Have you ever had an issue with a Canadian immigration utility and wanted to talk with an officer to attempt to resolve the difficulty? I’ll guess you spent hours making an attempt to get by means of to a stay name centre agent…solely to be informed there was no option to converse with the officer truly processing your file. If you’re like me, one of many most irritating points of training immigration legislation is making an attempt to have any significant communication with Canadian immigration authorities. The federal government has put up each potential roadblock they’ll consider to maintain folks from contacting them concerning their immigration functions.
On this Episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Liz Wozniak who practices immigration out of her agency, North Star Immigration Regulation, positioned in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Liz and the opposite attorneys in her agency deal with all types of complicated immigration points for his or her purchasers. Nonetheless, after my interview with Liz, the one factor that stood out most to me was the actual fact they cared sufficient in regards to the follow of immigration legislation to supply Professional Bono help to folks in a Province the place no authorized aide exists for immigration associated issues.
Now don’t get me improper, Liz and her colleagues do cost for the authorized providers they supply; nevertheless, they acknowledge the significance of serving to these most susceptible by paying ahead the present they’ve obtained in training Canadian immigration legislation.
On this spirit of giving, Liz took a while to go to with me about a number of the finest methods she has developed over time to speak with the varied Canadian immigration departments.
Typically, immigration attorneys have a tendency to carry these methods fairly near the vest…..nevertheless, Liz was beneficiant sufficient to tug again the curtain a bit bit so as that will help you and I perceive what works and what doesn’t on this loopy world of speaking with Canadian Immigration authorities.
In my interview with Liz, we cowl some nice methods in speaking with the federal government within the following circumstances:
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CIP Present Notes – Elizabeth Wozniak, Immigration Lawyer
Liz Wozniak is the proprietor of North Star Immigration Regulation Inc., the biggest Canadian immigration legislation agency within the Maritimes. Liz leads a workforce of 4 attorneys and one articled clerk in offering authorized providers and inventive options in all points of Canadian immigration legislation.
Liz and her workforce work in a collaborative atmosphere the place solely attorneys work on consumer recordsdata they usually solely cost flat charges.
Liz is initially from Edmonton, Alberta and lived abroad for five years (in China and Korea), the place she taught English after getting a level in training from the College of Alberta. She graduated from legislation faculty in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2001 the place she stays as a lawyer and lives along with her partner and two youngsters.
Liz is ceaselessly consulted by journalists, authorities and non-governmental organizations on issues pertaining to immigration legislation and coverage. She recurrently presents at conferences, workshops and panel discussions on immigration, authorized ethics and authorized innovation.
Query Intro: Inform me a bit extra about your expertise educating English in China and Korea. I don’t suppose that had something to do with you entering into immigration interval?
Properly… over the previous few years it has turn into more and more tough for us as immigration attorneys to have the ability to converse with anybody inside Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) – or different immigration associated authorities departments when now we have run into processing delays or different points with the recordsdata now we have submitted.
Contacting the federal government to inquire on an immigration matter has turn into an actual concern.
I’ve introduced Liz on to share some perception on this course of together with some potential suggestions and methods in making an attempt to navigate the painful expertise of making an attempt to speak with all of those beautiful authorities departments.
Query #1: so if we’re a person who has submitted an utility to IRCC and needs to acquire an replace on the standing of that utility, how does one go about doing this? And is there a distinction between inquiring on a everlasting resident utility, versus a short lived resident utility? Inside versus Outdoors Canada?
Query #2: So let’s say that now we have an pressing concern that requires us to succeed in out to an immigration officer on a file that’s in course of. Are there different choices accessible to attempt to cope with the difficulty as shortly as potential?
Query #3: Bogus IRCC mechanisms for reporting abuse and conditional PR violations.
Query #4: let’s speak in regards to the CBSA. Typically now we have purchasers which might be adjudicating their functions immediately at a port of entry. Is there any option to attain out to those officers on the POEs prematurely of somebody’s arrival to debate points associated to an utility? Or to talk with an officer who has lately been refused admission to a consumer?
Query #5: Okay, let’s now speak in regards to the fantastic world of the Short-term Overseas Employee Program and speaking with Service Canada when submitting LMIA functions. Do you have got any ideas for navigating this ruthless world? Are there pitfalls folks should concentrate on when submitting functions?
Query #6: let’s say you run into points when the applying is being processed. Is there a option to converse to an officer previous to a refusal? What choices can be found to talk with an officer after a refusal has been rendered?
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