Santos Law Office

About Santos Law Office

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Santos Law Office is an immigration law practice based in Markham, Ontario, near Markham Road and Bur Oak Avenue. It has focused on Canadian immigration, citizenship and refugee law for nearly two decades, handling matters from temporary resident applications and Express Entry to family sponsorship, humanitarian and compassionate cases, and Federal Court judicial reviews.

The practice is led by Maria Deanna P. Santos, a lawyer and notary public called to the bar in the Philippines in 1995 and in Ontario in 2007, who practices in both jurisdictions. Santos holds a Ph.D. in Law from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and an LL.M. in international human rights law from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Before opening the practice, Santos worked as a human rights advisor at York University and as a Director for the National Capital Region of the Commission on Human Rights in the Philippines.

Ma. Cecilia P. Santos, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and licensed Ontario paralegal, later joined the practice after earlier work in insurance and IT recruitment. Most client meetings happen by phone or video rather than in person, and the firm has served clients elsewhere in Canada and abroad in addition to the Greater Toronto Area.