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Immigration Law Firms in Durham Region, Ontario

33 law firms.

What does an immigration lawyer in Durham Region do?

An immigration lawyer in Durham Region helps people come to Canada, stay here, or become citizens, and helps local employers hire the workers they need. Immigration is federal, so nearly every file runs through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), not an Ontario office. Typical work includes permanent residence applications, work and study permits, family sponsorships, citizenship, and refusals that need a fresh look.

Most of it happens online, so a lawyer in Oshawa or Pickering can run your file the same way a Toronto firm would. There's no immigration court in Durham, and the work is mostly paperwork and deadlines rather than courtroom argument.

How does the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program fit in?

Ontario runs its own provincial stream, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), which can nominate a candidate for permanent residence based on the skills the provincial economy needs. A nomination is a strong step, but it isn't the final word. The Government of Canada, through IRCC, still makes the final decision on permanent residence, including medical, criminal, and security checks.

A lawyer can tell you whether a provincial stream or a federal program suits your situation, and can line up the employer documents that many OINP streams require. Employers in Ajax, Whitby, and Clarington often rely on that support to fill roles they can't hire for locally.

What if IRCC refuses your application?

A refusal isn't always the end. If IRCC gets a decision wrong, you can ask the Federal Court to review it through an application for leave and for judicial review. You need the court's permission, called leave, before a judge weighs the merits. The deadlines are short: generally 15 days to file when the decision was made in Canada, and 60 days when it was made abroad.

The Federal Court hears Ontario matters in Toronto, at 180 Queen Street West, so a Durham resident would travel there for a hearing. Because the clock runs fast, call a lawyer as soon as a refusal arrives.

How do you choose an immigration firm in Durham Region?

Start by checking that whoever you hire is allowed to charge for immigration advice. Under federal rules, a paid representative must be a lawyer or paralegal in good standing with a provincial law society, a Quebec notary, or a member of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Anyone charging a fee outside those groups is a ghost representative, and IRCC can return or refuse a file tied to one.

Then ask who will handle your case, what the fees cover, and whether the firm has run your type of application before. Firms across Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Ajax, and Clarington serve the whole region, and most of the work can be done remotely. You can confirm any lawyer's standing on the Law Society of Ontario directory. Browse the immigration law firms in Durham Region below.

Abrahams Law

2 lawyers

Abrahams Law Professional Corporation is a full-service firm based in Pickering that serves Durham Region and the Greater Toronto Area. Its team brings more than 75 combined years of experience across real estate, imm…

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Adetuberu Law

1 lawyer

Adetuberu Law is a boutique law firm based in Whitby that serves Durham Region and the Greater Toronto Area. The firm handles real estate, business, immigration, family law, and notary matters, and it accepts Legal Ai…

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Aitchison Law Office

3 lawyers · Est. 1976

Aitchison Law Office is a family-run general law firm in Oshawa, Ontario, founded in 1976. It's operated by James Aitchison and his two daughters, Kelly and Laurie, who handle real estate, family law, wills and estate…

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Anna Krajewska Legal Practice is an Ontario firm with offices in Whitby and Mississauga, practising real estate, family law, wills and estates, immigration, business law, and personal injury. The firm is led by Anna K…

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Asad Ali Jaan Law Professional Corporation is a sole practice in Ajax, Ontario run by lawyer Asad Ali Jaan. It handles real estate, family law, wills and estate planning, immigration and refugee matters, and notarizat…

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Bharath Law Professional Corporation

1 lawyer · Est. 2021

Bharath Law Professional Corporation is a Whitby-based firm serving all of Ontario in real estate, corporate, and estate matters, with services also offered in criminal defence, litigation, immigration, and employment…

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Creighton Law LLP

5 lawyers · Est. 1885

Creighton Law LLP is a full-service law firm in Oshawa and one of the oldest firms in Canada, founded in 1885. It serves Durham Region, the Greater Toronto Area and the Tri-County area in family law, wills and estates…

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

55 lawyers · Est. 1964

Devry Smith Frank LLP (DSF) is a full-service law firm established in Toronto in 1964, with over 155 lawyers and support staff. It has offices in Toronto, Barrie, Whitby, Midland, Collingwood, and Haliburton, and prac…

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Doss Law Professional Corporation

2 lawyers · Est. 2008

Doss Law Professional Corporation is a Canadian firm founded by Marlenne Doss in 2008, serving clients across the Greater Toronto Area from offices in Toronto and Durham. It offers wills and estates, estate administra…

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Durham Community Legal Clinic is a registered charity and Legal Aid Ontario funded community legal clinic based in Oshawa, serving low income residents across Durham Region. It offers free legal services and advice in…

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Expat Attorneys LLP

2 lawyers · Est. 2023

Expat Attorneys LLP is a real estate, wills and estates, and immigration law firm serving Durham Region and the Greater Toronto Area from offices in Bowmanville and Oshawa. Established in 2023, it's a partnership of t…

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Feeley O'Brien Law is a family and immigration law firm founded by Annesa Feeley O'Brien. It draws on Feeley O'Brien's Irish legal training and her call to the Ontario bar in 2011, and it has represented clients in fa…

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Findlay Family Law

1 lawyer · Est. 2014

Findlay Family Law is a family law practice in Oshawa, Ontario, founded in 2014, serving Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Clarington, Uxbridge, Scugog, and Brock. The firm is exclusive to family law, handling divorce …

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ForteLex Legal

1 lawyer

ForteLex Legal is a law firm in Pickering, Ontario, founded by Fortune Ijeomah. It handles immigration, real estate, business law, and wills and estate planning, and it offers both a free 15-minute phone consultation …

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ILM Law Office

1 lawyer

ILM Law Office is a law firm in Ajax, Ontario that serves clients across Durham Region and the greater Toronto area. It practices immigration, business, real estate, family, and wills and estates law, and it's led by …

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Joston Legal Services is a legal services firm in downtown Oshawa staffed by a lawyer, licensed paralegals and law clerks with over 30 years of combined experience. The team handles civil litigation, contract review, …

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The Law Office of Olayinka Ekenkwo is a solo practice based in Ajax serving Durham Region and the Greater Toronto Area. Olayinka Ekenkwo focuses on employment law, human rights, immigration and citizenship, wills and …

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Law Office of Snober Naz

1 lawyer · Est. 2019

The Law Office of Snober Naz is a small Ajax firm operating since 2019 that serves the Greater Toronto Area and Durham Region, including Whitby, Ajax and Pickering. It provides services in civil litigation, family law…

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Law Offices of Rono A. Baijnath

1 lawyer · Est. 2007

The Law Offices of Rono A. Baijnath is a firm serving Toronto, York, Durham, and Peel, with offices in Toronto and Oshawa. It handles family law, real estate law, immigration law, and wills and estate law. The firm wa…

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Maple Crown Law

1 lawyer

Maple Crown Law is a solo Ontario practice founded by Barrister & Solicitor Tariq Javed, who also serves as a notary public. Based in Scarborough with a second address in Whitby, the firm handles immigration, family, …

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Mehta Law

1 lawyer

Mehta Law is a Whitby practice led by Virag Mehta, a Barrister, Solicitor and Notary Public. The firm handles real estate law, corporate and commercial matters, family law, immigration, wills and powers of attorney, a…

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Pilkington Immigration is an immigration law firm serving clients bound for Canada, the United States, Germany, Mauritius, and Nigeria. Its team includes Canadian and U.S. lawyers along with licensed immigration consu…

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Pillarstone Law Practice is an Oshawa firm serving the Durham Region, Ontario, and clients internationally in family law, child protection, immigration, civil litigation, landlord and tenant matters, and criminal liti…

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Praxis Law LLP

2 lawyers

Praxis Law LLP is a small law practice in Pickering serving Durham Region and the Greater Toronto Area. Its lawyers, Uche Cynthia Ojiegbe and Stella Ojiegbe, focus on immigration and refugee law, child protection, con…

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