Arvin Afzali
Arvin Afzali, the founder and director of Auxilium Law Professional Corporation, is an Immigration and Refugee lawyer in Toronto, Ontario.
He has regularly represented clients and corporations with respect to their immigration or refugee matters before Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Canada Border Service Agency and the Federal Court. He has also appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal.
He has given presentations at conferences regarding inadmissibility issues within the Canadian Immigration Law context to other lawyers.
Arvin is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, the Canadian Bar association, the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers and the Refugee Lawyer’s Association of Ontario. He is part of the executive committee of the Refugee Lawyer’s Association of Ontario.
He is also part of the working team of the committee for Self-Appointed or Unrepresented Litigants at the Federal Court. A project developed with the Federal Court and the Canadian Bar Association that seeks to assist individuals who do not have the financial means to hire a lawyer at the Federal Court.
He volunteers during his free time to various Pro Bono Initiatives.
He attended the University of Montreal where he completed simultaneously a Master of Arts in International Affairs and Public Policy as well as a Bachelor of Laws (LL. B.). He completed subsequently his Juris Doctor Degree (Common-Law). He was called to the Bar in 2017.
He is conversant in English, French, Spanish and Farsi.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Ontario, Canada - Law Society of Ontario
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Farsi: Spoken
- French: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Q. I applied PR of Canada under TR to PR pathway. Is we get both PR or only I get PR because I am Canada and he does not?
- A: Hello, if you have stated in the IMM0008 - Generic Form that he will be accompanying you, you would both probably and usually get Permanent Residence unless there is an issue with demonstrating the relationship or your application is denied on other grounds for example not meeting the eligibility requirement under the PR to TR pathway (there are four pathways two for English speaking and two for French speaking). This is not legal advice as insufficient information has been provided.
