Vancouver Immigration Lawyer

Joshua is the senior partner in our immigration department, providing full-range immigration services to individuals and corporate clients world-wide.

He assists clients with immigration processing, admissibility issues, procedural fairness matters and refusals – and frequently appears at provincial and federal tribunals and the Federal Court.

Joshua is well known in the industry for his work in accompanying clients to the ports-of-entry across Canada to resolve admissibility issues and facilitate the processing of complex work permit applications.

He also works with individuals and families, with an emphasis on employment, investment, citizenship, humanitarian / compassionate and family sponsorship-based applications. Joshua also works with refugees and other vulnerable applicants, and is always striving to bear the burden for the client on these complicated emotional matters.

Joshua has a diverse background in immigration law, which has included litigating complex immigration matters, and the processing of various temporary residence, permanent residence and citizenship applications to Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and international Canadian visa offices.

He is known for his client-responsiveness, and endeavors to bring his positive and upbeat attitude to every file, regardless of the difficult circumstances that the client may find themselves in. Joshua is passionate about immigration law, and is committed to helping clients turn visions into working realities through creative and innovative immigration strategies and a client-focused approach.

Prior to joining Coal Harbour Law, Joshua practiced immigration law with other leading immigration firms in Canada. He was first called to the Bar in North Dakota (2009), and later called to the Bar in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia.

Joshua started law-blogging for The Huffington Post in 2012, and has had several media appearances throughout his career. He previously sat on the Canadian Bar Association Executive Committee – Immigration Division, where he participated policy developments that impacted the Canadian legal profession. Joshua has become a regular on the immigration lecture circuit, where he enjoys sharing his working knowledge of complex immigration issues with fellow and prospective immigration professionals and students. Joshua has recently joined the Queen’s School of Law as an adjunct-faculty member, where he is teaching Family Class Immigration.

Outside of work Joshua enjoys sailing in the Gulf Islands and Puget Sound.

In addition to Joshua’s Vancouver law practice, he has offices in Surrey and Abbotsford, British Columbia.