Immigration Lawyer in Vaughan

Immigration counsel for Vaughan and York Region

Vaughan has grown into one of the GTA’s most dynamic business communities — from the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre to the manufacturing and logistics corridors along Highway 400 — and it is home to established Italian, Russian-speaking and Jewish communities with deep entrepreneurial roots. The immigration work here reflects that: business and investor immigration, self-employed and Start-Up Visa pathways, work permits for growing companies, and Express Entry for the professionals those companies hire.

Inna Kogan is a licensed Canadian lawyer, member of the Law Society of Ontario and public notary with more than twenty years of practice and over a thousand successful cases. She advises Vaughan clients personally, structures applications to survive due diligence, and — when a refusal or delay demands it — takes the matter to the Federal Court of Canada.

Business and investor immigration

Canada’s business and provincial entrepreneur streams reward people who create jobs and invest, but these files demand a credible business plan and clean, well-documented source of funds. We match Vaughan entrepreneurs and investors to the right federal or provincial stream, shape a business plan that meets the program’s criteria, and structure the application so it withstands scrutiny — then move you from a work permit to permanent residence.

• Start-Up Visa applications and designated-organization support
• Provincial entrepreneur and investor streams (incl. OINP)
• Self-employed persons program for eligible fields
• Intra-company transfers and owner-operator work permits
• Source-of-funds documentation and business plans
• Express Entry for the skilled staff you hire

From work permit to permanent residence

Many Vaughan business owners begin on a work permit — an intra-company transfer, an owner-operator LMIA, or a Start-Up Visa work permit — and need a clear route to permanent status for themselves and their key people. We plan that path from the outset, so the temporary stage is not a dead end but a deliberate step toward PR and, ultimately, citizenship. For the professionals a Vaughan company recruits, we optimize Express Entry profiles and manage the PR application end to end.

When a business file is refused, we litigate

Business and investor applications are among the most heavily scrutinized files IRCC handles, and refusals often rest on an officer’s doubts about funds, intent or the plan itself. The firm’s defining strength is the Federal Court: through judicial review, Inna Kogan has refusals declared unreasonable and returned for redetermination; through Mandamus, she compels decisions on files that have been left unreasonably long. That litigation capability is only available through a licensed lawyer — and it is exactly what a high-value business file deserves.

Hiring skilled workers and Express Entry in Vaughan

Vaughan’s growth is not only about founders and investors — it is about the skilled people its companies need to hire. As businesses along the Highway 400 corridor and in the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre expand, they compete for engineers, tradespeople, managers and technical staff, many of whom are foreign nationals who need work authorization and a route to permanent residence.

We work both sides of that equation. For employers, we handle Labour Market Impact Assessments, LMIA-exempt permits and the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s Employer Job Offer streams, which let a Vaughan company nominate a worker it needs and add decisive points to that worker’s profile. For the workers themselves, we optimize Express Entry — assessing and improving the Comprehensive Ranking System score, sequencing language tests and credential assessments correctly, and managing the permanent-residence application after an invitation. Retaining key talent is far easier when those employees can see a clear, lawyer-managed path from a work permit to permanent residence, and we build that path so Vaughan employers keep the people they have invested in.

For a growing business, an immigration mistake is expensive in a way that goes beyond the individual file: a delayed permit can hold up a project, and a refused nomination can cost you a key hire. That is why we treat employer immigration as part of your operations, not an afterthought — mapping out permits and permanent-residence timelines for your team in advance, keeping renewals on schedule, and being ready to challenge a refusal at the Federal Court when a decision threatens someone your company depends on. For Vaughan founders and managers, that means fewer surprises and a workforce whose status is secure.

Working with us from Vaughan

Consultations run on Zoom and documents move securely by email, so you can get senior counsel without leaving your business. The team advises in English, Ukrainian, Russian, Hebrew and Farsi. Start with the form on this page; you will receive a questionnaire and a meeting invitation, and leave with a clear, honest assessment. With a 5.0 Google rating from 144 reviews and recognition as a Top 10 Immigration Law Firm in Canada, Vaughan entrepreneurs put their most important files in experienced hands.