Why choose Marin Immigration Law
Work directly with your lawyer
Your file is never handed off to an outside consultant or an automated system. Your lawyer takes ownership of your case and handles the legal work from beginning to end.
Insider experience
Cédric Marin knows how immigration decisions are made from the inside. He clerked at the Federal Court under Justice Mosley and served as a decision-maker at the Immigration and Refugee Board. That experience shapes how we prepare every application.
Professional genealogist
Our in-house genealogist, Kendra Gaede, works with our legal team to confirm Canadian lineage, find historical records and build a proof argument when a direct record is missing. She is Chair of the Manitoba Genealogical Society's research committee and the 2025 winner of the Association of Professional Genealogists' New Professional Scholarship.
Team-based quality control
Before filing, a lawyer who has not worked on your file reviews it the way a citizenship officer would, and Cédric Marin reviews every final package. This catches gaps, inconsistencies and administrative issues before the application goes in. See who works on your file and what to expect after you retain us.
Proven track record
We have represented 50+ families and assisted 200+ individuals with their Canadian citizenship by descent claims, from straightforward proof applications to complex multi-generational lineage cases. Our urgent processing requests have also led to 10+ urgent approvals.
Professional memberships
Our team holds memberships with the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association (CILA), the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), the Law Society of Ontario and the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG).
Featured in national media
Cédric has spoken to The Canadian Press, CTV News, BNN Bloomberg and Radio-Canada about citizenship by descent and IRCC delays, and has been featured in the Toronto Star and Law360 Canada.