the programs (Federal Skilled Worker – FSW – Canadian Experience Class – CEC – Federal Skilled Trades – FST) and enhance my chances of being drawn from the pool of applicants?

The answer is “it depends” on many factors, that are too lengthy to describe here. One thing is sure – you do not need to list every period of employment in your work history, but you must list everything on the personal history section.

We recently were approached by one person who created his own profile, but was not sure whether it was correct or not. We checked the profile and the score was rather low in comparison to what the previous draws and the law indicated the person should score.  We had some ideas and the client retained. The client implemented some of the recommendations on how to increase the score and only one week after submitting the profile on the IRCC express entry portal, the client was invited to submit the full application (eAPR). He was very pleased with the result and hired us to help him with the second stage of his application as well.  It is not always as straight forward as it seems.  So, your most important decision may be to go at it alone or to reach out for professional assistance.  Therefore, before giving up it may be worth a call.  Good luck!

Permanent Status Granted to Family Despite Medical Inadmissibility Finding

We assisted a family for some time who had applied for permanent residence on their own 4 years ago after having been nominated by the province, although their application was substantially delayed and at risk of refusal as their 15-year-old dependent child had Cerebral Palsy and was determined to be medically inadmissible. We worked together with the province and assisted the family in developing a Plan to demonstrate that the dependent would not cause a demand on Canada’s public resources, and recently the Applicant family was pleased to receive their permanent residence and have set about relocating to Canada.