Education

2014 Called to the Bar of British Columbia
2011 Called to the Bar of Ontario
2010 Juris Doctor – Osgoode Hall Law School
2007 Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) – Schulich School of Business

Professional Associations

Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Law Society of British Columbia
Vice-President, Victoria Bar Association
Director, Camosun College Foundation

Awards

Queen’s Professional Excellence Award

About Sarah N. Goodman

Sarah is an experienced immigration, refugee and citizenship lawyer at Crease Harman LLP in Victoria, where she is a partner. She obtained a Juris Doctor degree in 2010 from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto following the completion of a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (with honours) at York University’s Schulich School of Business. She moved to Vancouver Island in 2014 following several years of practice at a national law firm in Toronto.

Sarah has dedicated her career to facilitating the immigration of foreign nationals to Canada by using a depth of knowledge and expertise acquired during years of legal practice. Her clients consist of a wide array of individuals, families and businesses.

Sarah is actively involved in the legal community. She is the immediate Past-President of the Victoria Bar Association and a member of the Canada Bar Association’s Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada consultative committee.

In her free time, Sarah enjoys reading, binge-watching shows and visiting her family in Toronto and on Hornby Island.

She speaks fluent French and English.

Sarah’s areas of expertise include the following:

• Work Permit Applications
• Study Permit Applications
• Visitor Applications
• Applications for Permanent Resident Status
  • Family Sponsorship
  • Canadian Experience Class (Express Entry)
  • Federal Skilled Worker (Express Entry)
  • Federal Skilled Trades (Express Entry)
  • Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
  • Provincial Nominee
  • Entrepreneur
  • Caregiver
  • Self-Employed Persons
  • Humanitarian and Compassionate
  • Refugee
  • Temporary Pathways

• Temporary Resident Permit Applications
• Criminal Rehabilitation Applications
• Permanent Resident Card Applications
• Citizenship Applications
• Immigration and Refugee Appeals