Our principal lawyer, Will Tao, has been consistently recognized for the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada™ since 2019.
Heron Law Offices’ Principal Lawyer, Will Tao, was recently featured in the Toronto Star discussing CBSA’s proposed Traveller Compliance Indicator (TCI). This AI border screening tool, set to launch by 2027, raises concerns about bias, procedural fairness, and disproportionate impacts on immigrants and non-citizen travellers.
Our principal lawyer, Will Tao, was featured in The Independent discussing Canada’s Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) and the challenges travellers face. He explains how recent changes to the system have led to delays, unpredictability, confusion at airports, and why it’s more important than ever to plan ahead before flying to Canada.
Heron Law’s Will Tao was featured in a Canadian Press article on growing delays caused by CSIS security screenings. He shares how these backlogs are impacting immigration and citizenship applicants, especially those from geopolitically sensitive countries.
Get to know Karina Juma, Heron’s former articling student and now Canadian Immigration & Refugee Lawyer!
Heron Law Offices is in the heart of Burnaby, steps from Patterson Station, in a secure, private office designed to ensure client privacy and confidentiality.
We have the capacity and technology to assist clients all over Canada and the world utilizing secure cloud-based solutions.
We acknowledge that our main physical and virtual offices are located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded, and stolen territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Qayqayt Nations.
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National and Regional Tier 1 in Immigration Law by Best Lawyers:
Visit Will Tao’s Clawbie Hall of Fame (2023) Award-Winning Companion Blog:
Vancouverimmigrationblog.com
Heron was proud to have been named a finalist for the following awards:
Canadian Law Awards Pro Bono Initiative of the Year (2022) finalist for Indigenous Name Reclamation Project
Clio Reisman Award (2022) finalist for Best New Law Firm among North American entrants.
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