Date: 16 September 2026
Time: noon - 5:30 pm Pacific time (web stream and in-person!)
Cost: $150.00
Location:
Hotel Willo
Royal & Canfor Meeting Rooms
733 Beatty Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 2M4
Canada
CPD approval:
- CICC - 5 CPD hours approved. 60 minutes of professionalism included. Recording valid until 15 September 2027.
- LSBC - 5 CPD hours approved. Recording valid until 31 December 2026. Attendance to this course will provide you with 60 minutes of ethics and professional responsibility component for your BC Law Society reporting.
- Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia
For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements.
Outline
11:30am - noon - In person registration
Noon - 1:30 pm
Topic: Strategy Lab - Writing letters of submission and PFL replies
Presenters: Fred Li & Tiffany Chi
Duration: 90 minutes.
- High-level elements of a submission letter.
- Identifying the goal.
- Building the legislative framework.
- Structuring a strong submission letter.
- Applying legal analysis.
- Using evidence persuasively.
- Q & A
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Topic AI and Technology: Using AI in your practice – Do’s and Definitely don’ts.
Presenters: To be confirmed
Duration: 60 minutes
- AI-assisted immigration practice (what tasks can appropriately and ethically be delegated?)
- AI risk spectrum.
- Technology beyond Gen-AI.
- Live Demonstration (TBC).
- Q & A
2:30 - 2:45 pm Health Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm
Topic: Fall Outlook and into 2027
Presenters: Richard Kurland
Duration: 60 minutes
- IRCC priorities for the remainder of 2026
- Express Entry trends
- Provincial nominee program updates
- Preparing clients for 2027 policy changes
- Q & A
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Topic: Round Table – starting a practice
Presenters: Kelvin Wu
Duration: 90 minutes
- Decision to start a practice: your career trajectory.
- Choosing your practice model.
- Building an “office”.
- Getting your first clients.
- The clients you shouldn’t take.
- Building a network.
- Q & A
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Q & A
Thanks and farewell!
CICC Essential Competency mapping
RCIC
Foundational Knowledge
1.3 Interprets Canadian immigration and refugee legislation, regulations and policies.
1.3.4 Accurately applies immigration, refugee and citizenship legislation, regulation and policies to various cases.
Legal research and Informatics
3.2 Determines and locates reliable information and applicable law or policies that address the objective of research.
3.2.1 Identifies reliable research tools to obtain primary and secondary sources of law and other information that is relevant to the issue and the client case.
Professionalism
6.1 Demonstrates and maintains competence in practice
6.1.2 Stays current and complies with legislations, regulation, professional standards, policies and guidelines.
6.1.8 Keeps current with evolving technology and emerging trends in immigration.
6.5 Recognizes and maintains professional boundaries in practice.
Communication, Counselling and Advocacy
8.2 Uses effective counselling skills when interacting with the client.
8.2.4 Dynamically assesses and sorts through the information for importance and relevancy to the issues
Speakers:
Tiffany Osman-Chi RCIC- IRB: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetiffanychi/
Richard Kurland LLB: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-kurland-b869769/
Fred Li RCIC-IRB: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-y-f-li-rcic-irb-2b29608/
Kelvin Wu RCIC: https://www.linkedin.com/in/klvnw/
While speakers and topics are confirmed at the time of publication, sometimes things happen which are beyond the control of Imm Seminars. If that happens substitutions or cancellations to speaker/s and/or topic/s may be necessary. In those cases, Imm Seminars will advise all registrants by email as soon as possible. We will also update the Imm Seminars website. We appreciate your cooperation in these cases.
