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I’ve written previously on the way R. 222(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protections Regulations (“IRPR”) operates with respect the invalidation of study permits. Initially, I was
Vancouver Is Getting Expensive. Legal Fees Are Hard to Come By Regardless of your income bracket, Vancouver has become a difficult place to get by
Post-Graduate Work Permit Refusals are on the up and up. My colleague, Steven Meurrens, recently posted a chart showing how in 2016 the refusal
A question that I continue to get particularly from B.C. based, provincially nominated, clients requesting assistance on extending a work permit is how to choose
Hi Vancouver Immigration Blog Readers: I’ve had a busy couple of weeks. Been asked to step in on advocacy a little these last two weeks
The December 2016 changes to the spousal sponsorship process has (to-date) served as a double-edge sword. While applications for many have sped up, for others,
(Image Credit: Minister Hussein’s Twitter Page) With four major changes set to go into legal affect next Wednesday (October 11th), a lot of questions I
Will Tao is an Award-Winning Canadian Immigration and Refugee Lawyer, Writer, and Policy Advisor based in Vancouver. Vancouver Immigration Blog is a public legal resource and social commentary.
My name is Will Tao and I am a Barrister and Solicitor practicing exclusively in the field of Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law. I work for a full-service Canadian immigration and refugee law firm called Heron Law Offices based in Burnaby, B.C.
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Acknowledges that he lives and works on the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations.
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