Presenter/s: Joshua Slayen JD, Sarah Goodman JD, and Daniel Lee JD
Date: 27 September 2024
Time: 1 pm - 4 pm Pacific
Location: webinar
Type: webinar and recording
Price: $75.00
CPD approval:
- CICC 3 hours - 3 CPD hours approved. Includes 30 minutes of professionalism.
- LSBC 3 hours - Approved. Video recording will expire 31 December 2024. Attendance to this course will provide you with .25 hours/15 minutes of ethics and professional responsibility component for your BC Law Society reporting.
- Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Barrister's Society of Nova Scotia
- For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements.
Outline
- The Basics of Express Entry and the BC-PNP.
- Notable differences between Express Entry and BC-PNP.
- Various BC-PNP tracks that are available.
- Reasons to use the BC-PNP in conjunction with Express Entry.
- Notable differences between previous and current BC-PNP Iterations.
- Discretionary items:
- Proof of recruitment efforts.
- Education credential assessment.
- Proof of labour market benefits.
- Common Errors and Misconceptions.
- Other important things to keep in mind.
- Mandatory v. more flexible criteria.
- Brick and Mortar office in BC necessary.
- Nomination extensions are possible, but only if an incomplete permanent residence application was submitted.
- Post-nomination compliance inspections occur.
- Tips and Tricks on how to increase scores – and how to advise clients in the current immigration climate.
- Case Studies.
- Q and A.
CICC mapping
Foundational Knowledge
1.1 Demonstrates knowledge of the Canadian legal system
1.1.4 Articulates how the legislation and regulations are created and amended by parliament and provincial legislation.
Case Management
2.2 Engages in a process to ensure the client is fully informed and able to make a decision whether to proceed with the RCICs professional services and enter into a service agreement.
Professionalism
6.1 Demonstrates and maintains competence in practice.
Joshua Slayen JD
Joshua is a Vancouver-based immigration lawyer who provides immigration services to individual and corporate clients world-wide.
Joshua regularly assists clients with immigration processing, admissibility issues, procedural fairness matters and refusals. He frequently appears at provincial and federal tribunals and levels of Court, and is well-known for his work in accompanying clients to ports-of-entry across Canada to resolve admissibility issues and facilitate the processing of complex work permit applications. Joshua also works with individuals and families, with an emphasis on employment, investment, citizenship, humanitarian / compassionate and family sponsorship-based applications.
Joshua has a diverse background in immigration law, which has included litigating complex immigration matters, and the processing of various temporary residence, permanent residence and citizenship applications to Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and international Canadian visa offices. Prior to starting his own law firm, Joshua practiced immigration law with other leading immigration firms in Canada. He was first called to the Bar in North Dakota (2009), and later called to the Bar in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia.
Joshua is committed to helping clients turn visions into working realities through creative and innovative immigration strategies and a client-focused approach. Joshua has been blogging for The Huffington Post since 2012. He regularly lectures on immigration matters and has appeared on various media outlets.
In addition to Joshua’s Vancouver law practice, he has offices in Surrey, Abbotsford and Prince George, British Columbia.
Sarah Goodman JD
Sarah is an experienced immigration, refugee and citizenship lawyer at Crease Harman LLP in Victoria, where she is a partner. She obtained a Juris Doctor degree in 2010 from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto following the completion of a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (with honours) at York University’s Schulich School of Business. She moved to Vancouver Island in 2014 following several years of practice at a national law firm in Toronto.
Sarah has dedicated her career to facilitating the immigration of foreign nationals to Canada by using a depth of knowledge and expertise acquired during years of legal practice. Her clients consist of a wide array of individuals, families and businesses.
Sarah is actively involved in the legal community. She is the immediate Past-President of the Victoria Bar Association and a member of the Canada Bar Association’s Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada consultative committee.
In addition to her legal endeavours, Sarah has been a member of the Camosun College Foundation’s board of directors since 2014. She currently sits on both their executive and governance committees.
Daniel Lee LLB
Daniel Lee practices immigration law at Fasken. He advises and represents clients in numerous areas related to immigration that involve work permits, such as corporate immigration law, employer immigration compliance, and global mobility for employees.
Daniel has extensive experience in providing immigration services to Canadian and foreign-based companies in a wide range of industry sectors. He works closely with employers in developing workplace policies to ensure their workplaces are in compliance with Canadian immigration laws and policies.
Moreover, Daniel is the Supervising Immigration Lawyer at LSLAP for UBC law students.
