Permanent Residency Obligations and Appeals and Canadian Citizenship

CATEGORY

SEMINAR

FORMAT

LIVE

CPD HOURS

2 Hours

STREAM DATE

DECEMBER 3, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. PT

EXPIRATION DATE

DECEMBER 3, 2026

FREE REGISTRATION

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The December 3, 2025 Immigration Practitioner Centre Continuing Professional Development Seminar’s Event Title is ‘Permanent Residency Obligations and Appeals and Canadian Citizenship'.

The focus of this seminar is to expand Immigration Practitioners’ understanding of Permanent Resident Obligations and Appeals, as well as Canadian Citizenship.

The December 3, 2025 seminar features two highly qualified presenters who provide practical guidance and current insights:

  • Hannah Lindy, Lawyer – Permanent Resident Travel Document and Permanent Resident Card Renewal Refusals; Residency Appeals to the Immigration Appeal Division; Case Law and Other Remedies
  • Fred Y-F Li, RCIC-IRB, Adjunct Instructor (CPD and Immigration Certificate Programs) – Canadian Citizenship: Overview, Updates, and Trends; Renunciation, Revocation, and Restoration

The presentations are followed by a panel discussion with both speakers, including a dedicated Question-and-Answer session.

This seminar highlights the key distinctions in application processes, processing timelines, and residency obligations for Permanent Residents and Canadian Citizens.

Pending approval for 2.0 CPD Hours by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants and the Law Society of BC. 
OUR SPEAKERS

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Fred Y-F Li 

RCIC-IRB 

Canadian Citizenship – Overview, Updates, and Trends 

Fred Li is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) and Managing Director & Partner at an immigration practice firm in Richmond, BC. Fred obtained a Certificate from the UBC Immigration Practitioner Program in 2011 and became a practicing member of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC).

Fred Li has extensive experience specializing in Hearings & Appeals before the Immigration & Refugee Board of Canada, Immigration Investigations that are before the Canada Border Services Agency, Humanitarian & Compassionate applications, Family Class applications, various Skilled Worker applications that are applied through Express Entry or Provincial Nominee programs, Work & Study permit applications, Criminal Rehabilitation, Medical Inadmissibility, Citizenship applications, various Business Immigration applications and preparing Judicial Review applications before the Federal Court of Canada.

Fred is an avid volunteer and volunteers for non-profit organizations such as the Immigrant Services Society of BC and Access Pro Bono. 

Hannah Lindy 

Lawyer 

Permanent Resident Travel Document and Permanent Resident Card Renewal Refusals and Residency Appeals to the IAD
Hannah is an immigration and refugee lawyer based in Vancouver. Prior to joining Larlee Rosenberg, Hannah worked in Toronto for several years as an associate lawyer at a leading immigration law firm, where she also articled with associate counsel Lorne Waldman.

Hannah provides services in all areas of immigration, refugee, and citizenship law and she represents clients before the Federal Court and all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board.

Hannah’s practice focuses on assisting clients with applications for temporary and permanent residence, including humanitarian and compassionate, family sponsorship, and economic applications, as well as refugee claims, pre-removal risk assessments, and removal proceedings.

Hannah also has experience with complex admissibility matters and citizenship revocation proceedings. Hannah has a particular interest in gender-based refugee claims and in serving members of the LGBTQ community in a broad range of immigration and refugee matters. 

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