Our Recent Immigration Success Stories

Redetermination of Visitor visa (TRV) approved in one week

Our client’s visitor visa was refused, but he successfully challenged the decision at the Federal Court with the assistance of our litigation team. Upon receipt and acceptance of the settlement offer, his application was sent back for redetermination by a different visa officer. In preparation for the redetermination, our processing team meticulously compiled extensive documentation. This included updated forms, supplementary materials, and thorough arguments addressing all the concerns raised by the officer. His application was approved in one week, granting him the long-awaited opportunity to reunite with his family in Canada after several years of separation. We are very delighted to have facilitated such a positive outcome and wish him all the best.

A Successful Medical Inadmissibility Case for Permanent Residence: Hemophilia

We had been representing a family on a permanent residence application, based on a provincial nomination. The application was stalled and in jeopardy of being refused because one of the dependent applicants had a medical condition, hemophilia.

Working with the family and medical professionals for a number of months, we were able to advocate on the family’s behalf and classify the individual’s personal circumstances of hemophilia, bringing the costs of the individual’s care in Canada well under the threshold, considering ongoing treatment as well as the risk for creating any excessive demand in the period under consideration for the coming 5 years.

We are very pleased that it was successful, and the family recently received their confirmation of permanent residence.

Successful RAD appeal

We recently represented a client whose refugee claim was refused and the client retained our office to appeal the negative decision to the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD). Further to our thorough and extensive review of the appellant’s documents presented in support of their refugee claim and transcript of the hearing, we were able to show that the Member of the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) made a number of errors in their assessment of evidence, misconstrued the Appellant’s testimony and failed to properly apply Chairperson Guidelines. We argued that the Appellant does in fact fall under the definition of Convention Refugee or a Person in Need of Protection based on their personal profile. We were very happy to learn that the RAD Member agreed with our arguments, found the Appellant to be a person in need of protection, and overturned the decision of the RPD Member.

Settlement at the Federal Court

Our office was approached by a client after their temporary resident visa (TRV) had been refused. They were hoping to challenge the decision to the Federal Court of Canada, as they felt that their TRV application was strong and covered the issues mentioned in the refusal letter. We assisted our client in filing an Application for Leave and for Judicial Review (AFLJR) to challenge the TRV refusal, and upon receiving the notes, it became apparent that the Officer who assessed the application missed key evidence and conducted a generic assessment.

With this in mind, we carefully crafted our legal arguments to explain the gaps in the decision-making process and findings, in addition to conducting legal research to support our position. Thankfully, after our arguments were filed, the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed that our client’s case at the Federal Court was strong, and offered settlement! After discussing options with our client, the offer was accepted and the refusal of our client’s TRV application is being set aside for the application to be redetermined by a different Officer. We are thrilled to have been able to assist our client in achieving this excellent result, and wish them all the best!