International medical graduate
My family and I moved to Nova Scotia recently due to a job opportunity. I am an international medical graduate and my previous work permit had expired making our immigration status complex to say the least.
Elizabeth Wozniak and her team met with us and found a solution to our case in a quick and efficient manner. They kept us up to date with the process and before we knew it I had my new work permit. I am so glad I brought my case to Elizabeth and her team. I would recommend her services, particularly to anyone that feels their case is complex.
D.M. (physician) and family
Corporate immigration work for client experiencing rapid international growth
One of our clients is a global reinsurance company with a major presence in Halifax. During the last five years that presence has gone from under 10 employees to over 100. The rapid growth and specialized skill requirements has in many instances, challenged them to recruit talented individuals of various nationalities and circumstance from around the globe.
Quoting their HR Manager “We have been fortunate to have been able to rely on Elizabeth Wozniak and Lori Hill throughout this period to provide top-rate immigration advice and support. They exhibit a keen understanding of the immigration process and underlying regulatory environment. Their work is always of the highest quality and they understand the operational requirements of our business; but what sets them apart from others is their responsiveness to our needs and the personal commitment that they make to getting the job done for their clients.”
J.L., Human Resources Manager, Halifax
Humanitarian Application
A few years ago we were looking for a lawyer for my parents to prepare their applications for Citizenship and Immigration Canada to let them stay in Canada on humanitarian basis. It was not easy – most of the lawyers have been very skeptical about the chances of our humanitarian application. Elizabeth Wozniak was the only lawyer we have found, who had the experience we were looking for and she was ready to help us. I was pleasantly surprised by her highly professional approach to my parent’s case. And we were very happy when my parents received their permanent residence visas just in a year as a normal waiting time for that decision usually was much longer. Now we always recommend Elizabeth Wozniak to my Russian friends as the best immigration lawyer we know.
A.L and O.L. Halifax
Federal Investor Class – help every step of the way
My wife and I recently immigrated to Canada with the assistance of Elizabeth Wozniak. We had met with two other immigration attorneys who were recommended to us over the past several years to assess our situation. When we were ready to begin the immigration process, we found them to be extremely unresponsive in returning emails and telephone calls. That’s when we turned to Elizabeth Wozniak and her associate, Lori Hill.
We found them to be very responsive, honest and straightforward. With their assistance, we submitted our applications for permanent residence in the fall of 2008 and became landed immigrants in May of 2010. Along the way, we found them to be very easy to work with and helpful in every regard. They answered our questions promptly and accurately and were able to provide information on the status of our application. Upon completion of the immigration process, Elizabeth Wozniak. provided refunds of fees where appropriate along with a comprehensive breakdown of all expenses incurred.
After we landed this year, we ran into a problem in receiving our permanent resident cards due to a backlog at the Sydney, Nova Scotia government processing center. After getting nowhere with the immigration office ourselves, we asked Elizabeth for help. She was able to work with her contacts with the immigration office to break the backlog and we were able to get our permanent residence cards within a week. Based on our very positive experience with them, we would not hesitate to recommend Elizabeth Wozniak and Lori Hill for your immigration needs.
Sincerely, D.L. and T.L.
Family class immigration matter
We found Lori Hill through the yellow pages, so initially, we were not sure what to expect. However, after our initial meeting with her, we felt comfortable with her and we came out with this quiet assurance that she could get the job done even without her making any promises. Shortly after we decided to engage her services for a family class immigration matter, we found out she had worked successfully with a mutual friend of ours. This gave us further confidence, and we were not disappointed. We found her to be very knowledgeable in the aspects of the law dealing with our case and her services to be very efficient. She developed a strategy that was simple and effective in demonstrating evidence that supports the spirit of the law in our case. We would strongly recommend Lori to anyone who requires legal advice on family class immigration matters. In Lori you will find a genuine and hard working person, who is easy to get along with, and would do her home work and is focused on achieving positive results.
Thank You
I appreciate the information, advice and time you have given me. It has sincerely helped me get through this process. Your down to earth nature, your kind approach and your expertise have been invaluable. You’re truly one of a kind and a rarity in your field.
J.D. June 2011
Business Class (self-employed writer)
When I first started my immigration application process, I was profoundly disappointed in the quality of immigration legal services I received. Then, I had a chance conversation with friends who had started their application process after me but already had papers. Another friend mentioned Liz and I turned to her in desperation. She took over my case and everything immediately changed. I realized I was now dealing with a professional person I could trust. Liz helped me out enormously and I am forever in her debt. I can only use superlatives to express my appreciation of her work and her support.
D.L. June 2011
Medical Inadmissibility & Humanitarian Application
In the spring of 2010, I discovered that my recently widowed mother who lived in Maine by herself, with no other family nearby, had begun to show signs of dementia. During a visit that July, it became apparent that she should not be alone any longer and after 3 weeks of fast tracked visits to doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and judges in Maine, we were awarded guardianship and brought her into Canada on a visitor’s visa that unfortunately, only allowed her to stay for 4 months while we stabilized her medications.
Panicked and not sure where to turn next, we called a local government agency and they told us, with no empathy whatsoever, that “we might as well pack her up in the car and take her back to Maine now, because there was no way Canada would allow her to stay here with her condition.” Heartbroken and desperate not to send her back to Maine and place her in residential care with no family to protect her, we turned to our neighbour who is a prominent lawyer in Halifax. She immediately recommended that we contact Liz Wozniak , explaining that Liz was very experienced with the immigration process.
Little did we know that Liz and Lori would be our saving grace to help us through it all. Liz immediately took my call and was so kind and thorough in explaining that there was an option called humanitarian immigration and kindly explained all that it would entail. Through the entire process, we were handled with the utmost care and professionalism, as they arranged for mom’s visitor’s visa to be extended, while the application process was underway and navigated through the confusing maze of immigration forms and processes for us…something we would have never been able to have done on our own.
My mom was able to obtain her Permanent Residence status in an amazing 9 months. We will always be eternally grateful that we found Liz and Lori and for all they have done for us. We highly recommend them to anyone needing this service. Rest assured that you will be in the very best of hands.
K.F., Halifax, March 2012