Immigration lawyers could help save time for emigres

The benefits of hiring a lawyer to help would-be speed up the emigration process have been highlighted in recent days.

Speaking to the Times, Peter Townsend - who has lived with his family in Vancouver, in British Columbia, since 2002 - explains the immigration process was "extended and complicated".

As such, he and his wife Susan hired an immigration lawyer to help them with the paperwork as there were many other things to take care of, such as purchasing a new home, selling their old one and shipping their possessions to their new home country.

Many of the procedures involved in the emigration process could be paid for using an international money transfer.

"The visa-application system for Canada can be long and drawn-out. We employed an immigration lawyer, which saved us a year’s wait and helped to keep us calm," Mr Townsend tells the publication.