Best Law Firms in Canada for Immigration Law

Gowling WLG is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve you is to be in tune with your world, aligned with your opportunity and ambitious for your success. With more than 1,500 legal professionals around the world, we provide our clients with in-depth knowledge in key global sectors and a suite of legal services at home and abroad. We see the world through our clients' eyes, and collaborate across countries, offices, service areas and sectors to help them succeed, no matter how challenging the circumstances.

Brief History

With roots tracing back to 1887, Gowling WLG grew to become one of the largest and most respected law firms in Canada, with a reputation for innovation in client-focused service delivery.

Building on its early strength in intellectual property, Gowling WLG diversified to offer a full suite of business law, litigation and intellectual property services in all of Canada’s key industries, including energy, mining, financial services, government, infrastructure, manufacturing, life sciences and technology.

We are a leading full-service boutique Canadian Immigration, Refugee, Citizenship, and Administrative law firm based in BC, serving clients across Canada and the globe.

Our focus is in the representation of families (sponsors/applicants), international students/designated learning institutions, and temporary workers with complex immigration applications and litigation. Our immigration litigation work focuses on Immigration Appeals before the Immigration Appeal Division, Inadmissibility matters before the Immigration Division, and Judicial Reviews before the Federal Court of Canada. We actively engage in strategic litigation and community lawyering.

Practice Areas:

• Judicial Reviews
• Immigration Appeals
• Family Class Sponsorship
• Permanent Residence and Citizenship
• Refused Applications, Procedural Fairness Letters, Reconsideration
• International Students and Foreign Workers
• Refugees Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds
• Detention Reviews and Complex Inadmissibility
• Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)
• Strategic Litigation and Community Lawyering

Visa Law Group is a leading law firm with Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed recognized by Best Lawyers in 1 practice area. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 2025. Having a lawyer recognized in Best Lawyers' purely peer review process emphasizes the lawyers' credibility and reputation for their practice amongst their peers in their practice area and region. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that Visa Law Group has on their team. Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed has been recognized in the following practice area: Immigration Law.

Visa Law Group is also ranked by Best Law Firms in 1 practice area. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. Visa Law Group has 1 ranking in 1 practice. Echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.