
Success Story: From 2+ Years of Silence to PR in 24 Hours: How Mandamus Moved a Stalled CEC File
Learn how we helped our client turn over two years of silence on their CEC application into a COPR by filing a mandamus application.

Learn how we helped our client turn over two years of silence on their CEC application into a COPR by filing a mandamus application.

Heron Law Offices recently assisted an international student facing a serious IRCC Procedural Fairness Letter (PFL) alleging study permit non-compliance. By preparing a detailed response and requesting that no s. 44(1) report be issued, our team secured a successful outcome, allowing the student to remain in Canada and complete their studies.

Heron Law Offices recently helped a client succeed in their appeal of their refused parental sponsorship (PGP) application to the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB).

Heron Law Offices recently assisted our clients in overcoming their study permit and “C42” work permit refusals through judicial review in Federal Court.

Our office helped a family secure permanent residence under the Home Support Worker Class through a successful response to an IRCC request for additional documents.
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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