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Building Bridges - and - The 4 Whys of Canada and this firm's immigration lawyers' services

The Mission of Lowe & Company is to Build Bridges, assisting people to immigrate to Canada and to settle.

• Why Canada?
• Why Now?
• Why Lowe & Company?
• Why Investor Immigration?
• see also Canada work permits & NAFTA work visas
• see also September 2003 NEWS announcement from Canada's Immigration Minister Changes in Points required of Independent Skilled Workers

Our clients come from over 50 different countries, and our staff speak Mandarin, Cantonese and several dialects of Chinese, as well as English, Polish and Arabic.

Founder Jeffrey Lowe is a business lawyer, and has a business degree from the University of British Columbia. He has taught Business Immigration Law to lawyers, immigrations officials, and immigration consultants in Canada and abroad since 1990, and he regularly travels abroad to service his clients.

Immigration Practice - Firm Profile

• see Business Immigration Division
• see Global Human Resources Team
  
• see Litigation Team
  
• see Notary & Immigration Consultants

Business Immigrant Division - and - Global Human Resources Team

Jeffrey S. Lowe, Immigration Lawyer, Barrister & Solicitor, heads both the above service areas of Lowe & Company.

Lowe & Company was founded in 1990 with a mission:  To be a bridge between Asia and Canada, helping Asians to immigrate and do business in Canada, and to help Canadians to come to Asia to do business. To that end, we have staff from Singapore, Brunei, Hong Kong and Canada, and we service our clients in Mandarin, Cantonese, Fukien, Teochew, and Malaysian, as well as English. Over the past 15 years, founder Jeffrey Lowe has acted for hundreds of clients from over 18 countries, and traveled extensively throughout Asia.

Jeffrey S. Lowe is a 3rd Generation Chinese Canadian, and has been a practicing lawyer since 1983. He was educated at the University of British Columbia, located in Vancouver, B.C., where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce as well as a Bachelor of Laws.  He has in the past been involved in various community groups, including the Chinese Cultural Centre, SUCCESS, the S.J.Lew Chinese Language School, Lung Kong Tien Yee Association, and many other associations in the Chinese Community.

Mr. Lowe is also an active member of the Vancouver Chinese Christian Church community.  In addition, he has acted as counsel to many churches in Greater Vancouver, some of which have congregations which exceed 1,000 members.  Because of his work with these groups, Mr. Lowe is keenly aware of the social, cultural and spiritual problems and issues which arise in new immigrant families.

Mr. Lowe is a believer in educating the public, as well as other lawyers, on Canadian Immigration matters, and has written several articles on the topic in both English and Chinese. He has taught Immigration Law to lawyers and consultants in Canada and the USA, for the Continuing Legal Education Society, the Washington State Bar Association, he has taught a course on the Immigrant Investor Program to immigration lawyers and consultants in February, 1998 for the Immigration Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association in Vancouver.  In addition, he has spoken to groups in Canada, the USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore about Canada's business Immigration program.

Mr. Lowe is an active member of the Immigration Subsection of the CBA, and has worked with the Subsection to prepare submissions regarding changes to Immigration laws and regulations, including those of the Legislative Review Committee Report.

In the course of his practice, Mr. Lowe has traveled extensively throughout Asia.  In 1993, he accompanied Mr. Gordon Campbell, then mayor of Vancouver, on a trade mission from Vancouver to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, and brought the Honourable Dwain Lingenfelter, then Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan, to Indonesia in 1996.

Mr. Lowe also understands the concerns of the Business community. As a business lawyer with a business degree, he understands the nature of international trade, and the needs of the Asian business community. He has participated in groups such as the Canada Taiwan Trade Association, the Taiwanese Entrepreneurs and Investors Association, the China Canada Trade Council, and the Hong Kong Canada Trade Association

Notary Public & Registered Canada Immigration Consultants

| Vivien Lee, Notary Public | Nader Waba | Rita Cheng |

Vivien Lee, Notary Public

Ms. Lee is a certified notary public in the province of BC as well as a registered Canada Immigration Consultant (as noted in the regulations of Citizenship and Immigration Canada www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/consultants/
paid-reps.html] for people who qualify to be paid to provide advice and assitance to immigration applicanats.
Her registration-membership number with the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants Société canadienne de consultants en immigration [www.csic-scci.ca is [ref: Lee, Vivien - membership no. M041898 (fr. membership list 2005.01.21 website) ]

Ms. Lee has worked with clients on immigration matters and procedures from the Asia Pacific region such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia for the past 15 years.  Ms Lee has also worked in various corporations including large financial institutions in the Far East.

Born and raised in Singapore, Ms. Lee understands, very well, the Asian culture and way of life.  Besides English, Ms. Lee is fluent in Malay as well as several Chinese languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, Fukien and Teochew.

REGISTERED-CERTIFIED CANADA IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS
2005 updates

Vivien Lee, N.P. (BC Notary Public) & Registered Canada Immigration Consultant
profile  Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants / Société canadienne de consultants en immigration : Membership ID Number # M041898

Rita Cheng, Registerd Canada Immigration Consultant
profile  Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants / Société canadienne de consultants en immigration : Membership ID Number #M042409.

" Rita Cheng is a member of Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, the regulatory body for Immigration Consultants in Canada. For the past eight years, she has handled all aspects of immigration cases, including Independent Skilled Workers, Investor Immigration, Entrepreneur Immigration, Work Permits and Family Sponsorship cases.

Originally from Hong Kong, Rita came to Canada in the early 1990’s as a client of Lowe and Company. As an immigrant herself, she empathizes with our clients who are facing the stress of adjusting to a new country, culture, and lifestyles. Strongly service-oriented with excellent organizational skills, Rita handles our clients’ cases with compassion as well as efficiency. Fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, Rita has handled clients from the USA, Asia, the Middle East, and South America. " (authorized quote from CanadaVisaLaw.com website updated 2005.08.12)

Professional Staff Support

Backed by a team of professional, knowledgeable and friendly support staff, Lowe & Company offers the best in Canadian Business and Immigration advice.

The material contained herein is based upon the Canadian Immigration Laws.  Canadian laws change regularly, and so this web-site is intended for information purposes only.  Please consult with Lowe & Company as to the specifies of your situation applicable at the time of application

LOWE and COMPANY

Canada Immigration and Business Lawyers

Jeffrey S. Lowe, Barrister & Solicitor

Suite 900 - 777 West Broadway,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
V5Z 4J7

Tel 604.875.9338
E-mail info@canadavisalaw.com
Web Site CanadaVisaLaw.com

Lowe & Company, Canada's Immigration Lawyers & Immigration Consultants

See also articles on different Immigration Applicant Categories for Canada from Lowe & Company's Lawyers

Read articles about Canada's Immigration Laws & Regulations from CanadaVisaLaw.com

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Canadian government web sites of interest

• The Canada Government Web Site - Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  cicnet.ci.gc.ca/english/index.html
• Canada Legal Reference Information and Lawyers Web sites
  
• www.canadalegal.info
• The Canada Business Information - STRATEGIS web site - Sponsored by the Government of Canada
  www.strategis.ic.gc.ca
• Canadian Government Regulations on - who is qualified to be paid as an "Canada Immigration Consultant"
  see regulating paid immigration consulting services

Please Note The information on this site was initially designed for viewers with older computers and as a backup to a Lowe's Canada Immigration Lawyers' web site that used "frames". 

In 2003 Lowe and Company launched its new web site at www.canadavisalaw.com.  In 2005 August, this website underwent major updates and content additions.  and in 2012-2013 the CanadaVisaLaw.com website has continued to be updated in its information, and its overall look and feel, as the firm has now increased to 3 lawyers, as well as 2 very experienced Canada Immigration Consultants, one of whom is also a Notary Public.
We strongly recommend you go to this site for the latest information about how this group Canada immigration lawyers and business consultants might help you in your application to come to Canada.

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