A person married to or in a common-law relationship with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident may be sponsored to Canada. If the foreign national is residing in Canada, the application may…
Continue ReadingIn 2009 we were retained to assist a young man with his refugee claim. He was in an interfaith marriage, and feared that he would be returned to his home country. The…
Continue ReadingThe Court of Appeal for Ontario has provided an important alternative for immigration detainees seeking to challenge the legality of their continued detention. The decision released last week (2015 ONCA 700) confirmed…
Continue ReadingWe were recently successful in assisting our client’s family in overcoming a medical inadmissibility finding for a dependent. Had the dependent been found to be medically inadmissible, the entire family would be…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday of last week, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the decision striking down the ban on face coverings at Canadian citizenship ceremonies (2015 FCA 194). The Federal Court deemed the…
Continue ReadingAt Bellissimo Law Group we are privileged to work on behalf of many wonderful people, companies and associations. We represent people from the application stage to the Supreme Court of Canada. Every week we will…
Continue ReadingWhile the entire Federal Court process is speeding up in 2015, applications continue to take nearly a year from start to hearing date. For most applicants, this is very long wait and…
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Posted by: Mario D. Bellissimo The Honourable Denis Gascon, a lawyer with Norton Rose Fulbright Canada in Montréal, is appointed a judge of the Federal Court to replace Mr. Justice D.J. Rennie,…
Continue ReadingI recently argued a case at the Federal Court of Canada which turned on what appeared to be a simple mistake: an incorrectly checked box on an application form. Unfortunately, such a…
Continue ReadingOn 21 July 2014 our office filed an application to the Federal Court of Canada seeking leave for judicial review of two decisions made by the Minister of Employment and Social Development:…
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