VISACAD makes every effort to respond to all inquiries that are not addressed by our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page within one (1) business day. Business days in Canada are Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00, Eastern Time. Please contact our office ONLY if your inquiry does not appear on our FAQ page and we have not acknowledged receipt of your communication within one (1) business day from the time of receipt.

Not only is e-mail the most expeditious and efficient form of communication but, we require a written record of ALL of our communications with you.

Each and every piece of correspondence that we receive from you is stored by our firm in physical and electronic files in our office. To reduce confusion and expedite your case it is important that you include your file number and contact information on every piece of correspondence to allow us to devote our full attention to working on your file, thereby achieving the best possible results for you and exceeding your expectations.

The legal assistants at VISACAD work under the supervision of standard operational procedures of VISACAD. All incoming and outgoing e-mail is reviewed (and approved when outgoing) by either VISACAD.

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” or “confirmation of permanent residence document”. Persons to whom an immigrant visa/confirmation of permanent residence document 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.

Canadian permanent residents/landed immigrants and citizens enjoy all of the same rights and privileges (i.e. free health care, free elementary and secondary education, etc.) with three (3) exceptions:

• Permanent residents cannot vote;
• Permanent residents cannot hold a Canadian passport; and
• Permanent residents can be deported for certain criminal convictions.

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” or “confirmation of permanent residence document”. Persons to whom an immigrant visa/confirmation of permanent residence document 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.

Canadian permanent residents/landed immigrants and citizens enjoy all of the same rights and privileges (i.e. free health care, free elementary and secondary education, etc.) with three (3) exceptions:

• Permanent residents cannot vote;
• Permanent residents cannot hold a Canadian passport; and
• Permanent residents can be deported for certain criminal convictions.

Within any five (5) year period, a permanent resident must be:

• physically present in Canada for at least 730 days (two (2) years) in that five (5) year period OR
• outside of Canada, accompanying a Canadian citizen, who is his or her spouse or common-law partner or a child accompanying a parent OR
• outside of Canada, employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business OR
• an accompanying spouse, common-law partner or child of a permanent resident, who is outside Canada and is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business.

To be eligible to immigrate to Canada, one must meet the requirements of one of the many catergories of Canadian Immigration:

• Federal Skilled Worker Class
• Federal Skilled Trades Class
• Canadian Experience Class
• Business Class
• Family Class
• and apply for Permanent Residence in Canada through a designated Case Processing Centre/Centralized Intake Office.

Introduce yourself and the position you’re applying for, and indicate why your skills and experience make you a good candidate. Don’t just mention the same things that are on your resume. Your cover letter and resume should complement each other.

Bonus tip: do your research on the company, and mention something specific about why you’re a good fit.

After having resided in Canada for a total of 1095 days within a consecutive five year period of time as a permanent resident of Canada, one is eligible to apply for Citizenship. If you believe you are eligible to apply for Canadian Citizenship and wish our assistance, please submit your inquiry online at our contact page and if haven't checked your eligibilty status go ahead to use our free online eligibility tool.

Yes. Please review the information on our website pertaining to Work Permits.

Yes. Please review the information on our website pertaining to Study Permits.

If you are interested in immigrating to Canada or sponsoring a family member to immigrate to Canada, we invite you to visit our Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire, which is designed to enable our firm's team of lawyers to assess your qualifications for Immigration to Canada/your eligibility to sponsor a family member to immigrate to Canada in accordance with Citizenship and Immigration Canada's selection criteria, at no charge to you, usually within a few hours but no more than one (1) business day from the time that your Questionnaire is received. Business days in Canada are from 09:00 to 17:00, Eastern Time, Monday to Friday.

If VISACAD determines that we can assist you to immigrate to Canada/sponsor a family member to immigrate to Canada, a member of our firm will provide you with a detailed breakdown of Abrams & Krochak's fees and services, via e-mail. Our Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire can be accessed by visiting here.

All those completing our free Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire will receive a response. In many cases, we may have an incorrect e-mail address from you or our response may have been filtered into your Junk/Bulk/Spam mail folder (if applicable). Please check your Junk/Bulk/Spam mail folder before you contact us.

Please note that your Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire has been personally assessed by Attorney Isadora Richmond of our firm and, despite the speed of the evaluation, we wish to assure you that our e-mail is not an automated response. Mr. Isadora reviews and assesses all incoming Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaires within one (1) business day, fifty-two (52) weeks per year and is known to work during non-business hours to accommodate the multitude of time zones around the world from which Questionnaires and inquiries originate.

No. If you would like your qualifications for Immigration to Canada assessed by our firm, we wish to advise you that we do not assess qualifications on the basis of a curriculum vitae/résumé. To have your qualifications assessed by our firm, please fill out our Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire.

We would be delighted to speak with you over the telephone and answer any questions that you might have. We can be reached, via telephone, between the hours of 09:00 and 17:00, Eastern Time, Monday to Friday at +1-416-482-3387.

By all means, you are welcome to come to our office. Because Attorney Isadora is responsible for maintaining correspondence, via e-mail, with our many clients around the world as well as the thousands of individuals, such as yourself, who seek information over the Internet, Attorney Alexander Lowery meets with potential clients in our office while Attorney Isadora looks after the e-mail. Should you wish to schedule an appointment, please telephone Attorney Isadora at +1-416-482-3387 between the hours of 09:00 and 17:00, Eastern Time, Monday to Friday. Generally speaking, Attorney Isadora charges a 300 CAD consultation fee for an appointment. If you subsequently become a client of VISACAD, the 300 CAD consultation fee will be deducted from VISACAD's legal fees.

Please be advised that we shall be pleased to answer any and all specific questions that you might have with respect to documentary requirements if and when you become our client. We cannot, however, inform you as to which supporting documents are required from you before you formally retain our services.

We strongly recommend that you do NOT go to the time and expense of acquiring and translating supporting documents until such time as you have received our firm's preliminary package, which contains detailed instructions regarding the format and substance that your supporting documents must take to maximize your chances of success and interview waiver.

Please note that we do not have branch offices. We effectively represent thousands of individuals on all six (6) continents from our offices here in Toronto, Canada, through the use of e-mail, fax, telephone, mail and courier.

No, we do not have agents and no individual and/or organization is authorized to represent our interests in Canada and/or abroad. If individuals are interested in using our services, we would prefer that they contact us, directly, rather than through a third party.

No, we do not have agents and no individual and/or organization is authorized to represent our interests in Canada and/or abroad. If individuals are interested in using our services, we would prefer that they contact us, directly, rather than through a third party.

We have been approached by countless individuals, who informed us that they knew that they were qualified to immigrate to Canada and had all of the necessary documents and then went ahead to apply for Permanent Residence in Canada on their own and failed. It is true that there is not much that our firm can do insofar as some of your documents are concerned (i.e. a birth certificate is a birth certificate, a marriage certificate is a marriage certificate, etc.); however, we caution you, now, that if your letters of reference are in the least bit deficient or your Application forms have not been completed, correctly, you will surely jeopardize the expeditious processing of your Application for Permanent Residence. Among the services that we provide are ensuring that your letters of reference comply with Citizenship and Immigration Canada's standards; ensuring that your Application forms have been filled out correctly (incidentally, we rarely have seen the forms filled out correctly); and drafting written, legal arguments, which will accompany your Application package and which will argue why you should be issued Canadian Permanent Residence. The analogy we provide where our arguments are concerned is that of a painter. Paint, in and of itself, is beautiful. However, paint has no meaning unless it is used by a painter to paint a beautiful picture. In the Immigration context, your qualifications may be impressive; however, if you do not have effective representation whereby a lawyer will highlight your qualifications for Citizenship and Immigration Canada officials to appreciate, your qualifications can get lost/overlooked in your mountain of supporting documents.

Please note that we are NOT Immigration consultants; rather, we are Immigration lawyers. While lawyers and consultants are both regulated by their respective regulatory bodies, a lawyer has completed a university law degree, which is not a requirement for becoming licensed as a consultant. Please keep this information in mind when choosing your representative.

Please also note that should your Application for Permanent Residence in Canada be refused, only an Immigration Lawyer can represent you in the Federal Court of Canada. Immigration Consultants are NOT permitted to do so.

The speed with which we work depends entirely upon you. If you give us what we need in a timely fashion and follow our instructions, we can work quickly. If you do not give us what we need in a timely fashion or do not follow our instructions, properly, processing will take longer.

Please note that we are very cautious about the types of cases we positively assess. Our firm enjoys a near 100% success rate with clients, who retain us, via the Internet because we do not accept cases that are borderline and that have no hope of succeeding. Suffice it to say, if we positively assessed your qualifications for Immigration to Canada, we believe that you stand a very good chance of applying for and receiving Canadian Permanent Residence with our assistance. We do not believe in wasting people's time and money and our reputation is far too important for us to risk making "quick" profits at our clients' expense. Our firm thrives on referrals from satisfied clients.

As Canadian Immigration laws, regulations and policies are always subject to change at any time without advance notice, we can make no assurances to you whatsoever that you will still qualify if you defer your proposed Canadian Immigration plans to a later date.

Regrettably, our legal fees and schedule of payments are non-negotiable (i.e. we do not operate on a "fly now, pay later" basis).

Regrettably, we do not provide job search/settlement services separate and apart from our Canadian Immigration legal services but we can help fine tune your knowledge concerning finding a job easily by showing your what you need to know.

Yes, we can. Kindly contact us through our contact page.