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OUR FIRM
Boghossian Morais LLP is located in the National Capital of Canada – Ottawa, and is a highly reputable firm, built on word of mouth as the counsel of choice when seeking solutions to your immigration and refugee matters.
We maintain strong ties to our community and can provide services in multiple languages, including English, French, Armenian, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Our team comprises two lawyers, and a very knowledgeable support staff who work exclusively in immigration and refugee law.
With respect to applications for permanent residence, our firm has experience in dealing with the Express Entry system; the online system used by the Government of Canada to manage such applications under the Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Worker/Trades programs, and some of the Provincial Nominee Programs.
Concerning visas and permits, we have experience providing counsel and helping with cases on visitor/tourism visa/records, study visa/permit, business immigration, and family sponsorship.
Our Experience and Philosophy
With a reputation for being thorough and efficient, our team at Boghossian Morais LLP will guide you and your family through other matters you may need such as citizenship, parent(s) and grandparent(s) supervise, danger opinions, refugee claims, pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA), inadmissibility issues, criminal rehabilitation, deferrals of removals, appeals, and humanitarian and compassionate cases.
We work together with you, and take great pride in helping families and individuals with all immigration law related matters; providing high-level efficiency and cost-effective client services with the utmost integrity.
Meet The Team
TAMAR BOGHOSSIAN
B.Comm., LL.L, J.D.
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Founding Member of the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association (CILA)
2014 Juris Doctor (J.D.), University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
2013 Licence en Droit Civil (LL.L), University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
2007 Bachelors of Commerce (B.Comm), International Business, Dalhousie University, NS, Canada
Tamar Boghossian is a founding partner of Boghossian Morais LLP. Her practice focuses on all aspects of Immigration Law, such as temporary residence, permanent residence, citizenship and business immigration.
Tamar has represented clients before all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada and the Federal Court of Canada. She has also worked on diverse matters before Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Canada Border Services Agency.
Prior to establishing Boghossian Morais LLP, Tamar practiced Immigration Law for four years working at a sought after firm located in the nation's capital.
Before starting her career in law, Tamar worked in the pharmaceutical industry and interned for the Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations) in Rome, Italy.
Tamar holds a Bachelor of Commerce in International Business from Dalhousie University as well as an LL.L (Licence en Droit) and Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa.
Tamar is also a part-time professor at Algonquin College School of Business for the Paralegal Ontario College Graduate Certificate Program.
Tamar practices in English and French.
ADOLFO MORAIS
LL.B (Hons.), LL.L, J.D.
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Founding Member of the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association (CILA)
2012 J.D., University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
2010 B.C.L., Université Laval, QC, Canada
2002 LL.B, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
Adolfo holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa and is a founding partner at Boghossian Morais Immigration Lawyers.
Prior to his Juris Doctor, Adolfo obtained a Bachelor of Law from Université Laval, besides a Bachelor of Law from the Federal University of Goias (Universidade Federal de Goiás) in Brazil. At the University of Ottawa, Adolfo was awarded with the Éditions Yvon Blais Prize for the highest standing in one of the mandatory courses in the National Program of the Common Law Section. At Université Laval, he received a $10,000.00 scholarship and an award for the best student who was enrolled in the Bachelor of Law’s program and whose first language was not French (Bourse Theodore-et-Michael-Meighen).
In Brazil, Adolfo started his legal career as an intern working primarily with real estate transactions, mortgages and property law businesses. After being called to the Brazilian Bar in 2002, he started his own practice in civil litigation for matters related to consumer, banking and finance laws. Within less than a year of practice, Adolfo was invited to join a law firm in the National Capital of Brazil and, due to his outstanding achievements, he was offered a position to act as in-house counsel for one of the five biggest Brazilian insurance companies. Over the last three years before moving to Canada, Adolfo was also a member of the Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (International Association of Insurance Law) and a legal advisor for the Brazilian National Federation of Registered Retirement Savings Plan and Life Insurance. In Canada, Adolfo developed a great interest for common law principles of fundamental justice and the connected areas of law, such as immigration and human rights laws.
Besides litigation and alternative dispute resolution, he is interested in constitutional, administrative and international laws, insofar as they deal with immigration issues. Upon completing his legal studies in Canada, Adolfo committed to a law firm in Ottawa downtown for his articling, after which he was called to the Ontario Bar in 2013. In January 2014, Adolfo joined a well-respected immigration law firm where he perfected his skills as a barrister and solicitor. The time has come for him to leave the firm and, in April 2018, he partnered with Tamar Boghossian to launch Boghossian Morais Immigration Lawyers.
Adolfo has developed a keen interest and has been working in and deepening his knowledge of Canadian immigration law since he was called to the Ontario Bar in 2013. He has worked in various matters before the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency, and he has appeared in many instances before the Immigration and Refugee Board and the Federal Court of Canada.
Besides his passion for immigration law, Adolfo loves to spend time with his family and friends, and he takes pleasure in cooking and in camping during the summer.
Adolfo is fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, English and French languages.