Updated: August 7th, 2021 | Toronto | Lawyer List R | Rashid Urosevic LLP | Immigration Law,
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Address: 2900-161 Bay St, Toronto, ON, M5J 2S1
Lawyer Firm: Rashid Urosevic LLP
Phone: (416) 847-3347
Email: rafeena@rulaw.ca
| First Year of Call | 2008 |
| Areas of Practice | Immigration Law |
| Description | Rafeena is attuned to the needs of immigrants as she immigrated to Canada when she was three years old. Her parents made the journey first, to secure employment and housing, before returning to Guyana to bring Rafeena and her younger brother to Canada. They were then united with the newest member of the family, her youngest brother. When Rafeena’s family immigrated to Canada, the immigration laws were not as complex as they are today. Over the last couple of decades, Rafeena has seen the difficulties experienced by others who desire to come to Canada.
Before completing her law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2007, Rafeena explored migration related issues while obtaining her Master’s degree in Legal Studies. It was during this time that she developed a particular interest in international human rights issues and the plight of refugees attempting to access asylum in Western countries. At the same time, Rafeena worked as a Refugee Protection Officer at the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Refugee Protection Division. Here, she conducted expedited interviews and assisted decision makers with refugee and protected persons hearings. After being called to the Ontario Bar in 2008, Rafeena practiced criminal defence and civil litigation. In 2010, she joined the Immigration Law Division at the Department of Justice as Counsel. She represented the Ministers of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and defended decisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board for over six years. She handled cases in the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. In her free time, Rafeena enjoys spending time with her family, travelling, exercising and photography. Rafeena can be reached at: rafeena@rulaw.ca. |
Rafeena's support exceeded our expectations. We needed a work permit for on of our employees on very short notice and she navigated us through the process promptly and professionally. She was a pleasure to work with - always responsive and very patient with all our questions. Very good value - will definitely reach out to Rafeena again for any work permit/visa requirements.
Jelena and her law firm is the best immigration service provider I have ever seen. She is very nice and helpful and highly professional. She helped me a lot to move in Canada with family. I am always thankful to her. I am highly recommended if anyone need any immigration services only choose Rashid Urosevic LLP because they are best.
Jelena has been wonderful. She's experienced (also has years of experience working for the immigration thus understand both sides' perspectives), expertise knowledge in her area, responsible and very efficient. I stepped into a meeting with her and within 5 minutes I knew I would be in good hands going with her. She helped me with my entire process with patience, efficiency and very clear, on point effort and good sense of direction in terms of what comes next. We received successful result with our application. I would recommend her and her firm without a doubt. Jelena is trustworthy, you would be in good hands.
I would rate Jelena 10 stars if I could. She has been just ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
We hired her to assist with my cousin's immigration - work permit extension, and permanent residency. As someone who experiences anxiety, Jelena was so incredibly knowledgeable and was able to put my mind at ease. She laid out all of my options and gave me potential outcomes of each action.
In addition, when we had our first initial consultation, she even took the time to write out in detail all the advice and recommendations she had! It was from that first impression that I realized how organized, professional and dedicated she is. She even took the time to answer all the questions I had for her via email and on the phone. There was no judgement and I always felt like our case was important to her.
She has been a lifesaver! With her expertise and support, my cousin was able to get a work permit extension and her PR!
Thank you Jelena!
From Aloha and Rey.
Jelena is very professional, knowledgeable and responsible. She helped my husband and me with our process very successfully. Jelena explains and reasons every step of the process in detail and all the possible solutions. She is very efficient and always gets to the point. If you need an excellent immigration lawyer, I highly recommend Jelena.
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