Articles

A timely review of the law regarding citizenship by birth and by naturalization in Canada.

Learn more about Sarah’s practice, her experiences, and her motivations for serving on the OBA Citizenship and Immigration Section Executive.

Toronto immigration lawyer Inna Kogan lived and worked for more than five years in the capital of Ukraine and went back to the country very recently. She shares her personal insight into the situation, which may be somewhat different from what you expect after watching the news. Her perspective is that of an immigration lawyer anticipating claims by Ukrainians to come to Canada as “protected persons”.

Teresa Wasilewski gets answer from Immigration Program Manager Catherine Bailey at the Canadian Embassy in Manila, Philippines about preferred methods of communication, difficulties with counsel, time frames for processing and what lawyers can do to facilitate processing.

The author explains how gay and lesbian couples can prove they are genuinely spouses for immigration purposes, without acquiescing to paradigms for heterosexual relationships. The article makes reference to all three categories of same-sex spouses: married, common-law and conjugal.