Angelica Gonzalez-Blanco Legal Offices

About Angelica Gonzalez-Blanco Legal Offices

Angelica Gonzalez-Blanco Legal Offices is a solo immigration practice based in Toronto, at 3200 Dufferin Street near Yorkdale Shopping Centre. The firm's founder, Angelica Gonzalez-Blanco, has worked in immigration for more than 25 years and holds membership with both the Law Society of Ontario and the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). Gonzalez-Blanco earned a Master of Laws (LLM) from Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, with a focus on international immigration and professional law, and completed earlier studies at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. Before founding the practice, Gonzalez-Blanco worked at McKenzie Lake Lawyers and Surka Spina Cugliari, was an assistant to a judge in family law and civil litigation, and was a partner at Cisternas-Bartolomeo-Gonzalez Barristers and Solicitors until 2012.

The firm handles temporary residence matters such as visitor, student, and work permits, along with permanent residence applications across the economic and family classes, citizenship matters, and cases before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Services are offered in English and Spanish, and the firm serves Spanish-speaking clients across Canada as well as locally in Toronto. Gonzalez-Blanco is also the author of the book 'Don't Lose Your Freedom by Immigrating to Canada' and publishes a regular Spanish-language blog explaining changes to Canadian immigration and asylum policy.