The proposed amendments would allow the Government considerable discretion in deciding skilled worker applications, and overseas humanitarian and compassionate grounds applications. This ministerial authority is what many groups including the Canadian Bar…
Continue ReadingIt is true that the proposed immigration changes are very serious and would alter much of the current system. It would be more like the American model where if you do not…
Continue ReadingI am always amazed when clients believe submitting an immigration, citizenship or refugee application is just about the forms. The forms themselves can be extremely complicated and based upon asking the same…
Continue ReadingAs I travelled back to Toronto from Vancouver I was thinking it would be wonderful for clients to attend an immigration lawyers’ conference. I spoke at the Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia…
Continue ReadingI participated in a press conference this week with NDP Immigration Critic Olivia Chow. At issue, was the deportation of a man, my client, who had been sponsored by his Canadian wife…
Continue ReadingThis is a very common question and one where opinions will vary. My own policy is to charge for consultations, spend the time and then credit the cost towards the flat costs…
Continue ReadingI just received a decision on a very complicated case where my client was refused an extension of her immigration status in Canada. She appealed. We won. About one week after winning…
Continue ReadingAs I prepare late into a Sunday evening for another immigration deportation proceeding at the Federal Court (early Monday morning) I thought about how this looks from my client’s perspective. What’s at…
Continue ReadingThis is one of the most common statements from new clients going through the citizenship, immigration or refugee process. They know someone who was able to do it faster, without a problem…
Continue ReadingI have been in court for the last several days in a row arguing cases for refused study permits, deportations, citizenship and others but one case I recently argued really stood out…
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