Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 21:11:34 GMT Server: Apache/1.2.4 FrontPage/3.0.3 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html Rosenblatt Associates: How Process Works: The Immigration Steps
ROSENBLATT ASSOCIATES

A CANADIAN IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM

IMMIGRATION TO CANADA ... DO YOU QUALIFY?

This information is designed to provide you with an overview and easy understanding of the Canadian Immigration process and Rosenblatt Associates' role in helping you to achieve the best possible results with respect to your Application for Permanent Residence in Canada. Immigrating to a new country may be the biggest and most important move of your life. We want to make the process enjoyable and expeditious. Why wait to discover whether or not you qualify? Complete your FREE preliminary assessment today and send it to us for a quick and reliable assessment of your chances of success.

1. THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

FAX, E-MAIL, WRITE OR CALL US - ANYTIME

The first step in the immigration process will be to assess whether or not your application will be accepted by Canadian immigration officials. Based on Rosenblatt Associates' collective experience and thorough understanding of Canadian immigration law, we are in a possession to assess your qualifications and advise you as to the probable results of your intended application before you incur any unnecessary expense.

You must provide our office with details about your age, education, French or English language ability, work experience and whether you have any family members who are Canadians. You can either provide us with the information any way you chose:

1. A completed Rosenblatt Associates' Preliminary Assessment Questionnaire; or

2. Include a resume or curriculum vitae (C.V.)

LEGAL ANALYSIS & PROFESSIONAL OPINION


2. THE ASSESSMENT
After carefully analyzing your Preliminary Application Form, Rosenblatt Associates will write or fax you back with our assessment and advise you whether or not you qualify for Immigration to Canada and, if so, under which category. We will then send you our retainer agreement and provide you with a price quotation for our legal fees;


3. THE AGREEMENT
IF YOU QUALIFY

HOW TO GET STARTED - IF YOU QUALIFY

If we give you a positive assessment and if you choose to hire Rosenblatt Associates, you sign the agreement and send it along with your initial payment to our firm to cover legal services. In order to start the process, we require only two things:

  1. A signed retainer agreement between you and Rosenblatt Associates; and
  2. .An initial deposit from you to cover legal services. You can pay by cheque or money order or by wire transfer to our account here in Toronto.

WE PREPARE YOUR IMMIGRATION PACKAGE


4. DRAFT FORMS AND DOCUMENTS


Once your initial payment is received, Rosenblatt Associates will send you all of the necessary Application forms for you to fill out in draft form. We will also send you a checklist of all the supporting documents that are required to accompany your Application.

You can fax, mail or courier your draft Applications and supporting documents to our office, along with a detailed description of your educational background and work history;


5. PREPARING YOUR FORMS

"WE MAKE YOU LOOK GREAT!"

Rosenblatt Associates will review all of the material with which you have provided us and we will commence the preparation of your Immigration Application package. We will type all of the required forms to ensure completeness and accuracy so that your package will not be sent back by the visa post;

We will prepare a detailed summary of your educational background and work history and experience for presentation to visa officials in conjunction with your Application;


6. PREPARING YOUR SUPPORTING DOCUMENT We will also analyze all your supporting documents so as to ensure that they coincide with the information that you have provided us on your draft Application form as well as with current Immigration Regulations;
(a) TRANSLATIONS All supporting documents sent to Citizenship and Immigration Canada must be in either English or French. If your documents are not in either of those languages, we can provide translations of your documents and commission the translations so as to prove to Citizenship and Immigration Canada that the translations are accurate and true. (There may be additional charges for translations if the translations are either lengthy, very numerous or require the assistance of a translator not in the employ of Rosenblatt Associates because the language in question is not spoken by any member of our staff);
(b) NOTARIZATIONS We will notarize certain original documents as true copies of the originals so that you can retain the original documents. As such, we can ensure that Citizenship and Immigration Canada receives credible and trustworthy documentation;
(c) MEDICAL AND SECURITY Once medical forms are issued by the visa post, we will assist you in obtaining both your medical clearance and your security clearance for Citizenship and Immigration Canada purposes;


7. YOU REVIEW YOUR PACKAGE BEFORE IT GOES OUT
Once all of steps 1 through 6, inclusive, are completed, we will then send to you a "draft" Application package for your final review. At this stage in the process, we encourage comments and any necessary revisions that need to be made to either the Applications, or to counsel's submissions. Of course, we want to ensure that you are completely satisfied with your Immigration package before it is sent to Citizenship and Immigration Canada;


8. CHOOSING A VISA POST
We will review with you the best possible location as to where we should file your Immigration Application package. We will provide you with information regarding the various visa posts throughout the world and their approximate processing times at that moment so as to enable you to make an informed decision (with our advice) as to where to submit your Application package. (Processing times are subject to change because of increases in the caseload of a particular visa post. Rosenblatt Associates has no control over such changes);


9. FINAL REVISIONS AND YOUR SIGNATURE
THE COMPLETED PACKAGE

Upon receipt of your comments and/or revisions, we will discuss them with you, if required, and make such revisions accordingly;

We will then send the completed Immigration Application package to you for a final review and for your signature;


10. PACKAGE IS SUBMITTED TO VISA POST

WE SEND YOU A COPY OF YOUR DOCUMENTS

Once you receive your final Immigration Application package, you will review the revisions and sign and date all of the documents where indicated. You will then return the package to our office for submission to the visa post; or, if the visa post is closer to you and you do not wish to incur any unnecessary long distance courier charges, you can choose to file the Immigration Application package yourself.
Once the final Immigration Application package is sent out to you, we will have already made numerous copies of your Application package. One copy is for our file in the event that your Immigration Application package is lost or misplaced either in transit or by the visa post. The second copy is for your own personal records.


11. FOLLOW UP FOR FAST RESULTS WITHOUT DELAY

(a) Once your Immigration Application package is filed with the visa post, we will follow up on your case at regular intervals with the visa post to ensure that your Application package has been received, that a file number has been created, and that your Application is being processed.

(b) Should the visa post require any additional supporting documentation, we will assist you in gathering those supporting documents.

(c) We will continue to ensure that your Application is being processed normally and without delays (i.e. beyond normal processing times).

(d) Should there be any delay in the processing of your Application, we will help expedite the processing by contacting various government departments. We will make further submissions to Immigration officers and authorities and licensing bodies should the need arise;


12. THE INTERVIEW: PROVIDING VALUABLE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE
Once you have received notification of a waiver of interview or of an interview, we will notify you accordingly. If an interview is required, we will prepare you for your interview and provide you with valuable advice, assistance and counseling to prepare you for your interview and to assist you in improving your chances of success at the interview. We can also adjourn interview dates for you if you cannot keep the one scheduled for you by the visa post. We can even have your case transferred to another visa post if it is more convenient for you or if you wish faster processing of your Application;


13. ADDITIONAL SERVICES

VISITING CANADA

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

Should you wish to visit Canada in the interim for personal or business reasons, we can assist you in applying for a visitor visa to Canada. We also assist our clients in obtaining work authorizations, student authorizations and extensions of their visas when and as required;


14.SETTLEMENT ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE

We will provide you with valuable settlement advice and assistance when you are finally ready to move to Canada such as how to find a job, how to start a business and what licenses are required to do so, how to obtain a social insurance number and health coverage, finding a home and much more.
Welcome to Canada!

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