Montreal Quebec - Canada Immigration Lawyers Directory

How do you find a lawyer to handle your immigration case in Quebec's largest city?  How do you decide which one to use?  What is the difference between a immigration lawyer / a immigration consultant / a relocation specialist?

For help with your:  Independent Skilled Worker Applications | Intracompany transfer work permits | Temporary NAFTA work permit | deciding on Investor vs Entrepreneur Category | Appeal of Immigration Refugee Board decision | Family Sponsorship | Student study permit | etc. consider the lawyers listed below.

Montréal Québec Canada Immigration Lawyers · Avocats · Barristers · Solicitors

• Richard Kurland, B.A., LL.B., B.C.L.
  KURLAND, TOBE
  Canada Immigration Lawyers
  425 St-Sulpice
  Montreal, Quebec
  Canada H2Y 2V7
  Phone:  (514) 288-5252
  Web site: www.canimmigrate.com
  
  See section on Class Action Updates www.canimmigrate.com/nss-folder/classactionupdates
  
  
• Isabelle Dongier, LL.L.
  Canada Immigration Lawyer

  "...specializes in corporate immigration law, helping companies obtain temporary work permits and permanent residency visas for executives, professionals and specialized employees. Her practice focuses mainly on confirmation exemptions under the NAFTA, the CCFTA, the GATS and Canadian legislation, allowing fast-track approval procedures for employees transferred from overseas, certain professionals or other experts and strategic employees. She also counsels clients on other aspects of international mobility such as work permits for spouses, eligibility for English instruction in Québec and customs matters...."[quote fr. www.fasken.com 2005.01.24]

  Montréal Office
  Stock Exchange Tower
  P.O. Box 242, Suite 3400
  800 Place Victoria
  Montréal, Québec
  Canada H4Z 1E9
  Tel:   514.397.7400
  Website:  www.fasken.com
  
  
• Avrom A. (Avi) Gomberg
  Canada Immigration Lawyer with
  GOMBERG DALFEN, S.E.N.C.
  Avocats · Barristers · Solicitors
  Barreaux/Bar:  Québec et/and Ontario
  
  GOMBERG DALFEN
  Law Firm Specializing in Canadian Immigration Law Services
  
  281, rue de la Commune Ouest
  Montréal, Quebec
  Canada  H2Y 2E1
  Tel:  514.845.0991
  Website:  www.gombergdalfen.ca
  
  
  
• Melvin Weigel,L.L.B.

  "... is part of the Weigel, Chan, Bayat law group [which features an office in Dubai, UAE (United Arab Emirates)]. He was educated at McGill University & University of Montreal and also studied international law and comparative law at the International Academy in the Hague, Columbia University in New York and the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico. He is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German. He has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1977 and was the founding member of the Quebec Immigration Lawyers Association and of the Immigration Section of the Canadian Bar Association.
  
  He [has served] on the executive of the Immigration Section of the Quebec Division of the Canadian Bar Association, as coordinator for business immigration; he was principal organizer and co-chair of the 1999 National Canadian Immigration Law Conference ...." [quote from website 2005.01.23]

  Address:
  2055 Peel Street - 265
  Montreal, Quebec
  Canada
  Phone: 1.514.845.8146
  Web site:  www.ilsgroup.com/about-us
  
  
• Campbell Cohen
  Canada Immigration lawyers
  215 Redfern, Suite 118
  Montreal, Quebec
  Canada H3Z 3L5
  Telephone:  1.514.937.9445
  Email address:  info@canadavisa.com
  Web site:  www.canadavisa.com
  
  
• Colin Singer, LLB
  4999 Ste-Catherine St. West
  Suite 510
  Montreal, Quebec
  Canada  H3Z 1T3
  Telephone:  1.514.487.2011
  Web site:  www.singer.ca Web site in French: www.immigration.ca/french
  
  
• If you are looking for a Canadian Immigration Law Firm for Lawyers and Registered Canada Immigration Consultants, in Vancouver, BC - consider:
  LOWE, Jeffery S. B.Com., LL.B.
  Lowe and Company
  #900 - 777 West Broadway
  Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J7
  Tel: 604 875-9338
  Website: www.canadavisalaw.com
  Lowe & Co. lawyers and staff speak: English, Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Cantonese, Chinese Teo Chiu, Polish and Arabic and have served clients from over 50 countries over the past 20 years.

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www.barreau.qc.ca/en [Quebec Bar Association]

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Immigration to Québec - Official Site of Provincial Government of Quebec

www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/anglais

"Why Chose Québec?" government information and services from Relations avec les citoyens et immigration

"Living in Québec means living in a democratic francophone society offering many advantages: a low cost of living, accessible education and health services, spacious and affordable housing, a secure living environment, and an environment full of attractions and abundant space. " [quote fr. website 2004.03.16

Things to consider when selecting a lawyer practicing immigration law

See our on-line & off-line things to consider including client testimonials in your selection process

Twenty Questions to Ask - Before You Hire a Lawyer

An excellent Checklist for someone to use in selecting a lawyer, has been prepared by the publishers of www.lawyers-bc.com/tips.htm.  You will find these guidelines useful for not just Immigration Lawyers but other types of lawyers also.

Immigration Canada - Government Reference Info on the Web

• Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Government of Canada
• Immigration and Refugee Board, Government of Canada
• Refugee Protection (Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Gov't of Canada)
• Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration du Québec
• Learning about Canada
  Look at Canada (Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Gov't of Canada)

Canada Immigration Updates

• about Canada's Citizenship and Immigration programs and services
• The Act and Regulations: Key Reference Material go to Citizenship and Immigration Canada web link

Canadian Lawyers - Exemplars of Practice Profiles

Jeffery S. Lowe, Canada Immigration & Business Lawyer, Vancouver BC

Jeffery S. Lowe heads the Business Immigrant Team and the Global HR Team of Lowe & Company.  This firm has helped individuals and businesses in over 50 countries immigrate, do business and handle their intracompany transfer needs e.g. through NAFTA work permits and visas to Canada.

The Company's Business Immigrant Team has brought many Business Immigrants [using the Immigrant Investor & Immigrant Entrepreneur classes] to Canada from Asia, North America, and the Middle East. 

The Company's Global HR Team assists Canadian and Multinational companies to bring in foreign workers and executive transferees to Canada [using Temporary Work Permits e.g. through international NAFTA and GATT provisions for intracompany transfers]

Professional Courses and Papers

Jeffrey has taught courses on Canada's Immigration Law to lawyers, Canada immigration officials, and Immigration consultants, both in Canada and abroad, since 1990. These have included:

• Overview of Canadian Investor Immigrant Program: Washington State Bar Association: 1990
• Canada Business Immigration Law: B.C. Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1994
• Canada Business Immigration from the People's Republic of China: BC Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1994
• Canada Business Immigration for non-Immigration Lawyers: BC Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1998
• Canada Investor Immigration Update: Immigration Lawyers Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, 1998
• Proposed Immigration Regulations Change Provisions For Foreign Religious and Charitable Workers: Canadian Council of Christian Charities, April 2002

Visit www.canadavisalaw.com for a wealth of information about Canada's Citizenship and Immigration programs.

Jeffery and his team of lawyers, notaries and relocation specialists are fluent in:  English, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Teo Chiu Chinese, Polish, and Arabic.

Jeffrey S. Lowe
barrister & solicitor, B.Comm., LLB
Lowe and Company
#900 - 777 West Broadway,
Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4J7
Canada
phone: (604) 875-9338 fax: (604) 875-1325
e-mail: info@canadavisalaw.com
web-site: CanadaVisaLaw.com

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