Our immigration lawyers act as counsel on Judicial Reviews of matters and decisions arising under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and its Regulations. We handle motions relating to staying of deportation orders, citizenship appeals applications for mandamus orders, and related immigration litigation.
Our immigration lawyers represent our clients in the Federal Court of Canada and all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada including the immigration Division, Immigration Appeal Division, Refugee Appeal Division, and the Refugee Protection Division.
Many people wrongly believe that their application rejection or deportation order is the end of their immigration dreams. Our immigration lawyer sifts through your matter and undertakes in-depth analysis to help you navigate the Canadian courts and administrative tribunal system.

The Federal and Provincial Governments of Canada welcome foreign nationals who desire to start a business in Canada which generates local employment and are eager to make a positive contribution to the Canadian way of life.
Provinces of Canada design and implement their respective entrepreneur's visa programs through Provincial Nominee Program. For individuals who want to establish and run a business within a province of Canada, they may be nominated for permanent residency by the province.
Each province may run multiple programs at different times during the year based on its needs and goals. Program requirements vary widely and are subject to change depending on respective government policies. Our tailored solution utilizes our skills and resources to provide you with a comprehensive roadmap to achieving your dreams of successfully running a business in Canada.
It is crucial to engage business immigrations lawyers who possess the experience, skills, and intimate market knowledge to help you navigate the complex business immigration law process.

Express Entry is an online immigration management system for skilled workers looking to immigrate to Canada. This program is available for three types of immigration programs;

1. Canadian Experience Class (CEC)
   • CEC is available for skilled workers having Canadian work experience.
   • The work experience must be gained in the 3 years before you apply.
   • The candidate can also be eligible by working in Canada while under temporary resident status with authorization to work
2. Federal Skilled Workers Program
   • for skilled workers with foreign work experience
   • must meet criteria for education, language and other factors
3. Federal Skilled Trades Program
   • for skilled workers who are qualified in a skilled trade
   • must have a valid job offer or a certificate of qualification
   • must meet criteria for language, work experience, proof of funds and other factors.

Your relatives can live, study and work in Canada if they become permanent residents of Canada. You can sponsor certain relatives to come to Canada if you’re at least 18 years old and a:

• Canadian citizen or
• person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act or
• permanent resident of Canada

Under current programs, an eligible person can sponsor the following relatives to Canada

• Spouse, partner, or dependant children
• Parents visa and grandparents visa and super visa
• Certain blood relatives such as brothers, sisters, nephews in certain circumstances.
• Sponsor an adopted child

The Provincial Nominees Program (PNP) is designed for workers who:

• have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory
• want to live in that province, and
• want to become permanent residents of Canada

Each province has its own “streams” (immigration programs that target certain groups) and requirements. For example, in a program stream, provinces and territories may target:

• students
• business people
• skilled workers
• semi-skilled workers

How you will apply depends on which Provincial Nominee Program stream you’re applying to. You might need to apply using the paper-based process, or by the online process through Express Entry.

Intra-Company Transfers are allowed under the International Mobility Program. This program allows high-skilled foreign workers to temporarily work in Canada as an Intra-Company Transferee (ICT). If an international company has a location (branch, subsidiary, or affiliate) in Canada that company can transfer their employee to the Canadian location. Reach out to our team of Immigration Lawyers to consult on how your company can utilize skilled foreign workers under this program.

The Atlantic Immigration Program is a pathway to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers and international graduates from a Canadian institution who want to work and live in 1 of Canada’s 4 Atlantic provinces—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador. The program helps employers hire qualified candidates for jobs they haven’t been able to fill locally.

Before you can make a job offer to a candidate, you must first become designated by the provincial government of the Atlantic province where the candidate will be working.

Once you’ve offered a job and the candidate has accepted, there are several steps that you and the candidate need to complete. If you and the candidate meet all the requirements, the candidate may then apply for permanent resident status in Canada.

We’ll help you through this process. Contact us today!

Canada’s Start-up Visa Program targets immigrant entrepreneurs with the skills and potential to build businesses in Canada that:

• are innovative
• can create jobs for Canadians
• can compete on a global scale

Do you have an innovative business idea? If you can get support for your idea from one of the designated organizations, you may be able to immigrate to Canada.

To be eligible for the Start-up Visa Program, you must:

• have a qualifying business
• get a letter of support from a designated organization
• meet the language requirements
• bring enough money to settle

Contact us today to get more information on how you could qualify.

The Self-employed Persons Program allows people to immigrate to Canada permanently as a self-employed person.

If you’re interested in this program, you must:

• have relevant experience in cultural activities or athletics and
• be willing and able to make a significant contribution to the cultural or athletic life of Canada

To immigrate as a self-employed person, you must:

To be eligible for the Start-up Visa Program, you must:

• have relevant experience
• be willing and able to be self-employed in Canada
• meet the program’s selection criteria and
• meet medical, security and other conditions

Relevant experience

Your experience is relevant if you have:

• taken part in cultural activities or athletics at a world-class level or
• been a self-employed person in cultural activities or athletic
• Relevant experience for a self-employed person means at least two years of experience.
• It must be during the period starting 5 years before the day you apply and ending on the day we make a decision on your application.
• You can get more points if you have 3, 4, or 5 years of experience.

Applications are assessed you on selection criteria that include your:

• experience
• education
• age
• language abilities
• adaptability

Contact us today to get more information on how you could qualify.

1. Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP)

   RNIP is a community-driven program. It’s designed to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a path to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers who want to work and live in one of the participating communities.

   To be eligible for RNIP, you must

   • have qualifying work experience or have graduated from a publicly funded post-secondary institution in the recommending community
   • meet or exceed the language requirements
   • meet or exceed the educational requirements
   • prove you have enough money to support your transition into the community
   • intend to live in the community
   • meet community-specific requirements
   • have temporary resident status (if you’re in Canada when you apply)
      
2. Agri-Food Pilot

   The Agri-Food Pilot helps address the labour needs of the Canadian agri-food sector.

   The pilot provides a pathway to permanent residence for experienced, non-seasonal workers in specific industries and occupations. It will run until May 2023.

   To apply for permanent residence under the Agri-Food Pilot, you need

   • Eligible Canadian work experience in one or more of the eligible industries and occupations
   • A full-time, non-seasonal job offer from a Canadian employer in one of the eligible industries and occupations (outside of Quebec)
   • To meet or exceed the language requirements
   • To meet or exceed the educational requirements
   • To have settlement funds (if applicable)
   • To maintain temporary resident status (if already in Canada)
      
3. Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP)

   EMPP combines refugee resettlement and economic immigration. It’s a pathway that

   • Helps skilled refugees immigrate to Canada through existing economic programs
   • Gives employers access to a new pool of qualified candidates to fill job openings
   • Starting December 3, 2021, EMPP phase 2 will help settle up to 500 skilled refugees, and their families, in Canada.
   • The pilot combines refugee resettlement and economic immigration. The support we provide overseas is tailored to refugees. The selection criteria, including the ability to settle independently in Canada, is assessed using economic immigration requirements.

   Contact us today to get more information on how you could qualify.

1. Claim Refugee status from inside Canada

   Canada offers refugee protection to some people in Canada who fear persecution or who would be in danger if they had to leave. Some dangers they may face include

   • Torture
   • Risk to their life
   • Risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment

   If you feel you could face one of these risks if you go back to your home country or the country where you normally live, you may be able to seek protection in Canada as a refugee.

   Who can make a refugee claim

   To make a refugee claim, you

   • Must be in Canada
   • Can’t be subject to a removal order

   If you’re outside Canada, you may be eligible to

   • Resettle in Canada as refugee
   • Immigrate to Canada through one of our programs

   Eligibility

   If you make a refugee claim, we’ll decide if it can be referred to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The IRB is an independent tribunal that makes decisions on immigration and refugee matters.

   Your refugee claim may not be eligible to be referred to the IRB if you

   • Are recognized as a Convention refugee by another country that you can return to
   • Were granted protected person status in Canada
   • Arrived via the Canada–United States border
   • Have made a refugee claim in another country, as confirmed through information-sharing
   • Are not admissible to Canada on security grounds or because of criminal activity or human rights violations
   • Made a previous refugee claim that was not found eligible
   • Made a previous refugee claim that was rejected by the IRB
   • Abandoned or withdrew a previous refugee claim

   The IRB decides who is a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection.

   Convention refugees are outside their home country or the country they normally live in. They’re not able to return because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on

   • Race
   • Religion
   • Political opinion
   • Nationality
   • Being part of a social group, such as women or people of a particular sexual orientation

   A person in need of protection is a person in Canada who can’t return to their home country safely. This is because, if they return, they may face

   • Danger of torture
   • Risk to their life
   • Nationality
   • Risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment

   Safe Third Country Agreement

   Canada has an agreement with the U.S. that says people who want to make a refugee claim must do so in the first safe country they arrive in.

   This means, if you enter Canada from the U.S. at a land port of entry, you can’t make a refugee claim in Canada. In some cases, this rule does not apply (for example, if you have family in Canada).

2. Sponsor a Refugee

   The Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) program lets private groups sponsor eligible refugees abroad. As the private sponsor, you’ll support a refugee for the sponsorship period, usually up to 1 year. The support you provide will include

   • Start-up costs, such as furniture and clothing
   • On-going monthly costs for basic necessities, including housing, food, and public transportation
   • Supporting refugees socially and emotionally

   Groups that can sponsor refugees

   You can’t sponsor a refugee on your own. You must be part of one of the following groups in Canada:

   • Sponsorship agreement holders (SAH) sign agreements with the Government of Canada to help support refugees when they come to Canada
     • Constituent Groups are groups who work with SAHs to sponsor refugees under the SAH’s agreement
   • Groups of Five are groups of 5 or more Canadian citizens or permanent residents who sponsor refugees to settle in their communities
   • Community Sponsors are organizations, associations or corporations that sponsor refugees

   Contact us today for more information on making as asylum claim or sponsoring a Refugee to Canada.