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Joel Sandaluk
Telephone (416) 862-9820
Fax (416) 862-9874
AssistantKelly Shoniker, (416) 548-9087
Osgoode Hall Law School
Bar Admission
Ontario, 2000
Areas of Practice
- All Canadian immigration and citizenship matters, including immigration litigation and enforcement, assisting Canadian employers with hiring and maintaining a foreign workforce, and the transfer of employees across international borders.
Joel received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Alberta in 1995 and his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto.
While in law school, Joel represented low-income clients in immigration matters through the Community and Legal Aid Services Programme, where he became an Immigration Division Leader in 1996. During law school, Joel also participated in an intensive program in Immigration and Refugee Law.
Joel regularly appears before all three Divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board and in the Federal Court of Canada, representing clients in detention reviews, refugee hearings, sponsorship appeals, deportation appeals and applications for judicial review as well as other types of enforcement matters.
In addition to representing his clients, Joel assists in training law students at CLASP (Osgoode Hall Law School) and helps train Dispute Resolution Officers at the Appeal Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board.
Joel is regularly interviewed by members of the news media concerning developments in immigration and refugee law. He has written numerous articles in the Criminal Lawyers Association Newsletter, the Migration Law Review and the Corporate Relocation Quarterly.
Recent Cases
- Ferrer v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (2009) FC 356 Overturning a decision of the Immigration Appeal Division dismissing the appeal of a Permanent Resident who was inadmissible for having made a material misrepresentation to Immigration Canada.
- Blake v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) IADD TA7-13571 Granting a stay of execution of a removal order against a permanent resident who had been convicted of serious firearms offences.
- Mahant v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) IADD TA7-03356 Overturning the decision of a visa officer refusing a family class application where the Canadian sponsor suffered from Asperger's syndrome.
- Waweru v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) IADD TA7-06788 Overturning the decision of a visa officer refusing a sponsorship application where a sponsor was alleged not to have disclosed the existence of his child when he became a landed immigrant, preventing his examination.
Selected Articles
- Lover Beware, Canadian Newcomer Magazine, Issue 25 (on the consequences of sponsoring a spouse or common law partner to Canada as a member of the Family Class)
- Getting Killed by Dead Time, Criminal Lawyers Association Newsletter, April 2005
- Two Strikes and You're Out . . . of the Country, Criminal Lawyers Assocation Newsletter, December 2005
Memberships
- The Law Society of Upper Canada
- Ontario Bar Association, Immigration Section
- Refugee Lawyers Association
Speaking Engagements
- Successfully Overcoming Criminal Inadmissibility Challenges, September 21, 2012, The Canadian Institute’s Legal and Human Resource Guide to Employing Foreign Workers, Toronto
- Immigration Audits and Enforcement: The New Reality, Ontario Bar Association Insitute 2012, February 10, 2012, Toronto
- Advising Businesses Globally, June 8, 2011, The Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce, London, England
- Step-by-Step Guide to Overcoming Inadmissibility Challenges of Foreign Workers, Oct. 21, 2009, The Canadian Institute's Business Immigration conference, The Fairmont Palliser, Calgary
Joel Sandaluk speaking at the Canada-Uk Chamber of Commerce in London
