Immigration Team

Experienced Immigration Lawyers in Toronto, Ontario

Pace Law Firm's Immigration Team includes the Senior Immigration Director, lawyers, advisory team members and Special Advisors with expertise in the Business/Investor Class, Employment Based Immigration and Family Reunification. They are supported by Pace Law Firm's personnel in four locations. The expertise of former senior Canadian Immigration Officers and a former Immigration Minister of the Government of Canada together with the resources of a powerful team of lawyers, allows us to provide clients with a full range of exceptional immigration services both in Canada and internationally.

The Pace Law team of lawyers, researchers and immigration practitioners together represent more than 150 years of collective legal experience.

Contact Us for Caring and Effective Service

At Pace Law Firm, we understand what businesses and individuals go through when working to achieve immigration law goals. We have helped hundreds of people and organizations, and we can help you. To arrange for a free initial consultation, contact us at 1-888-825-9303 or 1-416-900-3509.

IMMIGRATION TEAM:

Immigration Director

• James Metcalfe

Lawyers

• Al Pace
• Karen Kwan Anderson
• Andy J. Semotiuk

Advisors

• Marwa Badra
• Natasha Cheveleva
• Cristina Puha
• Melanie Appelt
• Amanda Nguyen

Special Advisors

• Honourable Gerry Weiner, P.C.
• John A. Burke
• Amr Zaki Abdel Motaal
• Kenneth A. Clark

Affiliates

• Osman Oy
• Gülcan Güngüler

Phone: 416.900.3509
Toll Free: 1.888.825.9303
Fax: 416.236.1809

Head Office - Toronto, Ontario
295 The West Mall, 6th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M9C 4Z4
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Scarborough Office
305 Milner Ave. Suite 910
Scarborough, Ontario
M1B 3V4
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Owen Sound Office
250 10th Street West
Owen Sound, Ontario
N4K 3R3
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Collingwood Office
49 Huron Street, Suite 3
Collingwood, Ontario
L9Y 1C5
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Pace Law Firm provides Canadian immigration law services to the cities of Toronto, Montreal, Mississauga, Oakville, Markham, Oshawa, Richmond Hill, Brampton, Burlington, Milton, Whitby, Pickering, Etobicoke, Thornhill, North York, Scarborough, Owen Sound, Collingwood, New Market, Aurora, Barrie, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara, Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo and London, Ontario (ON), and to Quebec (QC), the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the Golden Horseshoe, Canada. Pace Law Firm also provides services to international applicants.

• Recent report /Article of interest from the Canadian Council for Refugees:

  Long delays are a well-known feature of Canadian immigration processing, wherever an application is being processed. The Nairobi visa office, however, stands out for its extraordinarily long processing times.

• Maytree Scholarships for Protected Persons and Landed Immigrants

  Maytree Scholarships for Protected Persons and Landed Immigrants who were Protected Persons Entering first or second year of a Full-Time University or Community College Program in Toronto.

• Live In Care Giver Program:

  On the 12 ^th of December, 2009, Minister Kenney announced significant improvements to the Live In Care Giver program, proposing several changes ...

• New Citizenship Guides:

  New Citizenship Guides have been released to assist newcomers in better understanding Canada.

• Castillo vs. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Immigration Appeal Division

  Summary: While the legality of the removal order on the basis of criminality was not in dispute, Karen successfully argued against this order by persuading the Panel to consider the humanitarian and compassionate considerations of this case, particularly the best interests of two children of tender years.

• Patel vs. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada

  Summary: The applicant, Mr. Patel, was deemed inadmissible because of a criminal conviction in the State of New York. However, Karen successfully argued that the designated immigration officer who denied the application failed to properly assess the equivalent conviction under Canadian Law, a point with which the assigned Judge agreed.

• Hamilton vs. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada

  Summary: Mr. Hamilton had submitted an application to sponsor his wife, which was denied by a Visa Officer who determined that the relationship was not genuine and was entered into solely for the purpose of obtaining status or privilege in Canada.