Roots Immigration Law
1 lawyer · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 425 handling Immigration Law.
About Roots Immigration Law
Roots Immigration Law is a Toronto immigration law firm founded by lawyer Veronica Wilson, working out of an office on Bloor Street West and handling temporary residence, permanent residence, and citizenship matters. The firm describes itself as client focused, with a stated commitment to access to justice and inclusivity in immigration practice. Temporary residence work covers visitor visas, work and study permits, electronic travel authorizations, Super Visas, temporary resident permits, and Labour Market Impact Assessments, while permanent residence work spans Express Entry, Provincial Nominee Program applications, family sponsorship, self-employed person programs, and humanitarian applications. On the citizenship side, the firm handles eligibility assessments, certificate applications, grants, and passport services.
Before practising law, Wilson taught English and lived in South Korea, and volunteered with North Korean refugees and human rights advocates, experience the firm says shaped its focus on immigration law as a matter of social justice and inclusion. Wilson holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa. Beyond the firm, Wilson co-founded TalentLift Canada and serves as its legal director, and is legal advisor to Talent Beyond Boundaries, work the firm credits with helping develop the emerging legal practice around Canada's Economic Mobility Pathways Program for refugees.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Founder Veronica Wilson holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa.
- Before law school, Wilson taught English and lived in South Korea, and volunteered with North Korean refugees and human rights advocates.
In the community
- Wilson co-founded TalentLift Canada and serves as its legal director. The nonprofit connects Canadian employers with skilled job seekers from refugee and displaced populations.
- Wilson is legal advisor to Talent Beyond Boundaries, an international nonprofit that helps refugees and displaced people access work visas and relocate through skilled migration pathways.
- The firm credits this work with helping pioneer the emerging legal practice around Canada's Economic Mobility Pathways Program, which lets displaced people apply for permanent residence through existing economic immigration streams.
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The neighbourhood
Roots Immigration Law's office sits in a 20 storey office tower at 77 Bloor Street West, at the corner of Bloor and Bay in Toronto's Bloor-Yorkville district, a short walk from the Bay subway station. It's a dense, transit-connected stretch of downtown Toronto, and that access matters for an immigration practice: unlike a litigation or real estate firm whose clients are mostly local, an immigration firm's clients often travel in from across the Greater Toronto Area, and many of the applications the firm works on start with someone who isn't in Canada yet.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Roots Immigration Law handle work permit and study permit applications?
- Yes. The firm's temporary residence work covers visitor visas, work permits, study permits, electronic travel authorizations (eTAs), and Super Visas, along with temporary resident permits and status restoration for people whose status has lapsed.
- Can Roots Immigration Law help with permanent residence through Express Entry or a Provincial Nominee Program?
- Yes. The firm handles Express Entry applications and Provincial Nominee Program applications, along with family sponsorship, self-employed person applications, and humanitarian and compassionate applications.
- Does the firm handle Canadian citizenship applications?
- Yes. Roots Immigration Law works on citizenship eligibility assessments, citizenship certificate applications, grants of citizenship, and Canadian passport services.
- What is the Economic Mobility Pathways Program, and does the firm work on it?
- It's a federal program that lets skilled refugees and displaced people apply for Canadian permanent residence through existing economic immigration streams. Founder Veronica Wilson's work with Talent Beyond Boundaries has been connected to developing this area of immigration law.
- Where is Roots Immigration Law located?
- The firm is based in Toronto at 77 Bloor Street West, near the Bay subway station in the Bloor-Yorkville area, and was founded by Veronica Wilson.
- My visitor status or work permit is expiring. Can Roots Immigration Law help restore my status?
- Yes, the firm's temporary residence services include status restoration for people seeking to restore lawful status after it has lapsed.
Where to find them
77 Bloor Street West, Suite 1103, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1M2 · 416-990-7377
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