Arshdeep Kahlon is an immigration lawyer in Brampton. He was counsel in Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2024 FC 1369, where the Court had to determine whether it is misrepresentation for an applicant in a visa application to not disclose that they were previously not granted entry to the United States while flagpoling.

Topics include what flagpoling is, when one should flagpole vs. applying for a visa online, misrepresentation, how judicial reviews work and advocacy strategies and tips.

Raj Sharma K.C. is a regular guest on the Borderlines podcast, an a renowned immigration lawyer in Calgary, where he is a partner at Stewart Sharma Harsanyi.

On this episode, we discuss spousal sponsorship applications and appeals, means of showing that a relationship is genuine, arranged marriage, the primary purpose of a marriage, interview preparation, how Immigration Appeal Division appeals work, (language) interpretation issues, in person hearings vs. remote, res judicata and inconsistencies in relationship history.

Andrew Hayes is a US immigration lawyer who practices out of Vancouver. He joins us for a discussion about intersections between US and Canadian immigration law, with a focus on the implications of a US “Administrative Processing” decision — as defined by s.221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Andrew provides his opinion on whether such a decision is a “refusal” requiring disclosure in the Canadian immigration law context, while also offering numerous insightful comparisons between our own immigration scheme and that our our neighbour to the south. Note that Andrew has been on two prior episodes of the podcast — namely, Episode 37 (on the DACA Program) and Episode 41 (on Judges “Virtue Signaling”).

Deanna and Steven discuss what we consider to be some top Federal Court immigration decisions to this point in 2024.

Cases include Toor v. Canada, 2024 FC 1146 (restoration), Chung v. Canada, 2024 FC 1218 (misrepresentation when a degree is obtained through plagerism), Abdool v. Canada, 2024 FC 1172 (misrepresentation and involuntary cancellations of US entry attempts), and Alohan v. Canada, 2024 FC 1122 (reconsideration requests).