Legal Services offered by fuerst law office

Immigration - Permanent Residence

Individual Independent cases:

• Skilled workers (point system)
• Business Immigration
• Self-employed
• Investors
• Entrepreneurs
• Post graduate work permit holders application for Permanent Resident Status
• Humanitarian and Compassionate application for Permanent Resident status from within Canada
• Provincial Nominees
• Retaining permanent residence status while outside Canada
• Compliance with Residency Obligations

Permanent Residence Cards

• Eligibility Assessments
• Initial application for permanent resident card
• Renewal/Replacement applications for permanent residents cards
• Reinstatement or Retention Applications for Permanent Residence
• Travel Document Applications

Family Class Sponsorship

• Spousal sponsorship in-Canada & Abroad
• Parents & grand parents sponsorship

Citizenship

• Eligibility assessments
• Applications for citizenship and the resumption of citizenship
• Litigation

Work Permits

• NAFTA-North American Free Trade; Mexico & United States
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
• Job confirmation by HRSDC (temporary and permanent job offers)
• Arranged Employment Opinions
• Labour Market Opinions (individual and groups)
• Post graduation employment work permits
• Skilled Workers (including qualified trades persons)

Temporary Resident Visas (Visitor Visas)

• Business visitors
• Tourist applications
• Letters of Invitation
• Notarization of documents

Student Permits

• Initial Applications and extensions
• Accompanying dependents
• Post graduation work permits

Convention Refugees - Hearings and Appeals

• Applications to the Immigration and Refugee Board for Convention Refugee hearings
• Applications for Protection
• Judicial Review (Appeals) to the Federal Court of Canada
• Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) application for persons under a removal order

Appeals and Review

• appeals by refugees for judicial review to Federal Court of Canada
• appeals by sponsors to Immigration Appeal Division for family class sponsorships
• appeals by permanent residents to Immigration Appeal Division of removal orders
• residency appeals

INLAND hearings (any and all) before Immigration Division of the IRB

• deportation hearings
• admissibility hearings
• detention hearings at the detention center and at the IRB Immigration Division;

SPECIAL NOTE:

The Citizenship & Immigration Regulations have recently been changed (November 28, 2008) to allow only applications for permanent residence from those applicants with one of 38 listed occupations listed: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who-instructions.asp#list

However, for those whose occupation is not on that list, applicants who have Arranged Employment offers in Canada will be ‘fast tracked’ through the visa post processing system. The government states that the length of this processing will be 6-8 months. There are many ways of finding employment opportunities in Canada, and we have attached some of those resources here. As you search these, you will find they refer to more which will reflect your individual interests as to the area where you wish to work, and the kind of work you are searching for. Good luck and please do keep Fuerst Law in mind as you go through these postings.

Canada’s national government ‘job bank’ : http://www.jobbank.gc.ca

Private sites:

www.workopolis.com

www.monster.ca

http://www.jobbankcanada.com

www.jobpostcanada.com

www.jobboardtoronto.com

www.jobboardvancouver.com

www.jobinalberta.com

www.jobboardmanitoba.com

Another signficant option is to ask your family and/or friends who are in Canada to help you find the right match of employer. In some cases a job offer, if it is for an occupation which is in very high demand might allow you to enter Canada on a work permit first while we process your application for permanent residence. Our legal fees will always be for the services rendered for the Work Permit and/or Temporary resident visa that are necessary once the job offer has been found.

Call us, and speak to us specifically about the reasonable arrangements that we will make for you to have our office assist you in this option.

We wish to find the best options for our clients ---this is their fuerst class way to their new home in Canada.