Overview
Mabel Kyei is a lawyer in our Immigration Group in our Toronto office. Mabel’s practice focuses on Canadian business and personal immigration matters including temporary resident visas, work permits, Labour Market Impact Assessments, permanent residency applications, provincial nominations, citizenship applications, admissibility matters and compliance matters.
Mabel provides strategic immigration advice on a variety of issues related to the cross-border movement of personnel, to meet both short-term and long-term client needs. She has worked with clients in a wide range of industries such as information technology, engineering, health care, sports and entertainment, manufacturing and post-secondary education.
Professional achievements & leadership
- The Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch – Immigration Law, 2022, 2024-2025; Labour and Employment Law, 2024-2025
Thought leadership
- Co-Author, "Immigration program expansion provides new path to permanent residency for foreign nationals in transportation and logistics", March 14, 2023
- Co-Author, "Canadian Immigration: 5 recent updates you should know about", November 17, 2022
- Co-Author, "Employers, take note: New rules for foreign workers and travel to Canada", September 29, 2022
- Co-Author, “COVID-19’s impact on trucking industry: Part two”, The Lawyer’s Daily, October 23, 2020
- Co-Author, “COVID-19’s impact on trucking industry: Part one”, The Lawyer’s Daily, October 22, 2020
- Presenter, “Ask Me Anything Session: The Global Talent Stream Program”, Communitech Corporation, September 29, 2020
- Speaker, “4th Annual Legal Updates Seminar”, Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Association, November 22, 2019
- Co-Author, “Immigration Option for Entrepreneurs: Federal Start-up Visa Program”, Federation of Canadian-Brazilian Businesses, November 20, 2019
- Co-Author “Ontario changes immigration laws to tackle truck driver shortage” The Lawyer’s Daily, November 19, 2019
- Co-Author, "Combatting Truck Driver Shortages: Recent Changes to Ontario’s Immigration Legislation”, Transportation & Logistics Communiqué, August 28, 2019
- Co-Presenter, Miller Thomson V-Series Breakfast Seminar (Vaughan), May 30, 2019
- Contributor, Chapter 17 - Immigration, Business Laws of Canada, West (a Thomson Reuters business), 2018 - present
- Speaker, "Temporary Entry to Canada for Business Persons (Or... How Not To Get Stuck At the Border)", Miller Thomson's National Corporate Counsel CPD Series, September 26, 2018
- Speaker, “Fearless Women Series: A Woman’s Place is Everywhere”, The Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa), October 27, 2013
- Co-Author, “Rodriguez Hernandez v Canada and R v Appulonappa: Case Comment”, Immigration Law Reporter Published by Carswell, Thompson Reuters, May 2013
Community involvement
- Judge, Canadian National Qualifying Tournament of the 2020 and 2021 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot
- Mentor, Black Future Lawyers Network
- Volunteer Lawyer, Canadian Bar Association Pro Bono Initiative – Ukraine International Airlines Tragedy
- Member, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
Professional memberships
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
Bar admissions & education
- Ontario, 2014
- J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, 2013
- B. Commerce (Hons.), Carleton University, 2010
