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- Episode 54 – Building the Law Career that You Want, with Dennis McCrea
Dennis McCrea was the founder of McCrea Immigration Law. He started practicing immigration law in 1974, and was one of the original members of Vancouver’s immigration bar. In this episode we discuss how to build an immigration practice, how the practice of immigration law has evolved, avoiding burno … Read more »
- Episode 49 – The Supreme Court of Canada decision in Chieu and the Ribic Factors
Chieu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 SCC 3 was a landmark Supreme Court of Canada which affirmed the use of the Ribic factors in the H&C assessment. We discuss these factors and how they are used in immigration appeals. Borderlines · #49 – The Supreme Court of Canada decis … Read more »
- Episode 48 – Responding to Procedural Fairness Letters, with Raj Sharma
A discussion about responding to procedural fairness letters with digressions on possible bias against people from Punjab, unreasonable documentation requests, tunnel vision amongst visa officers, how if an officer goes out looking for misrepresentation in an application they will probably find it, … Read more »
- Episode 53 – Thoughts on Starting a Career in Immigration Law, with Joshua Sohn
Joshua Sohn practiced immigration law for over 25 years. He is a past president of the Canadian Bar Association’s Immigration section. He worked both as a sole practicioner, at a small firm and at a big 4 accounting firm. We discuss Joshua’s career, what made him go to law school, whether he took im … Read more »
- Episode 46 – An Interview with Sergio Marchi, Canada’s Immigration Minister from 1993-1995
Sergio Marchi was Canada’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 1993-1995. Borderlines · #46 – An Interview with Sergio Marchi, Canada’s Immigration Minister from 1993-1995 3:00 – Does someone keep the Minister title their whole life? 4:50 – What was the political consensus regarding Canadia … Read more »