My immigration practice includes the following areas, and I represent individuals, corporations and other organizations:
Family sponsorship
Business Immigration
Canadian Experience Class
Student Visas
Skilled Workers program
Temporary Resident visas
Refugees Applications
Pre-removal Risk Assessments
Judicial Review
Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds
International Adoptions
Family sponsorship
Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor their spouses, common-law partners, conjugal partners, dependent children (including adopted children) or other eligible relatives like their parents and grandparents to become permanent resident.
Other persons who can be sponsored under this category are brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, granddaughters or grandsons who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not married or in a common-law relationship.
Business Immigration
The aim of the Business Immigration Program is to attract experienced business people to Canada who will support the development of a strong and prosperous Canadian economy. Business immigrants come in 3 categories namely investors, entrepreneurs and self employed. They are expected to invest $800,000 or to own and manage businesses in Canada, and must meet certain experience and/or net worth criteria.
The qualifying requirements for each class are different.
Investors
Investors must show the following:
i. That they have business experience.
ii. That they have a minimum net worth of $1,600,000 Canadian dollars that was legally obtained and invest $800,000.00
Your investment is managed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and is guaranteed by the Canadian provinces that use it to create jobs and help their economies grow.
Upon approval of your application, you must make your investment before a permanent resident visa will be issued. This is to be done normally within 30 days.
Entrepreneurs
This Program seeks to attract experienced business persons who will own and actively manage businesses in Canada that contribute to the economy and create jobs.
Self-employed Persons
This Program is for applicants who intend and are able to become self-employed in Canada. Self-employed persons must have either:
i. The relevant experience to make significant contribution to the cultural or athletic life of Canada or
ii. Experience the management of farms and the intention and ability to purchase and manage a farm.
Canadian Experience Class
This category if for temporary foreign workers or foreign students who graduated in Canada. These groups of persons having worked and lived in Canada for sometime often have the qualities to make a successful transition from temporary to permanent residence. In addition knowledge of English or French and qualifying work experience is part of the requirements for the application.
Student Visas
To study in Canada, you may need a study permit, and/or a temporary resident visa, though not everyone must have these documents. For example family members of foreign representative may not need a study permit. Others that may not need a permit are those on a short-course of study say 6 months, and members of foreign armed forces.
In order to qualify to study in Canada you must meet the following requirements:
i. Be accepted by a school, college, university or other educational institution.
ii. Show proof that you can pay your tuition fees, living expenses, cost of transportation to return to your country of origin.
iii. Must be a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record and not pose any security threat to Canada. A police clearance certificate may be required to prove this.
iv. You must be in good health and willing to complete medical examination if necessary.
v. You must satisfy an immigration officer that you will leave Canada at the end of your authorized stay.
Skilled Workers Program
This is for people who want to settle and work in Canada. Successful applicants under the skilled workers program are issued permanent resident cards, which puts them on a part to citizenship. Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on the following criteria: education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that have been shown to help them become economically established in Canada.
Temporary Resident visas
This is for people who need a temporary resident visa to visit Canada for a temporary purpose such as tourism, visiting family or friends, or business trips.
Refugees Applications
Many refugees and other people needing protection have found succour in Canada. They are people in or outside Canada who fear returning to their home country.
Canada offers refugee protection to people in Canada who fear persecution or whose removal from Canada would subject them to a danger of torture, a risk to their life or a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
Refugees may be sponsored by Groups and individuals from abroad who qualify to come to Canada.
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations recognizes two sets of persons that may qualify as refugees for Canada’s refugee and humanitarian resettlement program. They are the Convention Refugees Abroad Class and the Country of Asylum Class.
Convention Refugee
To qualify as a Convention refugee the person must show that by reason of a well-founded fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion, and that they are outside their country or nationality and are unable or by reason of that fear, unwillingly to avail themselves of the protection of that country or not having a country of nationality, are outside the country of their former habitual residence and are unable or by reason of that fear unwilling to return to that country.
On the other hand, a Convention Refugee Abroad is any person who is a Convention refugee, outside of Canada, seeking resettlement in Canada, and does not have a possibility of another durable solution within a reasonable period time that is they cannot do any of the following:
return to their country of nationality or habitual residence;
they cannot integrate in the country of refuge or the country of first asylum; and
they do not have another offer of re-settlement from another country
Plus they have to be sponsored privately or assisted by the government or have adequate financial resources to support themselves and any dependants that they may have.
Country of Asylum Class
To fall under this category, the person must be:
Outside of their country of citizenship or place of habitual residence;
Have been, and continue to be seriously and personally affected by civil war or armed conflict or have suffered massive violations of human rights;
There is no possibility of finding adequate solution to their situation within a reasonable time; and
Would be sponsored privately or have adequate financial resources to support themselves and their dependents.
Refugee Claims within Canada
Canada provides refugee protection to people within Canada who fear persecution or whose removal from Canada would put them in danger of torture, risk to their lives or a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
What Do You Do When Your Application for Permanent Residence or Refugee Claim Was Rejected
In the event that your application for permanent residence and refugee claim was rejected, it may not be the end of your actualizing your dream to start a new life in a beautiful country like Canada. Your may find reprieve under the Pre-removal Risk Assessment, Judicial Review or Humanitarian Ground applications.
My immigration practice includes the following areas, and I represent individuals, corporations and other organizations:
Family sponsorship
Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor their spouses, common-law partners, conjugal partners, dependent children (including adopted children) or other eligible relatives like their parents and grandparents to become permanent resident.
Other persons who can be sponsored under this category are brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, granddaughters or grandsons who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not married or in a common-law relationship.
Business Immigration
The aim of the Business Immigration Program is to attract experienced business people to Canada who will support the development of a strong and prosperous Canadian economy. Business immigrants come in 3 categories namely investors, entrepreneurs and self employed. They are expected to invest $800,000 or to own and manage businesses in Canada, and must meet certain experience and/or net worth criteria.
The qualifying requirements for each class are different.
Investors
Investors must show the following:
i. That they have business experience.
ii. That they have a minimum net worth of $1,600,000 Canadian dollars that was legally obtained and invest $800,000.00
Your investment is managed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and is guaranteed by the Canadian provinces that use it to create jobs and help their economies grow.
Upon approval of your application, you must make your investment before a permanent resident visa will be issued. This is to be done normally within 30 days.
Entrepreneurs
This Program seeks to attract experienced business persons who will own and actively manage businesses in Canada that contribute to the economy and create jobs.
Self-employed Persons
This Program is for applicants who intend and are able to become self-employed in Canada. Self-employed persons must have either:
i. The relevant experience to make significant contribution to the cultural or athletic life of Canada or
ii. Experience the management of farms and the intention and ability to purchase and manage a farm.
Canadian Experience Class
This category if for temporary foreign workers or foreign students who graduated in Canada. These groups of persons having worked and lived in Canada for sometime often have the qualities to make a successful transition from temporary to permanent residence. In addition knowledge of English or French and qualifying work experience is part of the requirements for the application.
Student Visas
To study in Canada, you may need a study permit, and/or a temporary resident visa, though not everyone must have these documents. For example family members of foreign representative may not need a study permit. Others that may not need a permit are those on a short-course of study say 6 months, and members of foreign armed forces.
In order to qualify to study in Canada you must meet the following requirements:
i. Be accepted by a school, college, university or other educational institution.
ii. Show proof that you can pay your tuition fees, living expenses, cost of transportation to return to your country of origin.
iii. Must be a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record and not pose any security threat to Canada. A police clearance certificate may be required to prove this.
iv. You must be in good health and willing to complete medical examination if necessary.
v. You must satisfy an immigration officer that you will leave Canada at the end of your authorized stay.
Skilled Workers Program
This is for people who want to settle and work in Canada. Successful applicants under the skilled workers program are issued permanent resident cards, which puts them on a part to citizenship. Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on the following criteria: education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that have been shown to help them become economically established in Canada.
Temporary Resident visas
This is for people who need a temporary resident visa to visit Canada for a temporary purpose such as tourism, visiting family or friends, or business trips.
Refugees Applications
Many refugees and other people needing protection have found succour in Canada. They are people in or outside Canada who fear returning to their home country.
Canada offers refugee protection to people in Canada who fear persecution or whose removal from Canada would subject them to a danger of torture, a risk to their life or a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
Refugees may be sponsored by Groups and individuals from abroad who qualify to come to Canada.
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations recognizes two sets of persons that may qualify as refugees for Canada’s refugee and humanitarian resettlement program. They are the Convention Refugees Abroad Class and the Country of Asylum Class.
Convention Refugee
To qualify as a Convention refugee the person must show that by reason of a well-founded fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion, and that they are outside their country or nationality and are unable or by reason of that fear, unwillingly to avail themselves of the protection of that country or not having a country of nationality, are outside the country of their former habitual residence and are unable or by reason of that fear unwilling to return to that country.
On the other hand, a Convention Refugee Abroad is any person who is a Convention refugee, outside of Canada, seeking resettlement in Canada, and does not have a possibility of another durable solution within a reasonable period time that is they cannot do any of the following:
Plus they have to be sponsored privately or assisted by the government or have adequate financial resources to support themselves and any dependants that they may have.
Country of Asylum Class
To fall under this category, the person must be:
Refugee Claims within Canada
Canada provides refugee protection to people within Canada who fear persecution or whose removal from Canada would put them in danger of torture, risk to their lives or a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
What Do You Do When Your Application for Permanent Residence or Refugee Claim Was Rejected
In the event that your application for permanent residence and refugee claim was rejected, it may not be the end of your actualizing your dream to start a new life in a beautiful country like Canada. Your may find reprieve under the Pre-removal Risk Assessment, Judicial Review or Humanitarian Ground applications.