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nahid kazemi
2024.04.22
Very bad experience, not even one star!
Three years ago, Mr. Guidy Mamann was introduced to me as one of the best lawyer in Toronto, and I signed a contract in his office. He told me that it would take between a year and a maximum of a year and a half to bring my 16-year-old son from Iran to Canada.
I expressed my concern about my son potentially becoming a soldier at the age of 18 and being unable to leave Iran, but Mr. Mamann assured me not to worry.
According to the contract, I paid him eight thousand dollars.
The IRCC informed us that due to the ample evidence and documents provided, there was no need to attend court, and my case would be processed without a hearing. They gave a deadline of 20 days for my lawyer (Mr. Mamann) to submit my documents.
Unfortunately, he did not meet this deadline, despite my numerous calls to his office and his phone.
My documents were sent to the IRCC after the deadline. The review of my case in court was delayed for two years, and I had to hire another lawyer to bring my son to Canada.
I didn't sleep for two and a half years due to worries about my son's situation.
As my son approached military age, he fled to Turkey. After a year of living there, he received a warning from the Turkish police to leave the country and was detained by airport police for four days. I had no knowledge about him for four days and nights, as even his phone was confiscated.
With significant effort and the assistance of a lawyer in Turkey, I was able to secure a three-month residence permit for him.
With further effort and the help of a compassionate lawyer I had hired in Canada, my son finally joined me six months ago.
In conclusion, I would like to emphasize the importance of recognizing people by their actions rather than their words and slogans…
I believe you've also realized the value of peace and security in the world.
We are fighting extremists with our lives, so I hope you're not just chanting, but also actively working to make the world a better place
Although I appreciate the effort that you took to share your experience about our law practice, I don't think that your account of your experience with our firm reflects the reality of your case.
I should note that none of the lawyers at our firm ever describe an immigration procedure as having a “maximum” time. This is because there are many factors over which we have no control that may have impact the amount of time that the processing of an application or refugee claim will require.
For this reason, no one at our law practice would have promised you that it would take one to one and a half years “maximum” for you to bring your dependent child to Canada as a permanent resident, especially since at that time you had not even initiated your claim for refugee protection. Two distinct processes needed to be finalized before your son could travel to Canada: a refugee claim, and an application for permanent resident status. Each of these processes typically takes longer than one year and in some cases may take many years to complete.
In addition, the COVID-19 global pandemic had a significant impact on the processing of all immigration applications and refugee claims.
In your case, based on the strength of the narrative and documentary evidence we provided, your claim for refugee protection was granted without a hearing, considerably expediting the process. There were no deadlines missed and no forms unfiled in connection with your claim for protection, which likely explains why it was granted on an expedited basis as a manifestly well-founded claim.
Obviously, we were very pleased with the results. I regret that you felt that we had not kept a promise to you regarding the speed with which immigration would process your and your son’s cases.
I can appreciate why you chose not to retain us to assist you in bringing your son to Canada.
In the end, I am very happy that you and your son were reunited in Canada. I also regret the stress and anxiety that you experienced while the government of Canada was processing your application for refugee protection and later permanent resident status. Your son appears to have arrived in Canada approximately two and a half years after you first consulted us. Although I appreciate that any delay in your reunification in Canada was too long, this represents a relatively quick processing for these two applications, especially given that they were processed during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
I wish you and your family all the best as you pursue your new lives in Canada.