AKM Law
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AKM Law is a Toronto firm that practises immigration law and nothing else. Aminder Kaur Mangat founded it in 2017 and leads it as head legal counsel; Mangat is a Barrister & Solicitor and is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Immigration and Citizenship Law.
The firm acts for individuals and for corporate clients, and Mangat brings more than ten years of work devoted solely to Canadian immigration. Complex files are a particular focus: applications that were refused before, and cases where criminality, misrepresentation or medical issues raise inadmissibility. Employers come to the firm for work permits, LMIA applications, compliance questions and matters at the border.
Alongside Mangat are senior associate Annie O'Dell and associate lawyers Olivia Moore, Seulgi Park, Sevinj Gamarli and Romina Hallan, supported by case workers and a law clerk. O'Dell has acted for people from close to 90 countries at every level of the immigration tribunal system and in the Federal Court of Canada. Clients can get help in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Russian, French or Azerbaijani.
The Toronto office is Office 301 at 56 The Esplanade, with a wheelchair accessible restroom, and the space is LGBTQ+ friendly. Meetings can happen in person, and intake also works by phone, email or online booking. A first consultation of 10 minutes with one of the firm's lawyers is free and covers the situation and the likely fees.
Practice areas
Family sponsorship
AKM Law helps sponsors bring a spouse, children or parents to Canada, and with sponsoring a lone surviving relative.
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Temporary residence and employers
Study and work permits, LMIAs, visitor visas, super visas and temporary resident permits are all part of the practice. For employers, the firm helps bring in skilled workers and, if the employer wants, moves them toward living in Canada for good.
Express Entry and provincial nomination
The firm prepares Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Worker and skilled trades applications, along with Ontario provincial nominations. It regularly answers procedural fairness letters, reports changes in family composition and clears up points when IRCC raises concerns.
Refugee and humanitarian claims
AKM Law helps people get refugee protection in Canada and permanent residence on humanitarian grounds, including Refugee Appeal Division appeals and pre-removal risk assessments. Preparing for the hearing is treated as a core part of every refugee claim.
Appeals and Federal Court
The firm brings appeals and Federal Court applications involving the IAD, ID, RPD, RAD and IRCC. Senior associate Annie O'Dell works on refugee claims and appeals, judicial reviews and risk assessments, as well as immigration problems that overlap with criminal law, and aims to keep the process as little re-traumatizing as possible without weakening the case.
Inadmissibility
AKM Law takes on inadmissibility based on criminal, medical or misrepresentation grounds, as well as financial, securities and other issues. It has also worked with clients who stayed in Canada past their authorized period and became inadmissible.
Citizenship
Citizenship work covers eligibility questions, refusals, revocations and resumptions. The firm has handled complex citizenship applications and has represented clients on citizenship appeals.
Good to know
Accessible restroom
Woman-owned
LGBTQ+ friendly
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By appointmentFees & payment
Free consultationHow AKM Law works
Clients at AKM Law can speak directly with a lawyer, and counsel oversees every matter personally, staying involved at the key decisions instead of handing the file off for processing. Before anyone signs a retainer, the firm sets out a fee estimate, the scope of the work and what to expect, and it commits to no surprise billing.
Part of the firm's practice is telling clients when an application has little chance of success and advising them not to pursue it, and it looks for cost-efficient strategies wherever it can.
Milestones & recognition
- At the Federal Court of Canada, Mangat won Johnson v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 550, a ruling on the notice owed for spousal sponsorship interviews.
- Mangat was among the first advocates to argue successfully for GPS monitoring of people in immigration detention, a measure that had met strong opposition. Soon afterward, Immigration Canada announced that detainees could be released on a condition of GPS monitoring.
- Senior associate Annie O'Dell was co-counsel to the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers in Pepa v. Canada (MCI), 2025 SCC 21, at the Supreme Court of Canada.
- Post City Magazines named Mangat one of Toronto's Top Lawyers in 2024 and again in 2025.
- In 2025 Mangat was a finalist for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.
In the community
- Mangat and the AKM Law team regularly run free legal clinic days for vulnerable and underserved people, including at Na-Me-Res, a Toronto shelter and community centre.
Affiliations & connections
- Ontario Bar Association, Citizenship and Immigration Law Section: Aminder Kaur Mangat sits on the section's executive as its CPD Liaison.
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Certified Specialists
A designation granted by the Law Society of Ontario, not a self-declared area of focus.
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
The firm's office is in a building at 56 The Esplanade, on the street's north side, that went up in 1903 for a company making flour milling equipment and was later renovated and retrofitted. It's in Toronto's St. Lawrence Market area. A little farther east on the same side, older industrial buildings such as the former Greey's Toronto Mill Furnishing Works factory at No. 70 now hold commercial space, the sidewalk is wide enough for restaurant patios, and the south building of St. Lawrence Market faces the street before Jarvis.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I work through my immigration case in Spanish with AKM Law?
- AKM Law offers its immigration services in Spanish and is committed to supporting Ontario's Hispanic community. The firm also provides notary public services when you need help with legal documents.
- Do PR card renewals at AKM Law really start at $500?
- AKM Law's PR card renewals start at $500. The firm also puts together PR card renewal applications on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- If I've been given a removal order, can AKM Law ask for a deferral or a Federal Court stay?
- AKM Law deals with removal orders by asking for deferrals and by bringing stay applications in the Federal Court.
- Does anyone at AKM Law take Legal Aid Ontario refugee cases?
- AKM Law senior associate Annie O'Dell occasionally takes Legal Aid Ontario matters, limited to refugee claims, appeals and judicial reviews.
- Has AKM Law written about how Bill C-12 affects refugee claims and PRRAs?
- AKM Law's blog covers Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act, with posts on its new refugee eligibility rules, its effect on asylum claims and how it changes PRRA applications.
Where to find them
56 The Esplanade, Office 301 Toronto, Ontario M5E 1A6 · 416-262-0042
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