Tel: 416-368-1111 Email: info@cilf.ca

Our Work

Our focus is on people in business – executives, business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, senior management, intra-company transferees with specialized knowledge and expertise – and their families.

We also assist individuals, professionals, members of the entertainment industry and skilled workers with respect to Work Permits, Study Permits, Labour Market Impact Assessments, Temporary Resident Visas, Permanent Residence, Citizenship, Inadmissibility Issues and Litigation.

Business / Corporate

Intra-company transfers to Canada.
Planning international movement of personnel to and from Canada.
All issues relating to inbound and outbound visa applications, temporary visas to Canada, Canadian permanent residence, maintenance of lawful immigration status and other immigration needs of employees.
Counseling with respect to maintaining status in Canada while traveling abroad for personal or business reasons.
Immigration law implications of any corporate changes, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, salary or location changes and reductions in the work force.
Development of, and counseling on, corporate immigration policies and procedures.
Strategizing with human resources staff and other employees on the immigration laws and on immigration compliance practices.
Labour Market Impact Assessment process, compliance and maintenance with Service Canada criteria.
Utilizing Provincial Nominee programs when advantageous.

Professionals & Individuals:

Applications for NAFTA work permits to Canada.
Applications for Canadian work permits under NAFTA, CETA, GATS, Canada-Chile FTA, other international trade agreements, significant benefits, reciprocity and the Francophone Mobility program.
Advising and preparing appropriate supporting documents for entry as business visitors to Canada.
Advising and preparing appropriate supporting documents for entry to provide after-sales service.
Troubleshooting in urgent and special circumstances.
Contentious and unusual visa situations such as inadmissibility due to criminal or medical issues or persons previously removed from Canada or removable persons.
Applications for and renewals of permanent resident cards.
Applications for various types of work permits under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act .
Assisting individuals in Canada without status regularize their status.
Sponsorship applications of family members, including non – Canadian spouse, children, parents and grandparent
Applications for Canadian citizenship, including complex nationality cases, establishing citizenship by birth, counseling on the immigration aspects of loss of citizenship and counseling on the impact of acquiring citizenship in other countries.
Live-in caregiver applications.
Applications for study permits to Canada.
Federal Court Judicial Review Applications
Sponsorship and Permanent Resident Appeals
Refugee Applications

OUR CLIENTS