AKM Law
7 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 425 handling Immigration Law.
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AKM Law is a Toronto immigration law firm founded in 2017 by Aminder Kaur Mangat, a Barrister and Solicitor and a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Citizenship Law with the Law Society of Ontario. The practice is exclusively immigration and refugee law. Its office is on The Esplanade in the St. Lawrence Market area of downtown Toronto. The team includes associate lawyers, case workers, and support staff, and it handles the range of Canadian immigration work: family sponsorship, temporary visas, Express Entry and other permanent residence programs, refugee and humanitarian claims, citizenship applications, and inadmissibility cases involving prior criminality, misrepresentation, or medical concerns.
Mangat has more than a decade of Canadian immigration experience and has argued matters before the Federal Court and immigration tribunals, including Johnson v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), a 2017 Federal Court decision that helped set notice requirements for spousal sponsorship interviews. The firm also handles deportation and removal defence, admissibility hearings, and appeals, and it runs a blog that tracks changes to immigration law and CBSA procedure. AKM Law was named to Post City Magazines' Toronto's Top Lawyers list in 2024 and 2025, and in 2025 Mangat was a finalist in the Micro-Business category of the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.
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Milestones & recognition
- AKM Law was founded in 2017 by Aminder Kaur Mangat.
- Mangat is a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Citizenship Law, a designation granted by the Law Society of Ontario.
- The firm's arguments in Johnson v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 550, helped establish notice requirements for spousal sponsorship interviews.
- Mangat was elected to the Ontario Bar Association's Immigration Section Executive Committee, where Mangat serves as a Member-at-Large and the newsletter editor.
- AKM Law was named to Post City Magazines' Toronto's Top Lawyers list in 2024 and 2025.
- In 2025, Mangat was a finalist in the Micro-Business category of the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.
In the community
- The firm's lawyers regularly lead free legal clinic days for vulnerable and underserved populations, including at Na-Me-Res, a shelter and community centre in Toronto.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Woman-owned
LGBTQ+ friendly
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Free consultationLawyers 7
Aminder Kaur Mangat
Founder and Head Legal Counsel
Immigration Law
Annie O'Dell
Senior Associate Lawyer
Immigration Law
Katrina Braga
Case Worker
Olivia Moore
Associate Lawyer
Immigration Law
Seulgi Park
Associate Lawyer
Immigration Law
Sevinj Gamarli
Associate Lawyer
Immigration Law
Yali Lin
Case Worker
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Law schools
- McGill University, Western Law 2 of 7 lawyers
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
AKM Law's office is on The Esplanade, in Toronto's St. Lawrence Market area. The building at 56 The Esplanade was built in 1903 for a manufacturer of flour milling equipment and has since been renovated into office space, one of a number of older industrial buildings repurposed in the district. The area's mix of converted warehouses and market stalls gives it a different feel from the office towers of Toronto's financial district close by.
Frequently asked questions
- My spousal sponsorship application was refused. Can AKM Law help with an appeal?
- Immigration appeals and Federal Court applications are part of AKM Law's practice. The firm has argued cases addressing how spousal sponsorship interviews are conducted, including a 2017 Federal Court decision on interview notice requirements.
- I received a CBSA call-in notice. Do I have to go?
- AKM Law's blog covers what a CBSA call-in notice means and what can happen if you don't attend, and the firm represents clients in enforcement and admissibility matters.
- Can AKM Law represent me if I've been ordered deported from Canada?
- Deportation and removal defence is one of the firm's practice areas, and its blog addresses related questions, including whether someone can return to Canada after being deported.
- I was found inadmissible to Canada. Can the firm help?
- The firm takes on inadmissibility cases involving prior criminality, misrepresentation, or medical concerns, including applications that were previously refused.
- Does AKM Law handle refugee and humanitarian claims?
- Yes. Refugee claims and humanitarian and compassionate applications are among the firm's core immigration services, alongside family sponsorship, Express Entry, and citizenship applications.
- Does AKM Law offer a free consultation?
- The firm offers a free initial case review before you commit to retaining a lawyer.
Where to find them
56 The Esplanade, Office 301 Toronto, Ontario M5E 1A6 · 416-262-0042
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