Last month, as IRCC made announcements to relieve scammed students of potential deportation orders, CBSA arrested Brijesh Mishra in British Columbia on June 14th and a week later on June 23rd, charged…
Continue ReadingIn a lengthy discussion with the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Mario Bellissimo highlights out the potential setbacks of Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on the Safe Third Country Agreement’s (STCA) constitutionality and…
Continue ReadingCBC News speaks with Athena Portokalidis, a lawyer at Bellissimo Immigration Law Group PC, on her recent success at the Federal Court in a case where IRCC denied our client’s PR application…
Continue ReadingAfter his brother’s death on April 27, a Canadian Permanent Resident, currently in Portugal, tried to return to Canada to come back for the funeral. However, due to a lack of documentation,…
Continue Reading
Bellissimo Immigration Law Group PC is honoured to be recognized by Pro Bono Ontario and Canadian Lawyer for prioritizing access-to-justice and making meaningful contributions to the Canadian society. This year, it was chosen as 1…
Continue ReadingIn an interview by CBC News, Mario Bellissimo discusses Whitehorse’s (Yukon) proposal to allow permanent residents to vote in municipal elections, which, if approved, will become the first jurisdiction in Canada to…
Continue ReadingIn an interview with CTV News, Mario D. Bellissimo discusses the options that a Sudbury family may have to avoid being deported to Mexico, where their lives would be in danger. Read…
Continue ReadingMario D. Bellissimo is working with colleague Robin Seligman and Will Tao as well as group of Members of Parliament led by the Honourable MP Julie Dzerowicz to establish a new Expression…
Continue Reading“It doesn’t look at risk factors, it looks at the hardship if you return,” Mario Bellissimo says. Read more about this story: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/beloved-ontario-chef-set-to-be-deported-after-spending-nearly-a-decade-in-canada-1.6226488?cache=yes/7.427488
Continue ReadingThe current immigration backlog is causing many Applicants to seek judicial orders. Mario Bellissimo speaks to this issue with the Globe & Mail. Read it here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-immigration-legal-backlog/
Continue Reading