Maria Krajewska

Maria Krajewska is a certified Immigration Practitioner. She graduated from the Immigration Practitioner program at Seneca College (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) with High Honours.

She is a member of the The Immigration
Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council


and of the Canadian Association of Professional
Immigration Consultants.


She holds a Master of Laws degree from Poland, and has over 20 years of experience in dealing with immigration matters in Canada.

Our office in Toronto
is open during
convenient hours
(and is located
near a subway line)

Individual consultations
can also be arranged in
Mississauga and Montreal

We provide optimal legal services designed for each
client in order to guide you with your permanent resident
applications in various classes listed below:

Family Sponsorship Application

Federal Skilled Worker

Federal Entrepreneur

Federal Investor

Self-Employed Person

Humanitarian and Compassionate Ground Application

Provincial Nominees

Canadian Experience Class

All types of applications to the province of Quebec

Live-in Caregiver

Student Permit Application/Extension

Work Permit Application/Extension

Visitor Visa Applications/Extension

More about the programs:

Sponsoring your family

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) knows it is important to help families who come from other countries to reunite in Canada. If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, you can sponsor your spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, dependent child (including adopted child) or other eligible relative (such as a parent or grandparent) to become a permanent resident.

CIC refers to the immigrants who are eligible to use this family sponsoring process as the Family Class.

Federal Skilled Workers

Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on their education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that have been shown to help them become economically established in Canada.
For your application to be eligible for processing, you must: include the results of your official language proficiency test,
AND
have a valid offer of arranged employment
OR
have one year of continuous full-time paid work experience in at least one of the occupations listed here.

Federal Entrepreneur, Investor and Self-Employed Persons

The Business Immigration Program seeks to attract experienced business people to Canada who will support the development of a strong and prosperous Canadian economy.
Business immigrants are expected to make a C$800,000 investment or to own and manage businesses in Canada, and must meet certain experience and/or net worth criteria.
The criteria you must meet to qualify are different for each class..

Application for permanent residence in Canada — Humanitarian and compassionate considerations

This application is for persons in Canada who would suffer excessive hardship if they had to return to their home country to apply for permanent residence in Canada as required by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Provincial nominees

Persons who immigrate to Canada under the Provincial Nominee Program have the skills, education and work experience needed to make an immediate economic contribution to the province or territory that nominates them. They are ready to establish themselves successfully as permanent residents in Canada. They have an employer in Canada. Provincial nominees are not assessed on the six selection factors of the Federal Skilled Workers Program.

To apply under the Provincial Nominee Program, applicants must be nominated by a Canadian province or territory.

Canadian Experience Class

If you are a temporary foreign worker or a foreign student who graduated in Canada, you often have the qualities to make a successful transition from temporary to permanent residence. You are familiar with Canadian society and can contribute to the Canadian economy. You should have knowledge of English or French and qualifying work experience. Applying to stay in Canada permanently in your case is simple. You can do this under the Canadian Experience Class.

Working temporarily in Canada: The Live-In Caregiver Program

Live-in caregivers are individuals who are qualified to provide care for children, elderly persons or persons with disabilities in private homes without supervision. Live-in caregivers must live in the private home where they work in Canada. Both the employer and the employee must follow several steps to meet the requirements of the Live-In Caregiver Program.

Studying in Canada: Study permits

Before you can apply for a study permit, you must have been accepted at a recognized school, university or college in Cana You must prove that you have enough money to pay for your: tuition fees, living expenses for yourself and any family members who come with you to Canada and return transportation for yourself and any family members who come with you to Canada. You must be a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record and not be a risk to the security of Canada. You may have to provide a police certificate. You must be in good health and willing to complete a medical examination, if necessary. You must satisfy an immigration officer that you will leave Canada when you have completed your studies.

Working temporarily in Canada

Some temporary workers require a work permit and some do not. For some categories of workers, permits are approved more quickly.The requirements and processing times depend on the sort of work you will do when you come to Canada. The general rule, however, is that a foreign national needs a work permit which can only be issued when he/she obtains a positive Labour Market Opinion based on his/her employer's application, and meets the requirements of the job offered.

Visiting Canada

Canada welcomes you as a tourist, student or temporary worker. Every year, more than 5 million people visit Canada to enjoy the many opportunities our country has to offer. Depending on where you live, and the reason for your visit, you will need to meet certain entry requirements

[source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada]

YOU WONDER WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
TO HIRE AN IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT?

Below you will find a list of arguments, which may be of help if you have been contemplating the option of hiring professional help:

An immigration consultant will analyze your individual case
and suggest the best immigration program that suites your particular circumstances.

An immigration consultant will prepare your entire application and s/he will sign it.

An immigration consultant will correspond with immigration authorities
on your behalf and answer all the additional questions.

An immigration consultant will save you time and money in the long run.

An immigration consultant will prepare you for an immigration interview.

An immigration consultant will represent you before the Immigration and Refugee Board.

An immigration consultant will get you out of immigration detention centre.

An immigration consultant will appeal negative decisions of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Consultor Inc. represents clients from all over the world, including people already residing in Canada. Maria Krajewska is a certified Immigration Consultant, a member of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC), the only organization licensing persons wishing to work in the capacity of immigration consultant.

Maria Krajewska:

I was born in Poland in 1955. I spent my adolescent years in communist Poland, an experience which had a profound impact on me. My upbringing enabled me to realize that in Poland the only protection available to ordinary people was through a knowledge of the rules of law. I decided to study law and help people through fair representation and counseling.

During my studies at the Faculty of Law at Warsaw University (1974-1978) I became interested in international public law and international protection for human rights. These subjects became the focus of my dissertation, which I defended in 1978, obtaining my Masters Degree. Prior to that, in 1977, I received a certificate from the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, upon successful completion of a summer program.

After graduation, I was offered the position of assistant professor at the Institute of Public International Law, even though I had never been a member of the Communist Party in Poland; rather, I had achieved excellent academic standing and was actively involved in research at the Faculty. I further developed my knowledge of law by pursuing an academic career, enrolling in post-graduate studies at l'Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Nice, France, where I received a Diploma in June of 1981.

I returned to Poland with a solid background in the law of the European Community and the European Convention of Human Rights. I continued to teach at the Faculty of Law and concurrently articled at the Provincial and Supreme Court in Warsaw. In 1982 I completed a two-year period of articling (which I had started before going to Nice) to become a judge, by final examination in civil and criminal law, which I passed with excellent marks. This expertise helped me carry out my duties at the Institute of International Law, where I taught until June of 1986.

During that time, many members of my faculty lost their positions, and the atmosphere of openness and growth evaporated. A future existed in Poland only for those who supported a regime that had an absolute disregard for the law. My husband and I decided to immigrate to Canada.

In 1989 I began working for Czuma, Ritter, Barristers & Solicitors, as a consultant and legal assistant. I was responsible there for assistance in matters pertaining to persons detained for immigration reasons, and in the representation of refugee claimants before the Refugee Division and Immigration Board. I attended at detention centres, interviewed detainees, and assisted in the preparation of detention reviews, in relation to which I also represented the detainees, prepared refugee cases, interviewed claimants, conducted country-specific research, drafted submissions and translated documents, accumulating significant and invaluable experience in refugee and immigration cases, and excellent communication skills in English and French, in both of which I am fluent.

I attended conferences and courses organized by the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Refugee Lawyers' Association, strengthening my knowledge of immigration law. In October of 2000, I obtained a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from York University.

In August of 2004 I completed with High Honours a one-year Immigration Practitioner program at Seneca College. The profession of immigration consultant has been regulated by the government since 2004, and now the The Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council grants membership to those who have demonstrated their knowledge and ability to advise, consult and represent people seeking Canadian immigration, and who have passed the Council's Knowledge and Ethics Test, as well as the Language Test, and have demonstrated their good character.

After passing all the exams I became a Full Member of the The Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council.

Milan Tomasevic, B.A., L.L.B.,
Barrister & Solicitor

Areas of Practice: Criminal Law, Immigration Law, Civil Litigation
Additional Services: Notary Public

Milan assists our office in the most difficult immigration cases that require appeals before the Federal Court.

Beata Ghalem

I was born during the Beatles and the Rolling Stones era. After completing studies in my native Poland I left for London to advance my education. London did not meet all of my expectations and after years spent on South Ealing I decided to leave for Canada, where I have been living since 1994. In January of 2001 I met Maria Krajewska. I has a vast experience in immigration matters, including refugee cases and appeals before the Federal Court. Presently, I hold the position of office manager, and oversee the everyday affairs of our office, including accounting matters.

Magdalena Wyszkowska

I was born in Poland, where I lived until my late teen years. I graduated from the University of Toronto obtaining the Honours Bachelor of Arts diploma (majoring in Sociology). I speak English and Polish fluently. Since March, 2009 I have been working for Maria Krajewska assisting her with immigration cases. I specialize in applications for labour market opinion and arranged employment, work permits as well as in applications for permanent residency in the Federal Skilled Worker program. My responsibilities include also translation of documents and liaison with clients, both the employers wishing to hire a foreign worker and the persons applying for permanent or temporary resident status.

Danuta Ganchev

I received a Master's Degree form the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics in St. Petersburg, city known as Venice of the North. After my return to Poland, I started my career as a mechanical engineer, which I continued in Bulgaria, where I emigrated to for six years. In Bulgaria, I also worked as an interpreter and translator of the Polish and Russian languages. During the years spent in Sofia I was exposed to the Balkan culture and had the opportunity to admire the country's beauty. I know the Polish, Russian, Bulgarian and English languages. At Maria Krajewska's office, I am responsible for assessing the inquirers' chances for immigration and giving detailed information regarding the immigration programs to our potential clients, translation of documents as well as preparation of applications for our clients.

Martin De Narvaez

Having faced the challenges of the immigration twice, first in the US and later in Canada combined with a vocation for service, were the two main factors that over 10 years ago made me decide to work in the immigration field. Through this time I've had the opportunity to assist several hundred of families and individuals in their quest for a better future. I have undertaken studies in Immigration Consultancy and currently work with Maria as a legal assistant.