Immigration Law for UBC Administrators

Date & Time

Friday, 23 April 2021 - 9:00am to Friday, 23 April 2021 - 12:00pm

Location

Online via Zoom

Organizer

Postdoctoral Fellows Office

 

Immigration lawyer Marina L. Sedai (Senior Lawyer and Principal, Sedai Law Office) covers a variety of topics related to immigration for administrators at UBC.

This session is comprised of a presentation, followed by a question and answer period.

FACILITATOR

Marina Sedai

Marina Sedai is a Past National Chair for the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Section (2018-2019) and has been practicing exclusively immigration and citizenship law for 16 years. 

Marina is the principal and owner of Sedai Law Office, a boutique immigration firm in Surrey, British Columbia.  Her practice focuses on businesses, families, and individual clients with a variety of needs:  temporary residence (students, workers, visitors) and permanent residence (economic and family classes primarily), employer compliance, citizenship, and overcoming criminal inadmissibility.

Marina’s frequently writes and speaks for continuing legal education programs for the public and legal community, including the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Section (national and provincial) and the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC.  From 2012-2014, she was an instructor at the University of British Columbia Certificate in Immigration:  Laws, Policies, and Procedures teaching classes for economic immigration, inadmissibilities, and citizenship.

REGISTRATION

Registration in this session is required and is now open. Those successfully registered will receive an email confirmation from the PDFO within a week of the session date.

Please note that this session is designed for university administrators. Postdoctoral Fellows, please register for the Immigration Law for Postdoctoral Fellows session on April 8, 2021 for postdoc-specific content.

Accessibility

If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your full participation in the event, please email postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca in advance of the event.

DELIVERY FORMAT

Due to the ongoing situation surrounding COVID-19, this session will be delivered online via Zoom. The following suggestions may help to improve the online experience:

  • Use headphones to reduce noise and avoid feedback between your mic and speaker.
  • Ensure that you are in a quiet location so that the audio does not get polluted with unwanted noise.
  • Keep your microphone on mute unless you are speaking during the session.
  • In case of technical problems, time for plugin downloads, etc., please attempt to log into the Zoom meeting 10-15 minutes before the start. You will be placed in the waiting room until the official start time.