A boutique Canadian immigration consultancy built around LMIA-led work permits and government-contracted employer streams. Regulated by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants.
Northhaven was founded on the observation that the Canadian immigration system has more speed in it than most candidates ever see — but only inside specific structural lanes.
Northhaven Immigration was founded on the observation that the Canadian immigration system has more speed in it than most candidates ever see. The fast lanes exist. They are not secret. They are simply hard to navigate without specialized knowledge of LMIA recruitment compliance, designated employer pipelines, and the file engineering that lets a positive LMIA convert directly into a work permit without dead time. We built our practice around the lanes we know best, and we say no to files that should not be filed.
The standard Canadian immigration timeline — twelve to eighteen months from intent to landing — is acceptable to no one and is, for many qualifying candidates, structurally avoidable. We focus exclusively on pathways with documented faster processing: Global Talent Stream, government-contracted streams, high-wage LMIA cases that can be filed in parallel with completed recruitment, and Express Entry where a candidate is already at or above the cut-off. We do not pretend to make every file fast. We do make the files we take fast.
A typical engagement at Northhaven involves three roles working the file in parallel: a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant directs the legal and strategic work, a director of government programs handles employer-side compliance and stream coordination, and a lead case manager owns the documentary record and client communication. Files are not handed off between roles — they are worked together.
Northhaven Immigration is regulated by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). Every immigration file is supervised by a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant in good standing with the College. Our RCIC license number, retainer agreement template, and fee structure comply with CICC's Code of Professional Conduct.
We are not affiliated with the Government of Canada or with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. References to "government-contracted streams" describe our working relationships with employers operating under publicly designated programs, not any official immigration partnership.
Aanya leads strategy and the LMIA practice. Her background combines a decade of corporate immigration work for a Bay Street firm with three years operating directly inside Canadian designated-employer programs.
Marcus runs employer onboarding, compliance, and the government-contracted stream pipeline. Before Northhaven he led workforce planning at a multi-province healthcare staffing operator.
Daniel handles the federal economic side of the practice — Express Entry, PR optimization, and Quebec selection files. He is fluent in English, Korean, and French.
Sofia owns case management, document assembly, and post-arrival settlement coordination. She is the reason files do not stall waiting for a missing translation.
A 4–6 week lane is a 4–6 week lane. A standard LMIA case is a standard LMIA case. We tell clients which one they are in at intake and we do not move the goalposts.
We decline files that we cannot serve well. There are firms that will take any client; we are not one of them.
Most rejections are predictable. We treat the LMIA, work permit, and PR application as engineering problems with known failure modes, and we close them before they open.
Immigration documents are technical. Our explanations of them should not be. Every client should understand exactly what is being filed on their behalf, why, and what could go wrong.
A 4–6 week timeline is achievable in the right lane. It is also dangerous when it is sold to the wrong candidate. Our intake is built to refuse files that would not benefit from the fast-track positioning — both because it is the right thing to do and because a refused application costs a client months and an employer their LMIA cap. The discipline is not in saying yes to every fast-track inquiry; it is in saying yes only to the ones where the speed is real.
If you are considering Northhaven, the Eligibility Quiz is a five-minute screen. To meet the team, contact us for a 15-minute discovery call at no cost.
An RCIC directs strategy, a director runs employer-side compliance, a senior consultant owns the federal economic side, and a lead case manager owns documents and communication. Files are not handed off — they are worked together.
Managing Partner & RCIC
Aanya leads Northhaven's strategy and the LMIA practice. She combines a decade of corporate immigration work for a Bay Street firm with three years operating directly inside Canadian designated-employer programs. She is licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants and serves as the firm's regulatory and ethics lead.
Director, Government Programs
Marcus runs employer onboarding, compliance, and the government-contracted stream pipeline. Before Northhaven he led workforce planning at a multi-province healthcare staffing operator, where he built out designated-employer compliance programs from the ground up. He owns the relationships with the firm's employer partners.
Associate Consultant
Jordan supports employer-side intake and document preparation across the LMIA and PNP practices. Before Northhaven he worked in cross-border HR for a Toronto logistics group, coordinating skilled-trades placements across Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. (Bio is placeholder until finalized.)
Senior Immigration Consultant
Daniel handles the federal economic side of the practice — Express Entry, PR optimization, and Quebec selection files. He is fluent in English, Korean, and French, and has run more than three hundred Express Entry profiles to ITA. He is the team's deepest specialist on category-based draws and CRS engineering.
Lead Case Manager
Sofia owns case management, document assembly, and post-arrival settlement coordination. She is the reason files do not stall waiting for a missing translation or a delayed police certificate. Clients see her name on every status update and most days, on most files, she has answered the question before it was asked.
Every immigration file at Northhaven is supervised by a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) in good standing with the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). Our license number, retainer agreement template, and fee structure comply with CICC's Code of Professional Conduct.
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