Anwari Law
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Accepts Legal AidAbout Anwari Law
Anwari Law is a Toronto immigration firm acting for people in Canada and abroad on matters that run from asylum claims and Express Entry files to work permits, citizenship and appeals. Individuals, families and businesses all come to it for help with Canadian immigration law, and its lawyers regularly appear at the Federal Court of Canada, at the Immigration and Refugee Board and inside immigration detention centres.
Founder Yelda Anwari is the principal lawyer. After a BA in Law and Society at the University of Calgary and a Juris Doctor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Yelda Anwari moved to Toronto, articled with Grice & Associates and was called to the Ontario Bar in September 2019. Three associate lawyers work alongside the founder: Ayaka Yoshinari, Vaishalei Manoharan and Prabh Simran Kaur. Law clerk Zehra Abrar rounds out the team, preparing documents and managing filings together with the lawyers, interpreters and clients.
The associates' backgrounds stretch well past Toronto. Prabh Simran Kaur is licensed in India as well as Ontario, holds an LL.M. in International Trade Law and has worked in immigration, personal injury and commercial litigation. Ayaka Yoshinari is originally from Japan, studied law at Waseda University in Tokyo, completed an Osgoode Hall LL.M. in Canadian Common Law in 2020 and joined the Ontario Bar in June 2021. Vaishalei Manoharan, a University of Sussex graduate, came to the firm's immigration and refugee files from civil litigation in Small Claims Court and Superior Court.
Help is available in Farsi, Urdu, Punjabi (India and Pakistan), Tamil, Spanish and Arabic. The office is on the 11th floor at 151 Yonge Street, open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and evening or weekend consultations can be arranged on request. Anwari Law commits to replying to messages sent through its contact form within one business day.
Practice areas
Refugee claims and protection
Anwari Law prepares and files refugee claims, represents claimants before the Refugee Protection Division and readies them to give testimony at their hearings. Once protection is granted, it helps protected persons move on to permanent residence, and it also takes on Refugee Appeal Division appeals, pre-removal risk assessments and danger opinions.
Refusals, appeals and Federal Court
After a refusal, the firm goes through the decision letter for errors or procedural problems and can prepare a fresh application that addresses what was missing, or represent the client at the Immigration Appeal Division. Removal order, sponsorship and residency obligation appeals are part of this work too, as are detention reviews, admissibility hearings, and judicial reviews and stay motions in the Federal Court.
Criminal and medical inadmissibility
Anwari Law acts for clients facing medical or criminal inadmissibility and removal proceedings. With a criminal record, the work begins with a close look at the offence, the sentence and its classification under Canadian law, then moves to the right route, which may be criminal rehabilitation or a temporary resident permit, with the submission built on evidence such as police records, the client's own statements and court files.
Permanent residence and sponsorship
Permanent residence files cover Express Entry, provincial nominations, family class sponsorship and humanitarian and compassionate applications, as well as the caregiver program and business class immigration.
Work, study, visitor and business immigration
On the temporary side, the firm handles work permits (both LMIA-based and LMIA-exempt), study permits, post-graduate work permits and visitor and super visas. Founders and executives can pursue start-up visas, self-employed and entrepreneur programs or an intra-company transfer.
Citizenship and passports
Citizenship work includes applications and test preparation, refusals, revocation and resumption, along with passport applications and passport refusals.
Notarial services
Anwari Law notarizes affidavits, statutory declarations, consent letters and contracts, and certifies true copies of passports, ID and educational credentials for immigration and other official purposes. Appointment times are flexible.
Fees & payment
Legal aidHow Anwari Law works
Every Anwari Law file starts with a detailed intake assessment of the client's whole situation, followed by a strategy shaped around that person's immigration goals. One team carries the matter from the first filing through to its final resolution, and clients have direct access to that team at each stage, along with proactive updates and appeals or representation if a challenge arises.
Anwari Law commits to clear communication at every stage, with each client's options explained, realistic expectations set and regular word on how things stand.
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Frequently asked questions
- Can I get help from Anwari Law in Farsi, Urdu or Tamil?
- Anwari Law offers help in Farsi, Urdu, Punjabi (India and Pakistan), Tamil, Spanish and Arabic. Founder Yelda Anwari speaks English, Farsi and Persian.
- Is Yelda Anwari on Legal Aid Ontario's list for refugee appeals?
- Anwari Law founder Yelda Anwari appears in Legal Aid Ontario's directory of lawyers who accept legal aid certificates, at the firm's 151 Yonge Street address, with refugee appellate and general refugee matters as the listed areas.
- I have a criminal record and need to travel to Canada urgently. Can Anwari Law help with a temporary resident permit?
- Anwari Law helps clients with urgent travel needs prepare temporary resident permit applications that make the case for entry to Canada despite inadmissibility. Where it fits, criminal rehabilitation may be the other route.
- Can Anwari Law ask immigration authorities to put off my removal from Canada?
- Anwari Law files requests to defer removal once removal proceedings have started, so clients can stay in Canada while they pursue legal remedies.
Where to find them
151 Yonge Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, ON M5C 2W7 · 647-704-9419
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