VisaPlace Legal

About VisaPlace Legal

VisaPlace Legal is an immigration law firm headquartered in Toronto, at 100 King Street West in the city's Financial District. Michael Niren, a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and a member of Ontario's law society, started an immigration law practice in 1997 that grew into what is now VisaPlace Legal. Niren serves as President and Managing Partner of VisaPlace Legal Canada and is also the founder of VisaPlace Legal US, registered in Washington, D.C. That dual setup lets the firm act as counsel on immigration files that cross the border in either direction, from Canadians moving south to Americans coming north.

Cases are handled by a team the firm describes as lawyers, licensed paralegals, and immigration consultants with more than 40 years of combined experience. On the Canadian side, the practice covers Express Entry and provincial nominee applications, family sponsorship, work and study permits, citizenship, and cases involving inadmissibility, such as temporary resident permits and criminal rehabilitation applications for people who have been turned away at the border. On the US side it handles green cards, family and employment based visas, and investor visas including the E-2 and EB-5. Niren and the firm's immigration team are also regularly interviewed by national media, including CBC, CTV, Global News, and the Toronto Star, on immigration policy developments.