Before the Senate last week the Honourable Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenny said that immigration applications are not complex. One is basically filling out forms. It follows given this view…
Continue ReadingCitizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) new ad campaign warning of fraudulent immigration consultants runs several times a day on television here in the Greater Toronto Area and has some bite. Frankly this…
Continue Reading5:00 p.m. EST The Donald Lamont Learning Centre The Law Society of Upper Canada 130 Queen Street West Toronto, ON, M5H 2N6 Topic 1: Ethical Issues before the Board Panel: Gary Segal, Counsel…
Continue ReadingThe counsel session on Tuesday February 8, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. EST Boardroom 6B/C (6th Floor),74 Victoria Street,Toronto, ON,M5C 3C7 which featured the following program Moderator: HazelynRoss, Assistant Deputy Chairperson – Immigration…
Continue ReadingOur law Society of upper Canada program on February 15, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the OBA Conference Centre, 200-20 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON was an informative, interactive and…
Continue ReadingI am delighted to report that we were successful in our efforts at the Federal Court of Appeal in the case of Sapru v. Canada (M.C.I.)2011 FCA 35, CORAM: DAWSON J.A. (Delivered Reasons), LAYDEN-STEVENSON J.A. & STRATAS J.A. This case provided important clarity in…
Continue ReadingWe have launched a new promotional campaign at Bellissimo Law Group that focuses on the faces of the people we help everyday with their citizenship, immigration or refugee related matters. From the Sri Lankin boat in…
Continue ReadingThere has been much media attention regarding unscrupulous immigration representatives and rightly so. As I have written before finding good immigration counsel is critical to people’s cases. I like to act as…
Continue ReadingThe Immigration Division finalized over 2000 detention reviews over a period of twelve months ending November 30th, 2010. Over a 1000 of those were in Central Region representing an 8& decrease. Nationally…
Continue ReadingThe Immigration Division finalized 2853 admissibility hearings over a period of twelve months ending November 30th, 2010. 1278 of those were completed in the Central Region. This constitutes a 14% decrease nationally…
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