Mobility
Immigration and Federal Court litigation: Bill C-12 ineligibility and judicial review, Global Talent Stream LMIAs for employers, s.44 enforcement defence, record suspensions and US waivers.
Explore the Mobility practice →Stability
Wills, trusts and powers of attorney, asset protection, probate, and US–Canada cross-border estate planning from counsel licensed in both Ontario and New York.
Explore the Stability practice →Urgent: Bill C-12 letters
Ineligibility determinations carry a 15-day Federal Court deadline. We have filed applications for leave and judicial review of s.101(1)(b.1) determinations.
What to do after a C-12 letter →Cross-border lives
US citizen in Canada, or Canadian with US assets? Your estate plan must work on both sides of the border.
Cross-border planning →Why this firm
- Federal Court filings. We prepare and file applications for leave and judicial review, including under the Bill C-12 ineligibility provisions of IRPA. Those provisions are new law, so no firm has a long track record under them. What we have is filed applications under s.101(1)(b.1).
- Employer-side work. We prepare and file Global Talent Stream LMIAs for technology employers. Our fastest Category B approval came in five business days. That was one file, and ESDC timelines vary.
- Direct access. You deal with the lawyer handling your file, not an intake desk.
- Published fees. Our starting fees are on the website, so you can plan before you call.
Who we act for
- Refugee claimants and their families who have received an ineligibility determination or a procedural fairness letter under the one-year rule.
- People facing enforcement: a s.44 report, an admissibility hearing, a removal date, or an inadmissibility finding.
- Canadian employers hiring internationally, particularly technology employers using the Global Talent Stream and LMIA-exempt streams.
- Applicants and families abroad, including applicants from Sri Lanka, applying for work, study, visitor, family and permanent residence.
- Lawyers and RCICs who need referral counsel for a Federal Court file. Your client stays your client.
- Families with assets on both sides of the border who need an estate plan that works in Canada and the United States.
Common questions
What is a Bill C-12 ineligibility letter, and how long do I have?
It is a determination that a refugee claim will not be referred to the Refugee Protection Division, usually under the one-year rule in s.101(1)(b.1) or (b.2) of IRPA. Some claimants receive it as a procedural fairness letter marked "redetermination – ineligibility". Federal Court deadlines for in-Canada decisions are counted in days, not months: read what to do next or call us the day the letter arrives.
What does this cost?
Our starting professional fees are published in full. A 60-minute consultation is $250 and is credited toward your file if you retain us. Your exact fee is confirmed in a written retainer before any work begins.
What is the difference between a lawyer and an immigration consultant?
Both can represent you before IRCC. Only a lawyer can appear in the Federal Court of Canada and offer solicitor-client privilege. If a decision has to be challenged in court rather than re-applied for, you need a lawyer.
I am an RCIC or a lawyer with a Federal Court file. Do you take referrals?
Yes. We act as referral counsel on judicial review while you keep the client relationship. How referrals work.