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Organizer
Canadian immigration can be complicated. Immigration lawyer Marina L. Sedai (Senior Lawyer and Principal, Sedai Law Office) covers a variety of topics related to obtaining work permits and Permanent Residency for Postdoctoral Fellows at UBC. At this session, we plan to answer the following questions:
- Do I need a work permit?
- How do I renew my work permit?
- What about my spouse and children?
- How do I get permanent residence?
- How do I become a Canadian citizen?
This session is comprised of a presentation, followed by a question and answer period.
FACILITATOR
Marina Sedai
Marina Sedai is a Past National Chair for the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Section (2018-2019) and has been practicing exclusively immigration and citizenship law for 16 years.
Marina is the principal and owner of Sedai Law Office, a boutique immigration firm in Surrey, British Columbia. Her practice focuses on businesses, families, and individual clients with a variety of needs: temporary residence (students, workers, visitors) and permanent residence (economic and family classes primarily), employer compliance, citizenship, and overcoming criminal inadmissibility.
Marina’s frequently writes and speaks for continuing legal education programs for the public and legal community, including the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Section (national and provincial) and the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC. From 2012-2014, she was an instructor at the University of British Columbia Certificate in Immigration: Laws, Policies, and Procedures teaching classes for economic immigration, inadmissibilities, and citizenship.
REGISTRATION
Registration in this session is required. Current UBC Postdoctoral Fellows should email postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca to register for this session.
NO-SHOW PENALTY: If you register and do not attend or cancel after 3pm on the day before the event, it may affect your eligibility to join future events. To avoid this no-show penalty, please cancel by at least 3pm the day before the event by e-mailing postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca.
Accessibility
If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your full participation in the event, please email postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca in advance of the event.
DELIVERY FORMAT
Due to the ongoing situation surrounding COVID-19, this session will be delivered online via Zoom. The following suggestions may help to improve the online experience:
- Use headphones to reduce noise and avoid feedback between your mic and speaker.
- Ensure that you are in a quiet location so that the audio does not get polluted with unwanted noise.
- Keep your microphone on mute unless you are speaking during the session.
- In case of technical problems, time for plugin downloads, etc., please attempt to log into the Zoom meeting 10-15 minutes before the start. You will be placed in the waiting room until the official start time.