MLT Lawyers Practicing
in this Area Include:

Saskatoon
Chris Woodland
Chris Veeman

Regina
Stephanie Yang

Now, more than ever, business needs to know and use immigration laws in order to move key personnel across borders as effectively as possible. Employers are increasingly looking to recruit foreign workers to meet their labour force needs. Lawyers in MLT’s Immigration Law practice group provide practical advice to help employers take advantage of the increasingly mobile global labour pool to meet their workforce goals.

MLT offers a full range of Canadian immigration and citizenship services to help our business clients understand and navigate through complex immigration laws, regulations, treaties and practices that affect the movement of people across borders.

Whether your goal is to temporarily transfer a single executive, to establish a new branch office or to recruit foreign workers, MLT can help you obtain business visitor status, work permits, temporary resident visas, study permits, permanent resident status and citizenship for your prospective employees.

A Complete Package

Obtaining the appropriate immigration status is one piece of the relocation puzzle. Our Immigration Practice Group works closely with lawyers in our Labour and Employment Law, Business Law, Tax Planning and Tax Dispute Resolution groups to provide complete re-location solutions.

Recent Engagements

• Successfully presenting spousal sponsorship appeals at the Immigration Appeal Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board;

• Obtaining permanent residency for U.S. entrepreneurs through the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program;

• Convincing the Federal Court of Canada to stay a deportation order issued against a “border baby”;

• Obtaining a work permit for a French intra-company transferee (specialized knowledge worker);

• Successful judicial review application to the Federal Court to overturn a visa officer’s refusal of a spousal sponsorship; and

• Obtaining a work permit for a U.S. chemical engineer under the North American Free Trade Agreement.