Filipino Immigration and Legal Services in Canada

Arellano Immigration Consulting is a Calgary practice run by its founder Pamela Fernandez Arellano, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who was born in Manila and speaks Tagalog. It helps clients with permanent residence, work and study permits, visitor visas and family sponsorship.

Balawan Law Firm is a Calgary law office founded by Christopher Balawan, a lawyer from Kalinga who studied law at the University of the Cordilleras and speaks Tagalog and Ilocano; its lawyers and staff all speak English and Tagalog. It practises immigration, family, real estate, wills and estates and criminal law, and provides notary services.

Calgary family and divorce practice run by Chantal Borja, a University of Santo Tomas law graduate who can assist clients in Filipino. It also prepares wills, powers of attorney and notarized documents.

CIC Experts (Canadian Immigration Consultancy Experts) is a Calgary immigration consultancy owned by Fralei Gabor Moussa, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who sponsors Filipino community events and runs newcomer seminars for Filipino Canadians. It offers immigration consulting, visitor visa applications and staff recruitment.

GraceWay Canada Immigration Solutions is a Calgary immigration practice founded by Jocelyn (Joyce) Salvador Domingo, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and former industrial engineer from the Philippines. It helps clients with study, work and visitor applications, family sponsorship and permanent residence.

Kandor Immigration and Citizenship Services (KICS Inc.) is a Calgary-area immigration consultancy owned by its lead consultant Khristel Cuesta, who presents herself as a Filipino Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and posts to clients in Tagalog. It helps with visitor visas, study permits, permanent residence and citizenship.

L3J Immigration Consulting is a downtown Calgary firm led by its chief executive Lisa De Leon, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who graduated from the University of Mindanao. It handles work permits, LMIA cases, provincial nominee and family sponsorship applications, and humanitarian and appeal cases.

South Calgary law partnership of Rofel Diego, a Philippine-qualified lawyer and CPA, and Tony Merah. It handles real estate, wills and estates, business, family and civil litigation matters.

West Edmonton general practice founded in 2014 by Ateneo law graduates Katrina Pia and Joseph Angeles. It covers civil litigation, family, real estate, corporate and commercial, and wills and estates matters.

Calibra Canadian Immigration Solutions is an Edmonton immigration consultancy led by its principal consultant Carlos Buyser Exclamador, who serves clients in English, Tagalog and Visayan. It handles LMIA, provincial nominee, permanent residence, work permit, study permit and visitor record applications.

Canada Vertex Immigration is an Edmonton firm led by Mac Virgilio Pagaduan Jr., a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant from Quezon City who came to Canada as a temporary foreign worker and holds Filipino community immigration forums. It handles Express Entry, provincial nominee, LMIA, study permit and permanent residence files.

GHV Immigration Services is a west Edmonton immigration consultancy founded by Geraldine Herrera Valiarayil, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant, with Filipino-speaking staff and a partner office, GHV Global, in Imus, Cavite. It handles permanent residence, caregiver and home care worker pathways, citizenship and PR card renewals.

Edmonton practice led by Bernard Gregorio, a former senior associate at a Manila law firm, with offices on Davies Road and in Rice Howard Place downtown. It offers arbitration, litigation, corporate and commercial, and immigration services.

Irvin Bautista is a family and immigration lawyer at Bhardwaj+Co in downtown Edmonton who trained and practised as a lawyer in the Philippines before immigrating in 2017, and serves clients in English and Tagalog. He handles immigration and refugee board matters, family law and real estate.

Nava Immigration is an Edmonton immigration consultancy founded by Marie Grace Sysing, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and University of the Philippines graduate, with a Philippine legal counsel on its team. It helps with skilled immigration, spousal and family sponsorship, study permits and caregiver pathways.

PGL Canadian Immigration Services is a west Edmonton immigration consultancy owned by Rej Jerome Gonzales Pagal, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant, with a second office in Lipa City, Batangas. It handles family sponsorship, work permits, Express Entry, study permits, citizenship and PR card renewals.

Access-Pro Immigration Services is a Toronto immigration consultancy owned by regulated immigration consultant Gerardine Alcalde, who migrated from the Philippines in 2002. She handles visitor and super visas, work and study permits, family sponsorship, Express Entry, Ontario nominee and caregiver applications, and is a commissioner for taking affidavits.

Midtown Toronto general practice, also known as AJ Law LLP, founded by Fatima Angeles, who practised law in the Philippines for more than twelve years. It handles family, real estate, wills and estates, criminal and civil matters as well as immigration and notarial services.

Best Migration Canada is an immigration consultancy at Scarborough Town Centre headed by Filipino-Canadian regulated immigration consultant Rhoda Duclayan, with a second office in Cubao, Quezon City. It handles spousal open work permits, visitor visas, family sponsorship, work permits, caregiver applications, study permits and permanent residence pathways.

JCA Law Office is a Filipino-Canadian law firm at Yonge and Eglinton in midtown Toronto, founded in 2016 by Josef-Jake Camacho Aguilar, who is licensed in Ontario and the Philippines. It handles immigration matters, including family sponsorship, Express Entry, work and study permits and citizenship, alongside family, real estate and estates law, and serves clients in Tagalog and English.

Lia Traboco is the immigration and business lawyer at Ang Law Professional Corporation in North York. A University of the Philippines law graduate called to the Philippine bar in 2019 and the Ontario bar in 2025, she speaks Tagalog and handles visas and work permits, permanent residence, citizenship, family sponsorship and immigration appeals.

LJD Law is a Toronto immigration law firm founded in 2018 by Lou Janssen Dangzalan, who studied at the University of Santo Tomas and Ateneo de Manila before qualifying in Canada and speaks Tagalog. It works mainly online, handling economic immigration, work and study permits, family sponsorship, inadmissibility cases and Federal Court and IRB litigation.

Scarborough law practice opened in 2019 by Florendo Llameg, a University of the Philippines law graduate called to the Philippine, New York and Ontario bars. It handles residential and commercial real estate, incorporations and business transactions, wills and estates, and not-for-profit and charity registrations.

Northeast Central Immigration is a midtown Toronto immigration and legal services firm run by Jecris Dionson Tubigon, a regulated immigration consultant and licensed paralegal who was born and educated in the Philippines. It assists newcomers and caregivers with immigration applications and status issues.

ACES Connections Consultancy is a Regina immigration consultancy founded by Daphne Vina Lavina, a Filipino-Canadian Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who publishes the Immigration Coach blog and runs workshops, including in Makati. It helps with permanent residence, study and work permits, family and spousal sponsorship and citizenship.

Migrazen Immigration is a Regina immigration consultancy founded by Joanne Cabral Adorna, a nurse and Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant, with Philippine-born staff who serve its many Filipino clients. It handles Saskatchewan nominee, Express Entry, LMIA, caregiver and family sponsorship files and recruits for Saskatchewan employers.

MyCana Immigration Consultants is a Regina immigration and recruitment firm managed by Marlou Poquiz, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and former temporary foreign worker who studied commerce in the Philippines and chairs the Philippine Immigrants Network Alliance of Saskatchewan. It handles nominee, family sponsorship, study and work permit and permanent residence files.

New Grid Immigration Consulting is a Regina immigration consultancy led by Noemi Jean Espinas-Primitivo, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant whose clients include many newcomers from the Philippines. It helps with work and study permits, Saskatchewan nominee and economic immigration streams, family sponsorship and visitor visas.

Olfindo Immigration Consulting Corporation (OLCORP) is a Regina immigration consultancy founded by Jayvee Olfindo, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who studied at the Philippine School of Business Administration and consults in English, Filipino and Bicol. It also has a Saskatoon office and handles Saskatchewan nominee, work and study permit, sponsorship and visitor applications.

Ronald Jalmanzar is a lawyer at OWZW Lawyers in Regina who was born and raised in Sorsogon, studied law at San Beda in Manila and speaks Filipino and Bicol. He focuses on civil and immigration law and is a member of the Philippine Association of Saskatchewan.

Amado Claros Law Office is a Winnipeg law firm owned by Amado Claros, a former Manitoba Crown attorney who is a member of the bar in both the Philippines and Canada and studied law at Far Eastern University. It provides immigration and Immigration and Refugee Board representation and criminal defence.

Dancel Law Office is a Winnipeg law firm on Sargent Avenue in the West End, founded in 2023 by barrister, solicitor and notary public Joseph Edgar Dancel. It handles real estate, family law, wills and estates, business law and notarial services, with services in English, Tagalog and Ilocano.

Duque Immigration Services is a Winnipeg immigration consultancy founded by Joel 'Jojo' Duque, whose firm states its mission to reunite Filipino families, with a second consultant, Kyle Duque. It handles family sponsorship, LMIA, permanent and temporary residence, humanitarian and refugee cases, and runs newcomer welcome events.

McCare Global Immigration Services is a north Winnipeg immigration consultancy founded by Marcos 'Macky' Bordeos, an internationally educated nurse from the Philippines, with lead consultant Sharmina Bordeos Arip, who speaks Tagalog. It handles Express Entry and nominee applications, nurse immigration pathways, work and study permits and family sponsorship.

Mercado Trinh Law is a downtown Winnipeg law firm co-founded by Alona Mercado, a Filipino-Canadian lawyer who writes the Pilipino Express 'Legal 411' column and serves clients in English and Tagalog. Its practice includes immigration and visitor visas, real estate and mortgages, wills and estates, business law and committeeship.

Downtown Winnipeg law firm opened in 2016 by Ateneo-trained lawyer Rachelle Punzalan. It focuses on residential and commercial real estate, incorporations and corporate transactions, wills and estates, and family matters.

Darla Tomeldan Consulting is a Burnaby immigration consultancy run by Darla Tomeldan, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who studied at the University of the Philippines and runs free community workshops in Tagalog and English. She also takes affidavits as a commissioner.

EMC Immigration Services is the immigration consulting practice of Editha Corrales Nelson, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and notary who serves clients in English and Tagalog from her Edmonds office in Burnaby. It advises on family and spousal sponsorship, temporary visa extensions and refused applications, alongside her notary services.

Four Seasons Immigration & Study Services is the Mississauga office, opened in 2017, of a group founded in Cebu City as Wise Immigration and Study Services by regulated immigration consultant Ben Ryan Ybanez. It helps students and families with study permits and school admission, post-graduation work permits, Express Entry and provincial nominee applications, sponsorships, visitor visas and work permits.

Oanes Law is an immigration, real estate and notary practice run by Ria Flor D. Oanes, a Filipino-Canadian lawyer licensed in Ontario and admitted to the Philippine bar in 2011. It handles permanent residence, temporary visas, study permits, sponsorships, appeals and citizenship applications from an office in Mississauga.

Downtown Ottawa practice opened in 1995 by Alicia Natividad, the first Filipino woman called to the Ontario bar. It advises on business and corporate law, commercial and residential real estate and leases, and wills, estates, trusts and powers of attorney.

RCG Legal is a boutique immigration law firm in downtown Ottawa, also serving Montreal, led by Renz Grospe, who came to Canada at 15 as the son of a caregiver and is licensed in Ontario and Quebec. It handles work and study permits, LMIAs, permanent residence, family sponsorship, misrepresentation and inadmissibility cases and Federal Court litigation, with service in English, Filipino, French and Spanish.

AccessPoint Immigration Services is a Surrey-based immigration consultancy founded by Cherry Mae Magbual Dron, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who came to Canada from Manila and posts immigration explainers in Tagalog and English. It focuses on in-home caregiver LMIAs, the Home Care Worker pilot, family sponsorship, study permits and BC nominee applications.

BC Happy Homes Immigration Services is a Surrey immigration consultancy run by Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants Natie Sotana and Cristie Lane Sotana Tayde, with a sister office in Iloilo City. It has offered study permit, Express Entry, work permit and permanent residence services since 1992.

AKMA Immigration is a Fraser Valley immigration consultancy founded by sisters Manilyn Gonzales and Margenne Waddell, both Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants who came from the Philippines and serve clients in English and Filipino. It helps clients study, work, visit and settle permanently in Canada.

Advocare Law is a mostly online law firm in Aurora founded by principal lawyer Jenny Macabenta, who meets clients by appointment near the Aurora GO station. It handles immigration matters and Immigration and Refugee Board hearings and appeals, as well as family law, wills, landlord and tenant, small claims and notary work, including documents for use in the Philippines.

True Vine Immigration and Settlement Canada is a Brandon immigration consultancy run by Jemie Liwanag, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant born and raised in the Philippines. It helps with visitor, study and work visas, provincial nominee applications, family sponsorship, citizenship and settlement.

Pacific Stream Immigration Consulting is a Greater Victoria immigration consultancy co-founded by Pamela Anne Kalaw Penaranda, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and De La Salle University Manila graduate. It handles LMIAs and employer-specific work permits, BC nominee applications, visitor visas, study permits and status restoration.

R.C. Solita Canadian Immigration Solutions is a Coquitlam immigration consultancy run by Rozana Solita, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant since 2013 who posts immigration updates in Tagalog. It helps private household employers with LMIAs and clients with Express Entry and family sponsorship.

EV Immigration is a Stoney Creek, Hamilton consultancy focused on helping Filipino families reunite in Canada, represented by Filipino regulated immigration consultant Ma. Eden Rabor-Dumont, a Silliman University graduate. It handles family sponsorship, Express Entry, provincial nominee, study and work permit and visitor visa applications.

Doria and Doria (DAD) Canada Immigration Consulting is a family-owned Lethbridge firm run by Domingo and Rufa Doria, two Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants from the Philippines; Rufa is a former president of the Filipino-Canadian Association of Lethbridge. It helps with study permits and school admissions, work permits, family sponsorship and permanent residence.

Santos Law Office is an immigration, citizenship and refugee law office in Markham run by Maria Deanna P. Santos, a lawyer in both the Philippines and Ontario with law degrees from the University of the Philippines. It handles visitor and super visas, work and study permits, family sponsorship, caregiver pathways, refusals, IRB appeals and Federal Court reviews.

JBI Immigration is a Nanaimo immigration consultancy directed by Beulah Jane Dabon Reyes, a registered nurse and Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who studied law in the Philippines and serves clients in English and Tagalog. It helps with visitor visas, study and work permits, permanent residence and status restoration.

Multicultural Immigration is a New Westminster immigration consultancy founded by Debbie Piandong, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who markets itself as 'Your Pinoy Immigration in Canada' and has been interviewed on OMNI Filipino. It helps with permanent residence pathways, work permits and international student transitions.

Carmela Valles Immigration Consulting is a Peterborough practice opened in 2009 by regulated immigration consultant Carmela Valles, who came to the city from the Philippines as a Trent University student and speaks Tagalog. It advises on permanent residence, citizenship, work, study and visitor visas, and helps employers hire international workers.

Magnifican Immigration Agency is a Richmond-based family immigration consultancy whose Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants include Pierangelo Lombos, an Adamson University graduate who worked in legal services in the Philippines, and Sofia Lombos. It advises on temporary and permanent immigration and caregiver pathways.

Oligo-Sarma Canada Immigration is a Richmond Hill consultancy founded in 2017 by regulated immigration consultant Norilyn Oligo-Sarma, who was born in the Philippines. Consultations run online, and the practice handles economic and temporary-to-permanent residence pathways, work, study and visitor visas, family sponsorship, restoration of status and refusal reconsiderations.

AV Immigration & Visa Services is a Sault Ste. Marie consultancy founded in 2024 by Filipino regulated immigration consultant Angela Verzosa, who is authorized to appear before the Immigration and Refugee Board. It works mainly online, handling study, work and visitor visas, Express Entry and provincial nominee applications, sponsorships, caregiver and rural community pilots and citizenship.

Cheney De Guzman Cortes Immigration is a Sherbrooke-based practice run by regulated immigration consultant Cheney De Guzman Cortes, who handles Filipino immigrants' cases in Quebec and speaks Tagalog. It prepares PR card renewals, citizenship, student and visitor visas, LMIA and work permits, sponsorships and humanitarian applications, and she is a commissioner of oaths.

Tender Care Immigration Services is a downtown Victoria immigration consultancy owned and directed by Emma Cusi, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant from the Philippines, with a second consultant, John Richmond Cusi Dimayacyac. It handles permanent and temporary residence, Express Entry, work permits, employer LMIAs and caregiver placements.

AV Locky Immigration Solutions is a Waterloo immigration consultancy led by regulated immigration consultant Vivian Leah Olano-Locky. It reaches out to the Filipino community of Kitchener-Waterloo in Tagalog and English and sponsors the Fil-Can Association of KW, and helps clients with immigration applications from an office on Frobisher Drive.

Tiempo Visa is a Fort McMurray immigration consultancy founded by Suzette Tiempo, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who serves clients in English, Tagalog and Cebuano. It handles work permits and LMIAs, Alberta nominee and permanent residence applications, study permits, bridging permits and employer services.

ACPerez Immigration Law Professional Corporation is owned by Angela Faith Cainto-Perez, a Filipino-Canadian lawyer licensed in Ontario and a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. It helps clients with study and work permits, permanent residence and citizenship, and also prepares wills and powers of attorney, from an office in downtown Woodstock and online.