About

Eric KatzCanada Immigration Visas is brought to you by UK based registered migration agents Overseas Emigration Visas.

Our Canada team is led by Toronto based Eric Bruce Katz, a consultant who has been active for over twelve years advising clients on Canadian Immigration matters such as; representations at the Appeal Division (Deportation Appeals, Family Sponsorship Appeals, Alternative Dispute Resolutions) and Immigration Division (Detention Reviews, Residency Appeals) of the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Canada’s largest tribunal; advising other consultants, lawyers and law firms and human resource professionals on business immigration issues including the main business categories for high net worth individuals such as self employed business persons, entrepreneurs and investors, as well as individual professional skilled workers seeking temporary or permanent residence to Canada.

Eric has spoken at several immigration conferences and seminars both domestically in Canada and internationally in Europe and Mexico. He is a Vice President of the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants, Ontario Chapter (CAPIC) for 2005-2007, the Canadian immigration consulting industry’s educational and lobbying organization. For 2007-2008, he will be chairing CAPIC’s CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) Advisory Committee. Eric is a member of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC) and has been a past member of its Finance Committee and Legal Services Committee. CSIC is Canada’s immigration consulting self-regulatory body.

Memberships include the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (Ontario Vice President), the Law Society of Alberta (Active Non-Practising Member), The Canadian Bar Association, Alberta and Ontario Sections, and the International Bar Association, Section on General Practice (Immigration and Nationality Committee 14), and a member of Gerson Lehrman Group’s Law Council (New York and Washington, D.C.).

Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto (Victoria College Class of 1987) in Toronto, and an LL.B with Honours from The University of London (University College London: Class of 1992) in London, England.

Mr. Katz has been involved with a number of charities and networking organizations in Toronto and most recently was the Chief Financial Officer (Official Agent) in the June 2004 Canadian Federal Election for Jean Augustine, M.P. (Etobicoke-Lakeshore), former (Cabinet) Minister of Multiculturalism and Minister of State for Women’s Issues.

In addition to the practice of advising on Canadian immigration matters, Eric is in constant contact with real property brokers, international tax accountants and tax lawyers for the benefit of his international clientele.

Eric lives in Toronto and enjoys cycling and skiing

Club Memberships: Bentham Club: London, UK

SEMINARS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Canadian Immigration Seminar : Westin Hotel Mexico City January 1996
  • Canadian Immigration Seminar: Westin Hotel Mexico City June 1996
  • Canadian Immigration Seminar: Holiday Inn Monterey, Mexico June 1996
  • Overview of the Immigration System : Covenant House : Toronto
  • Immigration Appeals at the Immigration Appeal Division : Holiday Inn on King Toronto December 2000
  • The New Family Class Regulations : Oakham House, Ryerson University

Toronto July 2002

  • Construction Recruitment External Workers Services (CREWS) : Greater Toronto Homebuilders Association : Toronto October 2002. HRDC,CIC,GTHBA joint initiative : Panel Member on issues affecting the construction industry in the GTA
  • Construction Recruitment External Workers Services (CREWS) : Greater Toronto Homebuilders’ Association : Toronto October 2002. HRDC,CIC,GTHBA joint initiative : Panel Member
  • Canadian Immigration Seminar on CREWS (bricklayers and carpenters) Leiria, Portugal : December 2002
  • Construction Recruitment External Workers Services (CREWS): Greater Toronto Homebuilders Association : Toronto November 2003 HRDC,CIC,GTHBA joint initiative : Panel Member
  • Professional Code of Conduct under the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants: OPIC Seminar Montecassino Place, Woodbridge, Ontario March 2004 : Panel Member
  • Immigration Seminar, Moderator: Family Class Processing at the Sponsorhip Unit Joint OPIC-AICC Educational Seminar;: Ramada Hotel, Toronto June 2004
  • Center for International Legal Studies : Conference on International Business Transactions, Panelist and Speaker on Business Immigration : Salzburg, Austria, November 20-23rd, 2004
  • May 2005, ImmQuest Magazine(Thomson-Carswell) “The Need for Inland Family Sponsorships to be Appealed to the Immigration Appeal Division”
  • CAPIC (Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants) Seminar June 2005 : Mississauga, Ontario, Moderator and Panel Member on Inland Immigration Issues : Case Processing Centre-Procedures regarding files at CPC Vegreville, Alberta
  • CAPIC (Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants) Seminar July 2005: Armenian Community Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Speaker: 5 Easy Steps to Representing a Client at the Immigration Appeal Division
  • CAPIC National Education Seminar November 3rd, 2005 Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Panel Moderator: CIC File Processing and Case Management “ How CIC is structured to process files at a Visa Post (Buffalo, New York) Do’s and Don’ts for practitioners- why files are delayed
  • IAD Innovation-IAD External Consultation Meeting December 12th, 2005 Immigration and Refugee Board, 74 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario
  • IAD Innovation-IAD External Consultation Meeting with Chairman of Immigration and Refugee Board Chairman – Final Representations and Consultations with External Stakeholders - April 5th, 2006 Immigration and Refugee Board, 74 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario
  • April 2006, ImmQuest Magazine(Thomson-Carswell)Vol.2,Issue 4, “Bringing Home the Troops: A Case for Changing the Way Canadian Permanent Residence Applications are Processed.
  • CAPIC Information Seminar : May 11th, 2006 Toronto, Ontario, Moderator and Panelist on the ID and IAD of the IRB. Guest panellists included Bob Murrant from the Immigration Division and Lois Figg of the Immigration Appeal Division.
  • Guest Instructor at Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario: Immigration Practitioner Certificate Program; Detention Reviews & Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications (Act, Regs. And Manual) October 2006
  • CAPIC-ACCPI NATIONAL EDUCATION SEMINAR 2006 November 24, 2006 Pine Valley Convention Center 17 Vinyl Court, Toronto (Woodbridge, Ont) CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY: Mr. George Bowles: Director, Highway and Rail, Admissibility Branch, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Expert Panel: Sol Gombinsky, Eric Katz, Ron McKay