(hereafter jointly referred to as “CLIENTS”)
AND
FWCANADA Inc., a federally registered corporation, having its head office at 6600 Boulevard Decarie Suite 140, Montreal, Quebec H3X 2K4, herein represented on her own account by Attorney Marisa Feil.
(hereafter referred to as “ATTORNEY”)
PREAMBLE:
CLIENTS hereby agree to retain ATTORNEY to provide legal counsel and representation in the application for a Canadian Permanent Resident Visa and ATTORNEY does hereby agree to provide such services, the whole subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Agreement”):
1. ENGAGEMENT OF ATTORNEY
CLIENTS hereby agree to engage ATTORNEY to provide legal representation and to carry out the necessary activities with respect to CLIENTS’ application for a Canadian Permanent Resident Visa as member(s) of the Family Class, this service shall be provided exclusively in Canada.
2. DUTIES OF ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY shall:
(i). Assess the qualifications of CLIENTS;
(ii). Assist CLIENTS in the preparation of the relevant application form(s);
(iii). Advise CLIENTS on the documents required in support of the application;
(iv). Review and analyze documents received in support of CLIENTS’ application;
(v). ATTORNEY shall use best efforts to obtain Canadian Permanent Residence Visa for CLIENTS, but cannot guarantee success or timelines.
3. DUTIES OF CLIENTS
CLIENTS shall:
(i). Provide ATTORNEY with all information and documentation requested by ATTORNEY and/or by the Government of Canada in an honest, timely, truthful, and accurate manner;
(ii). At the expense of CLIENTS, supporting documentation shall be translated into English or French, if required;
(iii). Disclose to ATTORNEY all information relating to any and all current or prior criminal charges and/or convictions in any country, any serious mental or physical health problems suffered by CLIENTS and/or any of his accompanying family members, and prior refusals to enter Canada, unauthorized admissions, deportations from Canada or any other country;
(iv). Follow ATTORNEY’s reasonable instructions;
(v). Meet all obligations imposed by the Canadian government with respect to the Sponsorship of Family Class Members; and
(vi). Pay ATTORNEY all Fees set forth in the section 4 herein below. CLIENTS
acknowledges and agrees that: it is his responsibility to ensure that the Fees arrive in full at ATTORNEY’s principal place of business; only ATTORNEY is authorized to issue receipt(s) for payment of the Fees and that such receipt(s) will only be issued upon the deposit in trust by ATTORNEY; ATTORNEY shall only be obligated to CLIENTS once the Fees are deposited in trust.
4. ATTORNEY FEES
CLIENTS agree to pay Fees as follows (the “Fees”):
– TO FWCANADA INC. IN TRUST: The sum of CAD 2000 upon execution of this AGREEMENT by CLIENTS to ATTORNEY. This includes Temporary Status Renewal incidental to the sponsorship application. The ATTORNEY is authorized to release this sum from her trust account upon opening CLIENTS’ file.
Total Attorney fees =CAD 2000 plus the applicable taxes
These fees are not refundable.
5. INTERPRETATION
(i). This contract shall be governed by the laws in effect in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
(ii). As the context may require, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; words
importing the masculine shall include the feminine gender and vice versa.
(iii). This Agreement can be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
(iv). The parties acknowledge that they have requested that the foregoing be drawn up in the English language; Les parties reconnaissent qu’elles ont exigé que ce qui précède soit rédigé en la langue anglaise.
The CLIENT agrees that the receipt of instructions, guides, emails and telephone calls or a combination of the aforementioned constitutes the receipt of services from the ATTORNEY.
