An independent Canadian immigration practice built around productized reviews, fixed-window engagements, and transparent hourly work. Less full representation — more leverage in your hands. Regulated by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants, based in Toronto and operating across Canada.
Applicants are the best representatives
of their own files. They know their
story, their documents, and their
motivations better than any consultant
ever will.
Most practices are built to make that irrelevant. This one isn’t. The default here is a flat-fee review — same licensed eyes, no lock-in, no retainer. Representation exists for the files that genuinely need it, and only those.
You don’t need someone to carry the file. You need to know exactly where it stands.
Most consultants want clients dependent on them. SJP Immigration is built the opposite way — productized reviews, fixed-window engagements, and transparent hourly work for the cases that genuinely need it.
The gateway to everything. 50 minutes of honest eligibility triage, red-flag identification, and a plain-English action plan. Fee credited toward any Representation engagement booked within 30 days.
A live screenshare session where Steven cross-references your documents in real time. Diagnosis, risk flags, and tactical next steps — not orientation.
Your file, your call. Fixed window, set sessions, direct access. A clear end, not an open meter. Everything in the matching Hawkeye Review package, plus ongoing collaboration.
All fees in CAD, tax-inclusive. Evening and Saturday appointments available. Full transcript and notes included with every session. View full services & pricing →
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Leave a Google reviewOver a thousand consultations and hundreds of clients later, the practice still runs the way it started: one licensed consultant, one file at a time. The numbers and the receipts below are the reason the productized model works.
Long-form writing on Canadian immigration policy, practice, and the mechanics of the federal system.
A baseless work permit extension, including a baseless Bridging Open Work Permit, is a status-maintenance strategy for applicants who are close to eligibility for a real work permit but not quite there yet. This piece explains when it works, when it does not, and the three worked examples I see most often: Francophone Mobility with pending language scores, PNP-supported extension with a pending nomination certificate, and CEC applicants with a strong CRS but no ITA yet.
Sometimes called a 'fake extension,' the baseless extension is a work permit application filed to maintain status in Canada while a genuine underlying authorization is still being obtained. It is codified for some file types, acceptable in practice for others, and risky when used outside the narrow circumstances it fits. Written by RCIC Steven J. Paolasini.
The Express Entry system in 2026 looks fundamentally different from the system most applicants prepared for. This piece explains what changed, who benefited, who got pushed out, and what CEC candidates in Canada should expect from the rest of 2026.
