Brij Mohan & Associates provides immigration lawyer services in Surrey, Vancouver and throughout the Lower Mainland. Our Surrey immigration lawyers assist with work permits, sponsorship, refusals, appeals, inadmissibility and other Canadian immigration matters from our Surrey office.
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Surrey and Vancouver are home to some of the busiest immigration activity in the country, workers sponsored through Lower Mainland employers, families reuniting through spousal and parent sponsorship, and travellers crossing at Pacific Highway, Peace Arch and Vancouver International Airport. Brij Mohan & Associates works with all of them from our Surrey office.
This page covers Surrey, Vancouver and the surrounding Lower Mainland only. For our full national immigration practice, see our main immigration law page.
Local geography shapes local immigration problems. The Pacific Highway and Peace Arch crossings near Surrey and White Rock, and the CBSA port of entry at Vancouver International Airport, are where many admissibility issues first surface a secondary examination, a document flagged at the border, or a question about a past criminal charge.
If you or a family member was stopped, questioned, detained or refused entry at one of these crossings, the details of that encounter matter. We regularly help clients respond to what happened at the border and prepare for future travel.
Our Surrey office assists clients throughout Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
Work permits, LMIA support for local employers, visitor and super visas, and Global Talent Stream applications.
Express Entry, Provincial Nominee Program applications, spouse and family sponsorship, caregiver programs and business immigration, including start-up visas.
Citizenship applications, appeals and defence against citizenship revocation.
Criminal, medical and financial inadmissibility, misrepresentation allegations, removal and deportation defence, criminal rehabilitation and pardons.
Refusal appeals, humanitarian and compassionate applications, refugee claims and appeals, and cessation or vacation of refugee status.
Many Surrey and Vancouver families are in the middle of a spousal, parent or grandparent sponsorship application. Delays, requests for additional evidence and questions about a genuine relationship are common, and a misstep in the paperwork can add months to the wait.
Surrey and Vancouver employers in trades, agriculture, technology and health care regularly sponsor foreign workers through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program or Global Talent Stream, and both the employer and worker need the LMIA and permit paperwork done correctly.
You are not legally required to hire a lawyer for a spousal sponsorship application. However, the immigration lawyer can help ensure that the application is complete, properly documented and clearly demonstrates that the relationship is genuine. Legal assistance can be especially valuable when there has been a previous refusal, a complicated immigration history, a criminal record or concerns about eligibility.
Remain calm, follow the border officer’s lawful directions and answer questions truthfully. Do not provide false or incomplete information. If officers raise concerns about inadmissibility, detention, removal or your immigration status, ask to speak with an immigration lawyer as soon as you are permitted. What you say or sign at the border may affect your ability to enter or remain in Canada.
Yes. A criminal charge or conviction may affect temporary residents, permanent residents and people applying to enter or remain in Canada. The consequences depend on the alleged offence, how it is resolved, the possible sentence and your immigration status. Before entering a plea or resolving a criminal charge, obtain advice from a lawyer who understands both criminal and immigration law.
Processing times vary depending on the application category, the applicant’s circumstances, the completeness of the documents and the volume of applications being handled by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Additional background checks, medical examinations, interviews or requests for documents can cause delays. Current estimated processing times should always be checked directly through IRCC.Processing times vary depending on the application category, the applicant’s circumstances, the completeness of the documents and the volume of applications being handled by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Additional background checks, medical examinations, interviews or requests for documents can cause delays. Current estimated processing times should always be checked directly through IRCC.
Yes. Brij Mohan & Associates offers initial consultations in Surrey, Vancouver, and throughout the Lower Mainland. During the consultation, our legal team can review your circumstances, explain your options, and discuss next steps. Please call the office to confirm availability and arrange your consultation.
