Biography
Peter practices exclusively in the area of immigration law, where he has been widely recognized as being involved as an advocate for immigrants, corporate clients, ethnic communities and religious organizations in Calgary. As a Canadian immigration practitioner, Peter and his team have prepared and filed all types of immigration and temporary status applications. This includes federal skilled worker, Canadian Experience Class, family class sponsorships (spouses, children, and parents), business class, provincial nominations, special programs, and humanitarian and compassionate applications for permanent residence.
Peter’s practice includes the preparation and filing of work permit applications, study permit applications, temporary resident permits (criminal and medical inadmissibility), temporary resident visas (visitor’s visas), rehabilitation applications (criminal inadmissibility), work visas to the United States (CUSMA (TN), and intra-company transfers (L1)). Peter is regularly sought out by other immigration practitioners, lawyers, and consultants for advice on challenging immigration matters, which he takes great satisfaction in helping to solve. His current clientele includes major resource and logistics companies, members of the Punjabi and broader Asian communities, and a loyal base of clients who have trusted him for decades.
Peter has appeared before the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Immigration and Refugee Board (Immigration Appeal Division, Immigration Division, and Refugee Division), the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, and the Provincial Court of Alberta. He has over 40 years of experience with immigration and citizenship litigation at all levels of appeal and judicial review.
Peter received his King’s Counsel designation in 2003 and was the recipient of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in the 70th year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign in 2022. Memberships have included the national and local sections of the Immigration Section of the Canadian Bar Association and the Calgary Bar Association, and he has authored several papers for the Canadian Bar Association.
Peter has been previously awarded Immigration Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, and is annually recognized by several lawyer rating associations as having expertise in Immigration Law.
In his leisure time, he is a member of the Alberta Tennis Centre and the McKenzie Meadows Golf Course. He has travelled to over 30 countries in the world.
Education
- LL.B, Queen’s University, 1983
Professional Memberships
- Law Society of Alberta
- Canadian Bar Association
Highlights
- Fong v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1990] F.C.J. No. 641
- Singh Rai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 14710
- Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 CanLII 26801 (CA IRB)
- Dhaliwal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 CanLII 26778 (CA IRB)
- Mahesh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 CanLII 47181 (CA IRB)
- Huang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 CanLII 68681 (CA IRB)
- Sangha v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 CanLII 71201 (CA IRB)
- Huynh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 CanLII 71412 (CA IRB)
- Bath v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 CanLII 56962 (CA IRB)
- Howlett c Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration), 2005 CanLII 94024 (CA IRB)
- Liu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 CanLII 59754 (CA IRB)
- Pangly v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 CanLII 62399 (CA IRB)
- Parmar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 CanLII 52311 (CA IRB)
- Cheung v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 CanLII 59810 (CA IRB)
- Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 CanLII 59809 (CA IRB)
- Balla v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 CanLII 48231 (CA IRB)
- Nagra v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2007 CanLII 69181 (CA IRB)
- Grewal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 CanLII 67722 (CA IRB)
- Toor (Dhesi) v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 CanLII 68341 (CA IRB)
- Su v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 CanLII 76371 (CA IRB)
- Chohan v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 CanLII 70410 (CA IRB)
- Pham v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 CanLII 13329 (CA IRB)
- Nguyen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 CanLII 76380 (CA IRB)
- Sandhu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 CanLII 76379 (CA IRB)
- Louie v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 CanLII 76674 (CA IRB)
- Brar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 CanLII 44035 (CA IRB)
- Gill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 CanLII 77858 (CA IRB)
- Truong v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 CanLII 43326 (CA IRB)
- X (Re), 2009 CanLII 90572 (CA IRB)
- Cervo v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2009 CanLII 84294 (CA IRB)
- Shergill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 CanLII 85436 (CA IRB)
- Wong v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 CanLII 43328 (CA IRB)
- Tat v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 CanLII 82050 (CA IRB)
- Bains v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 CanLII 76254 (CA IRB)
- Aulakh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 CanLII 72209 (CA IRB)
- Fung v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 CanLII 88978 (CA IRB)
- Bhuller v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 CanLII 84326 (CA IRB)
- Peng v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 86387 (CA IRB)
- Tu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 69780 (CA IRB)
- Nguyen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 95121 (CA IRB)
- Bath v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 95530 (CA IRB)
- Johal v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2010 CanLII 94360 (CA IRB)
- Nneka v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 83151 (CA IRB)
- Cheema v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 94358 (CA IRB)
- Virk v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 83346 (CA IRB)
- Sangha v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2010 CanLII 95657 (CA IRB)
- Zidoune v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 94529 (CA IRB)
- Endale v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 95946 (CA IRB)
- Gill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 69797 (CA IRB)
- Sahota v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 74225 (CA IRB)
- Sidhu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 82737 (CA IRB)
- Sandhu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 CanLII 74217 (CA IRB)
- Tang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 CanLII 91642 (CA IRB)
- Tamber v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 CanLII 93622 (CA IRB)
- Parmar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 CanLII 80377 (CA IRB)
- Gill v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 CanLII 88138 (CA IRB)
- Bhangoo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 CanLII 71702 (CA IRB)
- Brar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 CanLII 84817 (CA IRB)
- Kha v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 CanLII 91714 (CA IRB)
- Batool v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 CanLII 101861 (CA IRB)
- Dhaliwal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 CanLII 86633 (CA IRB)
- Chen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 CanLII 91690 (CA IRB)
- Wu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 CanLII 85968 (CA IRB)
- Gill v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 CanLII 101777 (CA IRB)
- X (Re), 2012 CanLII 91975 (CA IRB)
- Gill v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2012 CanLII 61946 (CA IRB)
- Mann v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 CanLII 99492 (CA IRB)
- Shanks v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 CanLII 101689 (CA IRB)
- Gill v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 CanLII 99756 (CA IRB)
- Bengag v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 CanLII 99819 (CA IRB)
- Yee v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 CanLII 99645 (CA IRB)
- Chaudhari v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 CanLII 97297 (CA IRB)
- Gonzales v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2014 CanLII 104503 (CA IRB)
- Dhami v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 CanLII 94035 (CA IRB)
- Topgyal v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 CanLII 99181 (CA IRB)
- Huang v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 CanLII 104478 (CA IRB)
- Brar v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 CanLII 86528 (CA IRB)
- Rai v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 CanLII 95445 (CA IRB)
- Vinay v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 CanLII 94383 (CA IRB)
- Cheema v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 CanLII 104459 (CA IRB)
- Shim v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2015 CanLII 98058 (CA IRB)
- Nguyen v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 CanLII 90686 (CA IRB)
- Wan v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2015 CanLII 97949 (CA IRB)
- Pham v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 CanLII 90697 (CA IRB)
- Plaha v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 CanLII 94697 (CA IRB)
- Truong v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 CanLII 105802 (CA IRB)
- An v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 CanLII 93316 (CA IRB)
- Sraun v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2016 CanLII 78340 (CA IRB)
- Zhang v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 CanLII 102456 (CA IRB)
- Gill v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 CanLII 35051 (CA IRB)
- Tiwana v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 CanLII 73681 (CA IRB)
- Gill v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 CanLII 102922 (CA IRB)
- Liang v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 CanLII 15424 (CA IRB)
- Bhullar v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 CanLII 35039 (CA IRB)
- Sandhu v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 CanLII 100876 (CA IRB)
- Dhillon v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 CanLII 90969 (CA IRB)
- Fu v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 CanLII 19140 (CA IRB)
- Kahlon v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 CanLII 23050 (CA IRB)
- To v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 CanLII 23103 (CA IRB)
- Sian v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 CanLII 81927 (CA IRB)Randhawa v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 CanLII 131204 (CA IRB)
- Tran v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 CanLII 30546 (CA IRB)
- Ngo v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2018 CanLII 57550 (CA IRB)
- Sran v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 CanLII 128366 (CA IRB)
- Bui v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 CanLII 55299 (CA IRB)
- Gahunia v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 CanLII 54196 (CA IRB)
- Sharma v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 CanLII 129221 (CA IRB)
- Manhani v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 CanLII 82240 (CA IRB)
- Sahota v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 CanLII 82117 (CA IRB)
- Wakeel (Re), [1993] F.C.J. No. 656
- Canada ( Minister of Citizenship and Immigration ) v. Hundal, 1995 CanLII 3609 (FC)
- Sohal v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1996] F.C.J. No. 984
- Suen v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1996] F.C.J. No. 464
- Khaira v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1996] F.C.J. No. 1468
- Ko (Re), [1996] F.C.J. No. 1653
- Pascale v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1997 CanLII 5792 (FC)
- Parmar c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration), 1997 CanLII 6108
- Jarrett v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1997 CanLII 5782 (FC)
- Singh Parmar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 1997 CanLII 16636 (FC)
- Ly v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1998] F.C.J. No. 568
- Bun v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1998] F.C.J. No. 591
- Ashton v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1998] F.C.J. No. 249
- Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Li, [1999] F.C.J. No. 1712
- Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Mahey, 1999 CanLII 8064 (FC)
- Deol v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 8127 (FC)
- Ly v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2000 CanLII 16474
- Huyen v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 FCT 904
- Chow v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2001] F.C.J. No. 1384
- Mohamed v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 FCT 983
- Wang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 FCT 1048
- Dhaliwal v. Singh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 FCT 1425
- Dang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 FCT 681
- Chen v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 FCT 267
- Qin v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 FCT 815
- Ajani v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 FCT 682
- Ang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 FCT 949
- Pelishko v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 FCT 88
- Amro v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 FCT 298
- Do v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 1269
- Mojzisik v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 48
- Jhattu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FC 853
- Sandhu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 1032
- Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Wshah, 2007 FC 1305
- Airapetyan v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 FC 42
- Gelaw v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 FC 1000
- Huang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2009 FC 135
- Gelaw v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 FC 1120
- Dhillon v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 FC 1049
- Sencio Hechavarria v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2010 FC 767
- Sran v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 791
- Parmar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 133
- Sran v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 791
- Phung v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 585
- Kahlon v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 578
- Malhi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 712
- Guerrero v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 1048
- Kapoor v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 1002
- Anand v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 372
- Bakal v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 FC 417
- Adair v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2020 FC 999
- Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 691
- Wen v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2023] F.C.J. No. 1209
FCA
- Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Hundal, 1996 CanLII 3905 (FCA)
- Protopappas Estate (Re), [1987] 78 AR 60 (ABQB)
- Wagstaff v. Jeffery, 1989 CanLII 3350 (ABQB)
- Fern Investments Ltd. v. Golden Nugget Restaurant (1987) Ltd., 1992 CanLII 6200 (ABQB)
- Jones v. Green, 1993 CanLII 7222 (ABQB)
- Fu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2017] I.A.D.D. No. 515
- Topgyal v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2014] I.A.D.D. No. 1475
- Howlett v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2005] I.A.D.D. No. 1500
- Bhullar v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2016] I.A.D.D. No. 334
- Gill v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2016] I.A.D.D. No. 331
- An v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2015] I.A.D.D. No. 1290
- Bains v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2009] I.A.D.D. No. 887
- Bath v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 3114
- Batool v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2012] I.A.D.D. No. 2786
- Bengag v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2013] I.A.D.D. No. 2122
- Brar v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2014] I.A.D.D. No. 201
- Bui v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2019] I.A.D.D. No. 253
- Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Mann, [2023] I.D.D. No. 45
- Chaudhari v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2013] I.A.D.D. No. 380
- Cheema v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 2386
- Chen v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2012] I.A.D.D. No. 1586
- Dhami v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2014] I.A.D.D. No. 727
- Dhillon v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2016] I.A.D.D. No. 1672
- Endale v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 3178
- Fung v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2009] I.A.D.D. No. 2929
- Gahunia v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2019] I.A.D.D. No. 407
- Gill v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 240
- Gill v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2011] I.A.D.D. No. 1768
- Gill v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2012] I.A.D.D. No. 2756
- Gonzales v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), [2014] I.A.D.D. No. 1949
- Huang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2014] I.A.D.D. No. 1936
- Johal v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 2388
- Kahlon v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2017] I.A.D.D. No. 507
- Liang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2016] I.A.D.D. No. 139
- Manhani v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2019] I.A.D.D. No. 703
- Mann v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2012] I.A.D.D. No. 1930
- Ngo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2018] I.A.D.D. No. 591
- Nguyen v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 2831
- Nneka v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 824
- Parmar v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2011] I.A.D.D. No. 1157
- Pham v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2015] I.A.D.D. No. 1003
- Plaha v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2015] I.A.D.D. No. 1716
- Rai v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2014] I.A.D.D. No. 868
- Randhawa v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2018] I.A.D.D. No. 1698
- Sahota v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 363
- Sandhu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 364
- Sangha v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), [2010] I.A.D.D. No. 3144
- Sharma v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2019] I.A.D.D. No. 1497
- Shergill v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2009] I.A.D.D. No. 2594
- Sian v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2018] I.A.D.D. No. 883
- Singh v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), [2021] I.A.D.D. No. 1270
- Sran v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2019] I.A.D.D. No. 1337
- Sraun v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), [2016] I.A.D.D. No. 1218
- Tang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2011] I.A.D.D. No. 2857
- Tat v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2009] I.A.D.D. No. 1499
- Tiwana v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2016] I.A.D.D. No. 866
- To v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2017] I.A.D.D. No. 512
- Tran v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2018] I.A.D.D. No. 236
- Truong v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2015] I.A.D.D. No. 2017
- Wan v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), [2015] I.A.D.D. No. 1689
- Wu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2012] I.A.D.D. No. 1425
- Yee v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2013] I.A.D.D. No. 1638
- Fosu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2024] I.A.D.D. No. 1980
- Liu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1995] I.A.D.D. No. 1138
Presentations
- “LMIAs and Temporary Foreign Workers in the time of COVID-19,” CBA Immigration and Citizenship Law Section (South), May 2020.
- “Appeals before the Immigration Appeal Division – Procedure and Practice Tips to present an effective appeal,” CBA Immigration and Citizenship Law Section (South), April 2017.
Recognition
Best Lawyers in Canada™
- Lawyer of the Year, Immigration Law (2016,2018)
- Immigration Law (2010 – )