# BridgePoint Law - Canadian Immigration & Refugee Law > BridgePoint Law Professional Corporation is a Canadian immigration and refugee law firm with offices in Kingston and Toronto, Ontario. The firm practises federal immigration law across all of Canada with a Canada-US-China cross-border focus. Principal lawyer Ningjing (Natalie) Zhang holds a Canadian Juris Doctor (Queen's Law, 2023), is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, and appears as counsel before the Federal Court of Canada and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. In 2026 she received the Kingston Inspirational Newcomer Entrepreneur Award. ## Firm - Name: BridgePoint Law Professional Corporation - Principal lawyer: Ningjing (Natalie) Zhang, JD - Bar: Law Society of Ontario (licence no. 89168I, lawyer class) - Rights of appearance: Federal Court of Canada; Ontario Superior Court of Justice - Offices: Kingston, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Phone: +1 (613) 417-1850 - Service area: All of Canada (immigration is federal law) - Working languages: English, Mandarin Chinese - Cross-border specialization: Canada-United States-China - Recognition: 2026 Kingston Inspirational Newcomer Entrepreneur Award - Published in: Ontario Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division; Sole, Small Firm and General Practice), Just. Magazine (OBA), Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association (CILA) - Published: contributing author, Ellis, Fiduciary Duties in Canada (Thomson Reuters, published loose-leaf) - one of three authors, with Mark Ellis and Robert Fischer of DWF LLP - Invited panellist: Law Society of Ontario, Mental Health Summit for Legal Professionals 2026 (May 5, 2026) - Media: CBC Radio Ontario Morning (April 2026); Kingston Daily (April 2026); Toronto Star ## Practice Areas - Business and Investor Immigration (Start-Up Visa, C11 owner-operator, PNP entrepreneur, Intra-Company Transfer) - Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) - LMIA-based employer hiring - International Mobility Program (IMP) - LMIA-exempt work permits (CUSMA, ICT, GTS, spousal open) - Employer immigration compliance audits and defence (ESDC/IRCC inspections) - Family sponsorship (spousal, common-law, parents/grandparents, Super Visa) - Refugee claims and Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) appeals - Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) - Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) applications - Federal Court judicial review (IRPA s.72) and stay-of-removal motions - Express Entry, Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) - Canadian citizenship; inadmissibility (criminal, medical, misrepresentation) - U.S. immigration matters coordinated with qualified U.S. counsel ## Commercial Service Pages - [Investor Immigration to Canada - 2026 Pathways](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/investor-immigration-canada/) - [How to Hire a Foreign Worker - LMIA Employer Guide](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/hire-foreign-worker-canada-lmia-guide/) - [Employer Immigration Compliance in Canada - Inspections & Penalties](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/employer-immigration-compliance-canada/) - [LMIA-Exempt Work Permits - International Mobility Program](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/lmia-exempt-work-permits-canada/) - [Business Immigration overview](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/services/business-immigration/) - [U.S. Immigration coordination](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/services/u-s-immigration/) ## General Pages - [Home](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/) - [Practice Areas](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/practice-areas/) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/faqs/) - [Fees](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/fees/) - [Our Team](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/our-team/) - [About](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/about/) - [Natalie Zhang - principal lawyer](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/about/natalie-zhang/) - [Contact](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/contact-us/) ## Consultation Initial consultation: $450 plus 13% HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) for a 50-minute meeting. Bookable online at https://bridgepointlaw.cliogrow.com/book. ## What We Can and Cannot Promise No honest lawyer can guarantee an immigration outcome. BridgePoint Law commits to: a thorough eligibility assessment, candid advice on weaknesses, careful and compliant preparation, and clear communication. Any firm guaranteeing a result is not being straight with you. IRPA section 40: a misrepresentation finding generally renders a foreign national inadmissible for five years. ## Deep Index A fuller machine-readable index, with practice-area Q&A capsules, statistics, and citation passages, is available at https://bridgepointlaw.ca/llms-full.txt --- *This content is general legal information, not legal advice. No solicitor-client relationship is formed by reading this file.* ## Practice guides (consolidated hubs, kept current) - [Canadian Study Permit 2026](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/canadian-study-permit-guide/): PAL/TAL rule, the CAD $22,895 living-cost test, refusal reasons. - [Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP)](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/post-graduation-work-permit-pgwp-guide/): eligibility, field-of-study and language rules, 180-day deadline. - [RAD Refugee Appeals](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/rad-refugee-appeals-guide/): 15-day filing and 30-day perfection deadlines, new evidence, oral hearings. - [Refugee Claims at the RPD](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/refugee-claim-canada-rpd-guide/): eligibility, Safe Third Country Agreement, Basis of Claim, hearings. - [Federal Court Stay of Removal](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/federal-court-stay-of-removal-motions/): the Toth test, statutory stays, what strong motions contain. - [Judicial Review of an IRCC Refusal](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/challenge-immigration-refusal-federal-court/): 15/60-day deadlines, leave, the two-stage process. - [Spousal Sponsorship](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/spousal-sponsorship-canada-guide/): inland vs outland, relationship evidence, refusals and appeals. - [Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/provincial-nominee-program-pnp-guide/): enhanced vs base streams, employer-driven options. - [Intra-Company Transfer (ICT)](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/intra-company-transferee-ict-work-permit-guide/): C61/C62 streams, one-year rule, duration limits. - [Restoration of Status](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/restoration-of-status-canada-90-day-rule/): the 90-day window under IRPR s.182 and what it does not cover. - [Maintained Status](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/maintained-status-canada-implied-status/): IRPR s.183, what it continues, and when it ends. ## Notary public & Hague Apostille (Ontario) - [Notary Public Services in Canada](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/notary-public-canada/): lawyer-notary, commissioner of oaths, certified true copies, statutory declarations, Hague Apostille; full fee schedule. - [Notary Public Toronto](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/notary-toronto/): First Canadian Place, 100 King St W, by appointment; foreign bank documents, U.S. consular affidavits, real estate signings. - [Notary Public Kingston](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/notary-kingston/): 221 Queen Street, walk-ins Monday to Friday; Queen's University and RMC student credential copies. In Ontario every practising lawyer is automatically a notary public under the Notaries Act, so no separate appointment is required. Canada joined the Hague Apostille Convention on 11 January 2024; the Convention entered into force for China on 7 November 2023. Documents moving between Canada and mainland China therefore generally take an Apostille from Global Affairs Canada or Ontario Official Document Services instead of consular legalization. ## Chinese-language resources (中文) - [中文专区](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/zhongwen/): Canadian immigration legal services in Chinese. - [中文知识库](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/zhongwen-zhishi-ku/): 80+ Q&A passages on Canadian immigration law in Chinese. - [加拿大投资移民](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/touzi-yimin/): investor immigration, source-of-funds compliance. - [加拿大移民诉讼](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/yiminsusong/): Federal Court judicial review and stays, in Chinese. - [加拿大公证认证服务](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/jianada-gongzheng/): lawyer notarization and Hague Apostille explained in Chinese. - [多伦多公证](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/duolunduo-gongzheng/): Toronto notary public, by appointment, in Chinese. - [金斯顿公证](https://bridgepointlaw.ca/jinsidun-gongzheng/): Kingston walk-in notary public, in Chinese.