Pelech Otto & Powell Immigration Law

Pelech Otto & Powell practises extensively in the areas of immigration and citizenship law. We have experience in dealing with officials of both Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Human Resources Development Canada with respect to applications for employment authorization for foreign workers on behalf of Canadian employers, including applications for intra-company transferees, professionals' applications under NAFTA and Canada Employment validation required applications. Our firm also has extensive experience assisting applicants for permanent resident status in Canada, including entrepreneurial, investor, independent and family-assisted applicants.

Obtaining "permanent residence" or "permanent resident status" in Canada is also known as "immigrating to Canada" or becoming a "landed immigrant." The successful end result of the Immigration process is the issuance of an immigrant visa.
Persons to whom an immigrant visa has been issued must present themselves to an Immigration officer at one of Canada's official ports of entry in order to become landed immigrants.

To be eligible to immigrate to Canada, one must meet the requirements of one (1) of three (3) classes of Immigration: the Independent/Skilled Worker Class, the Family Class or the Business Class and apply for Permanent Residence in Canada through a Canadian visa post (i.e. High Commission/Embassy/Consulate).

Foreign nationals may be selected as members of the Family Class on the basis of their relationship to a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident.

Canadian citizens (including those residing abroad with the intention to return to Canada to reside) and permanent residents (restricted to those residing in Canada, only), age eighteen (18) and over, may sponsor the following members of the Family Class (subject to meeting eligibility requirements):