A client retained our services to represent them in their refugee claim based on their fear persecution by an abusive ex-partner in their country of origin. We prepared and attended the hearing in January of 2026. The claim was accepted, bringing the client relief and joy.
At Heron Law Offices, we recently helped a family achieve what initially seemed impossible: securing approval for their child’s study permit just two months after an initial refusal.
After a client’s Permanent Residence application was refused due to an expired work permit, our team successfully demonstrated that IRCC had misapplied its own policy on Interim Work Authorization for expiring PGWPs. Through a detailed reconsideration request and careful clarification of the client’s travel and work history, the application was re-opened and ultimately approved. The client is now a Canadian permanent resident, showing that even after a refusal, options may still be available.
The table below represents a snapshot of Heron Law Offices’ historical success stories, disaggregated by Date, Country, Type of File, Facts, and Outcome. We hope this will give a sense to prospective clients of the type of work and the type of results we can achieve.
Heron Law Offices (“HLO”) recently assisted a Canadian employer seeking to hire a senior employee who previously worked with the company under an open work permit. Two weeks after submitting our request for an IMWU opinion, our client received a positive opinion for a C10 work permit.
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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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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