A Canada immigration lawyer should identify the right visa or residence route for your case, name the regulated professional handling your file and set out the scope and fees in writing. Compare 7 law firms and advisers by credentials, regulator, fees and expertise.
Quick answer: this directory lists 7 Canada immigration providers, unranked, with paid profiles listed first. One independent firm has passed a credentials check: Harvey Law Group. Use the filters to narrow by programme, provider type, language and fees.
Canada does not sell residence through passive property investment. The federal Start-up Visa closed to new applications at the end of 2025 (only holders of a valid 2025 commitment certificate could still apply), so investor-style work now often turns on existing supported start-up files, provincial entrepreneur streams, intra-company transfers, or owner-operator planning that must show genuine business activity.
The strongest lawyers combine immigration strategy with business-plan review, designated-organization or provincial requirements where still relevant, proof of settlement funds, and a realistic view of processing times and work-permit bridges.
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Investment-migration advisory firm helping clients assess second residence and citizenship options through impact-investment programs worldwide.
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UK-registered investment-migration advisory helping international clients compare residence and citizenship options.
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Global residence and citizenship advisory.
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Immigration, recruitment and hotel-development group coordinating investment and employment migration routes.
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Jerome P. Morgan founded Mercan Group in 1989 and is its Founder and CEO. The group’s official history credits him with establishing the original Montreal immigration consultancy and leading its expansion into investment immigration, recruitment and hospitality development.
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Patricia Casaburi is Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Solutions. Her official profile states that she holds graduate and postgraduate qualifications in Commercial Law and Immigration from the University of Law in London and has a background in media and journalism.
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Armand Arton founded Arton Capital in 2006 and is its President and CEO. The firm’s official biography describes his work advising private clients, governments and international organisations on global mobility and investment migration.
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Murtaza Khan is Fragomen’s Managing Partner for the Middle East and Africa. The firm lists him as the lead contact for its Dubai practice, which supports immigration and global mobility matters across the UAE and the wider region.
View the record→For legacy federal Start-up Visa files, the key gatekeeper is support from a designated venture capital fund, angel group, or incubator. Provincial entrepreneur streams add their own net worth, investment, job creation, and active management conditions.
A Canadian lawyer should be clear about which authority decides each step: IRCC, a province, a designated organization, or a visa office. That split matters when a business looks credible commercially but weak on immigration evidence.
Expect scrutiny of the business plan, ownership, founder role, source of funds, language ability, settlement funds, admissibility, and family documents. Timelines vary heavily by route and nationality, so fixed approval promises should be treated cautiously.
Canada's federal passive investor programme is not the current path for new applicants. The Start-up Visa closed to new applications at the end of 2025, so many current investor-style cases rely on provincial entrepreneur or business-mobility routes.
They should check whether the business can meet the relevant federal or provincial route, whether support from a designated organization is realistic, and whether the applicant can document funds, role, language, and admissibility.
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