Can I File my Case in Buffalo?
Q. I read your column all the time. Please help as I do not know what to do .I am here in Canada now two years and the court denied my refugee…
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Jan
2011
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11
Jan
2011
How Can I Speed up the Process?
Q: I am a Canadian who lost my wife to cancer. I re-married with somebody I met online. She was living in Canada for 10 years, but she did not have proper documentation.She was…
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31
Dec
2010
Here’s to a Happy Ending and a Wonderful 2011
My first blog entry was on Monday December 31st, 2007 I wrote then: I sometimes do not take the time to look back. I am always focused on the next challenge. But…
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19
Dec
2010
Federal Court Updates
Some quick hits from the Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court: The Honourable Appellate Justice Stratos assume the position left vacant at the Federal Court of Appeal by the Honourable Appellate…
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19
Dec
2010
Updates at the Immigration Appeal Division – Central Region
Some quick hits from the IAD: There will no longer be video conferencing via Montreal after December 31st. Cases already seized however will continue with the conferencing. Member Leonov has retired. We…
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14
Dec
2010
Important Medical Case at the Federal Court of Appeal
Today along with my colleague Mr. Rotenberg we argued a very important medical case at the Federal Court of Appeal. The certified question which I dealt with as rephrased by me asks…
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6
Dec
2010
How Can I Speed up the Process?
Q: I am a Canadian who lost my wife in 2003 of cancer. I re-married in 2007 with somebody I met online. She was living in Canada for 10 years, but she…
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24
Nov
2010
A Job We Take Very Seriously!
Dealing with an institutional bureaucracy is a daunting exercise.Dealing with an institutional bureaucracy without understanding the underlying psychology is an impossibility!What’s in it for them?They want their job to be made easier…
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15
Nov
2010
Citizenship & Immigration Canada is Human!
Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) is not a collection of computers and voicemail systems. Although on certain days we would swear a statutory declaration that there is not a living breathing soul…
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12
Nov
2010
Lawyers in it for the Money? Alter the Point of Reference
There may also exist a perception among certain immigration officers that lawyers are profiteering.In fact, CIC is a government institution that in part is measured by its ability to assist the public…
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