Seligman Law
4 lawyers · Established 1985 · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 425 handling Immigration Law.
About Seligman Law
Seligman Law is a small firm that practices immigration law exclusively, based in Toronto, with its office on St. Clair Avenue East in the city's midtown area. Robin Seligman founded the firm in 1985 and has practiced immigration law continuously since then. Seligman is a Certified Specialist in Immigration Law with the Law Society of Ontario. The firm has four lawyers, along with several immigration case specialists.
The firm advises individuals and corporate clients on permanent residence, including economic, family sponsorship, and business immigration pathways, plus temporary work permits, labour market impact assessments, study and visitor visas, Canadian citizenship applications, and appeals and removals matters before the Immigration and Refugee Board and Federal Court. Seligman has held national and provincial leadership roles within the Canadian and Ontario bar associations' immigration law sections and teaches immigration law as an adjunct professor at Western University.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Robin Seligman founded the firm in 1985 and has practiced immigration law since then.
- Seligman is a Certified Specialist in Immigration Law with the Law Society of Ontario.
- Seligman has been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada for immigration law since 2006.
- In 2019, Seligman received the Canadian Bar Association's Immigration Law Section Award of Excellence.
- Seligman has chaired the Ontario Bar Association's Citizenship and Immigration Law Section twice, from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2021 to 2022, and has also chaired the Canadian Bar Association's national Citizenship and Immigration Law Section.
- Seligman is an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Western University's Faculty of Law and has testified before Senate and Parliamentary committees on citizenship and immigration law.
In the community
- Seligman is a past board member of JIAS.
- Seligman is an executive member of UJA Women's Philanthropy.
- Seligman lectures on immigration law for continuing education programs run by the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Law Society of Ontario, and Seneca College.
Lawyers 4
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 nine story building at 65 St. Clair Avenue East, built in 1984, in Toronto's Deer Park area. It's a short walk from the St. Clair subway station and the St. Clair streetcar line, on a stretch of St. Clair Avenue East a few blocks east of Yonge Street that mixes office buildings with shops and cafes.
Because immigration cases are decided by federal bodies rather than Ontario's courts, the office doesn't need to sit near a courthouse. Its clients and casework connect more often to the Immigration and Refugee Board, IRCC, and visa posts abroad than to anything nearby, which suits a practice that serves people and companies from across Canada and overseas.
Frequently asked questions
- I want to sponsor my spouse or my parents to come to Canada. Can Seligman Law help?
- Yes. The firm handles spousal and family sponsorship applications, along with parent and grandparent sponsorships, as part of its permanent residence work.
- My employer wants to bring me to Canada on a work permit. Does the firm handle LMIAs and intra company transfers?
- Yes. Seligman Law's temporary visa work includes labour market impact assessments, Global Skills Strategy applications, intra company transfers, and other LMIA exempt work permit categories.
- I'm applying for Canadian citizenship, or my application was refused. Can Seligman Law help?
- Yes. The firm's citizenship practice covers new applications as well as refusals, revocation, resumption, and renunciation matters.
- I've received a removal order or an inadmissibility finding from CBSA. Does the firm handle appeals?
- Yes. Seligman Law represents clients in Immigration Appeal Division and Federal Court proceedings, admissibility hearings, detention reviews, criminal inadmissibility matters, and pre removal risk assessments.
- How long has Seligman Law practiced immigration law, and how big is the firm?
- Robin Seligman founded the firm in 1985. It remains a small, immigration only practice with four lawyers and a team of immigration case specialists in Toronto.
- Does Seligman Law work with companies as well as individuals?
- Yes. Alongside individual and family applications, the firm advises corporate clients on business immigration, LMIA supported work permits, and intra company transfers for staff coming to Canada.
Where to find them
65 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 603, Toronto, Ontario M4T 2Y3 · 416-967-7878
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