Will Tao

Immigration Backlogs and Federal Court Delays: A Growing Challenge for Canada - Heron Law Offices Immigration lawyer Will Tao speaks on Global News about Canada’s Federal Court backlog. Learn why immigration cases have surged, delays are worsening, and what reforms are needed to fix Canada’s immig...

Canada’s Federal Court is facing record strain, with immigration cases now taking up to 18 months.

@willtao.bsky.social spoke with the Jas Johal Show on Global News about backlogs, automated refusals, and why reforms are urgently needed.

#ImmigrationCanada #FederalCourt #HeronLawOffices

Navigating the 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan. What Does It Mean for Me? - Heron Law Offices If you are thinking about immigrating to Canada or are already here as a temporary resident, you likely have questions about what these numbers and percentages mean for you. Heron Law Offices is pleas...

New blog by Karina Juma, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Lawyer at Heron Law Offices, on navigating the 2026–2028 Immigration Levels Plan and its implications for immigration applicants.

Read here: heronlaw.ca/navigating-t...

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Heron Law Success Story: Overturning a PR Refusal By Clarifying IRCC’s Policy for PGWP Holders After the Pandemic - Heron Law Offices Check how successfully Heron Law Offices submitted a reconsideration request to overturn IRCC PR Refusal

After a client's PR application was refused due to an expired work permit, the client reached out to us for help. We showed that IRCC had misapplied its policy on Interim Work Authorization, and after a reconsideration request, the client's application was re-opened and approved.

#cndimm #cdnimm

Our Principal Lawyer, @willtao.bsky.social, is guest lecturing this Friday in Prof. Paul Daly’s The “New” Administrative Law (3.0) course at Osgoode’s LLM program. Honoured to join this dialogue on public law.

#AdminLaw #OsgoodeLLM #WillTao #HeronLawOffices

Heron Law Success Story: Misrepresentation Allegations Withdrawn After JR (Settled by Consent) of Refusal Decision Relating to the Disclosure of Previous U.S. Visa Refusals - Heron Law Offices We challenged a work permit refusal based on alleged misrepresentation and won—learn how judicial review can help in Canadian immigration cases.

Our law firm resolved a #JR involving alleged #misrep in a Canadian work permit #refusal. Decision set aside by consent. Highlights flaws in Canada and US info sharing + why it’s vital to challenge immigration record errors.
 
#cdnimm #JudicialReview #HeronLawOffices

New Changes Proposed to Strengthen Canada’s Border Security Deliver Additional Blows to Canadian Immigration - Heron Law Offices At a time when borders are becoming more restrictive and immigration is constantly under attack, these amendments feed into the narrative that immigrants and refugees are problems.

With the Stronger Borders Act (Bill C-2) announced earlier today, our latest blog explores its impact on Canadian immigration from a legal practitioner's perspective.

#cdnimm #canadianimmigration #canadianborders

The Canadian Bar Association : CBA Immigration Law Conference - Agenda This year’s conference aligns with the significant observance of Eid al-Adha in the Muslim community. We extend our heartfelt wishes to Muslims across Canada and worldwide as they commemorate the conclusion of Hajj and celebrate Eid al-Adha.

Looking forward to discussing digital border governance and administrative law at the Canadian Bar Association's immigration law conference tomorrow (9:45-11:00 PST). Thanks to @willtao.bsky.social for organizing our panel, Pixels and Precedents!
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How easy is it to move to Canada? Discover some of the easiest ways to move to Canada, including the requirements, processes, and financial considerations, with this article

Lexpert recently published a helpful overview of how to immigrate to Canada — and all of our lawyers at Heron Law Offices were happy to be interviewed for it.

Read the full article on Lexpert: lexpert.ca/news/legal-f...

#cdnimm #canadianimmigration #HeronLawOffices #Lexpert

Canada has acted compassionately in past crises. It must do so again.

We are offering free half-hour immigration consultations to those victims (and family members of victims) seeking support with their temporary resident and permanent resident applications.

Urgent Call for Special Immigration Measures after the Lapu Lapu Day Tragedy - Heron Law Offices Following the April 27 Lapu Lapu Day tragedy in Vancouver, Heron Law Offices urges IRCC to implement urgent immigration measures for victims' families. Learn how we’re offering pro bono support.

Our hearts are with those affected by the April 27 Lapu Lapu Day mass casualty incident in Vancouver. We are calling on #IRCC to urgently implement special immigration measures so families can reunite, attend funerals, and support loved ones — without delays or red tape. #ImmigrationSupport

Launch of immigration program for caregivers marred by website crash Immigration lawyers and advocates had been warning about the potential of the website slowing or crashing over the sheer volume of candidates intending to apply

Hate to do this again (feels circa Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship litigation with Erin Roth), but if u felt u were prejudiced by the submission process (based on a fairness ground - we will elaborate later based on categories we r considering), I am eager to hear from u. #cdnimm #caregiver

Our Principal/Canadian Immigration Lawyer @willtao.bsky.social spoke at the AI & Law Symposium today at UBC Allard on the topic of “Litigating Against the Administrative Machine: A Canadian Immigration Case Study”.

#cdnimmigration #AI #cdnimm #canadianimmigration #litigation

I don’t think this is actually correct as the very premise of ReportIn is the FRT matching provided by Amazon Rekognition.

Heron Law Success Story: Overcoming a Procedural Fairness Letter in a Citizenship Application - Heron Law Offices Heron Law Offices recently secured a significant victory for a business professional facing complex procedural hurdles in a Canadian citizenship application. After receiving two Procedural Fairness Le...

✨ Success Story ✨ Overcoming Procedural Fairness in Citizenship Applications

This client received multiple PFLs before they retained us. With our strategic and rights-focused approach, we addressed the concerns, protected their privacy & secured their path to Canadian citizenship!

#Canadian

Will Tao Honoured as a Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer in the 2025 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory - Heron Law Offices Will Tao has been recognized as one of Canada’s Leading Legal Practitioners in the 2025 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. This prestigious accolade is the result of an extensive peer-review process th...

We are immensely proud to announce that our founder, Will Tao, has been honoured as one of Canada's Leading Legal Practitioners in the 2025 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory! 🏆

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Undue Delay as Abuse of Process: Fighting a Losing Battle at the ID? - Heron Law Offices Immigrating to Canada is a long process. Depending on the type of application submitted, it can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few years to receive a decision. Certain applications see initial mo...

Happy Friday! Check out a new blog from Heron!

Immigrating to Canada is a long process. Depending on the type of application submitted, it can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few years to receive a decision.

#judicialreview #mandamus #IRCCdelays #abuseofprocess

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The Registrar’s Conversation with Will Tao - AI’s Role in Immigration and the Need for Human Oversight @willtao.bsky.social

#cdnimm #AI #HeronLawOffices

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Will Tao 出席加拿大国会，对话制定移民法的议员 - Heron Law Offices Will Tao 出席加拿大国会，对话制定移民法的议员

去年12月初，Will Tao 出席加拿大国会，对话制定移民法的议员。Will Tao与加拿大律师协会主席Kamaljit Lehal一同，代表CBA 出席公民身份与移民常务委员会。他向议会议员就近期国际学生项目的改革进行了陈述。

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#cdnimm #加拿大移民律师

Practicing Canadian immigration in a nutshell.

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I think there needs to be lot more "homework" done on monitoring Canada's current and ongoing compliance with the Convention Framework.

adopt or maintain measures to ensure the availability of accessible and effective remedies for violations of human rights resulting from the activities within the lifecycle of artificial intelligence systems.

Article 14 – Remedies

1) Each Party shall, to the extent remedies are required by its international obligations and consistent with its domestic legal system,

in the light of social, economic, legal, ethical, environmental and other relevant implications.

Article 19 – Public consultation Each Party shall seek to ensure that important questions raised in relation to artificial intelligence systems are, as appropriate, duly considered through public discussion and multistakeholder consultation

2) Each Party undertakes to adopt or maintain measures aimed at overcoming inequalities to achieve fair, just and equitable outcomes, in line with its applicable domestic and international human rights obligations, in relation to activities within the lifecycle of artificial intelligence systems.

as provided under applicable international & domestic law.

Article 10 – Equality and non-discrimination

1) Each Party shall adopt or maintain measures with a view to ensuring that activities within the lifecycle of artificial intelligence systems respect equality, including gender equality, and the prohibition of discrimination,

Article 9 – Accountability and responsibility Each Party shall adopt or maintain measures to ensure accountability and responsibility for adverse impacts on human rights, democracy and the rule of law resulting from activities within the lifecycle of artificial intelligence systems.

including with regard to the identification of content generated by artificial intelligence systems.

Article 8 – Transparency and oversight

Each Party shall adopt or maintain measures to ensure that adequate transparency and oversight requirements tailored to the specific contexts and risks are in place in respect of activities within the lifecycle of artificial intelligence systems,