Ravi Jain, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., LL.M., C.S.

 

Ravi Jain is a Partner of the firm and is among the small percentage of immigration lawyers who are Certified Specialists in Citizenship and Immigration Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

 

Mr. Jain was recently honoured to appear by invitation as an Expert Witness on Immigration Law before the Canadian Senate on March 10, 2008. He has also participated by invitation in private, closed-door round table policy discussions with the Minister of Immigration (both the current Minister and previous Ministers).

 

Mr. Jain may be the only person to have formally studied both Canadian and American immigration law at law schools in each respective country. His Masters was completed at a "top 10" American law school. He is a co-author of Canada-U.S. Work Permits: Issues for Human Resources Professionals (2004 Thomson Carswell) and author of "Job Offer Confirmations By Human Resources Development Canada" (2002) 14 Immigration & Citizenship Bulletin 1. He has spoken at numerous conferences and regularly appears in the media. He has appeared on The National (CBC), CTV News, CTV Canada AM, CFTO, Goldhawk Live ( Rogers Cable 10), OMNI (Channel 14), the Indian Television Network ( New York), CBC National Radio, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Sun, India Abroad and The Times of India.

 

Education:

·          Queen’s University, B.A. (Hons.) (1995)

·          Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B. (1998)

·          University of Michigan Law School, LL.M. (2000)

 

Call to the Bar: 2001

 

Practice Areas:

·          Works closely with HRSDC offices, Canadian Embassies and High Commissions and with U.S. Consulate and U.S. Embassy.

·          Practices all aspects of Canadian immigration law, from processing permanent immigration and temporary work permit applications to appeal work at the Immigration and Refugee Board and at the Federal Court of Canada (has successfully argued many cases before the Immigration and Refugee Board, particularly involving genuine marriage and medical inadmissibility cases).

·          Works extensively with corporate clients in securing temporary work permits and visas to the United States (much of this work relates to NAFTA TN and intra-company transferee applications as well as visa processing at the U.S. Consulate and U.S. Embassy).

 

Memberships/Affiliations:

·          Member, Law Society of Upper Canada

·          Member, Immigration Section of the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations

·          Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

·          Member, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce

·          Member, Steering Committee for the creation of the Association of South Asian Lawyers

·          Chair, Immigration Section of the North American South Asian Bar Association

·          Guest Lecturer, Seneca College