Practicing Exclusively in Canadian Immigration Law
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Steven Meurrens is a Partner at Larlee Rosenberg, a highly regarded law firm in Vancouver, British Columbia that practices almost exclusively in Canadian immigration law.
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Our firm practices almost exclusively in Canadian immigration matters, including work permit applications, provincial nominations, skilled worker applications, and more.
Immigration Blog
The Return of Incomplete Applications
I have previously written in this blog about how Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ("IRCC') has adapted an exceptionally strict approach to returning applications for incompleteness. I have also written in Policy Options about how frustrating this approach can be, because one of its main purposes appears to be to allow politicians to boast about ...
Labour Market Impact Assessments – The Genuiness Factor
Section 203(1)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations ("IRPR") requires Service Canada to only issue a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment ("LMIA") when it is satisfied that an employer's job offer is genuine. The IRPR lists several specific factors which Service Canada officers must consider in a genuineness analysis. The Genuineness Factors Section 200(5) of ...
Determining Equivalency – Whether a Criminal Offence Will Make You Inadmissible to Canada
An individual who has been convicted of offense outside of Canada needs to determine what the equivalent offense would be in Canada.
