We are an international immigration & criminal-defence litigation boutique in Vancouver that defends people facing state power—at the border, overseas, and at home. Global movement and civil liberty are at the heart of everything we do.
Legal Services
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Cross-Border Immigration
- Electronic Travel Authorization, visas, work permits, green-card/permanent residency applications for Canada & the U.S.
- Consular processing, port-of-entry strategy, and compliance audits
- Humanitarian and compassionate applications
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Business Immigration
- Intra-company transfers, treaty-trader and treaty-investor visas.
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Admissibility & Waivers
- Criminal inadmissibility opinions
- U.S. waivers of inadmissibility
- Canadian Temporary Resident Permits
- Inadmissibility hearings and detention reviews
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Overcoming Rejection
- Federal Court judicial review, mandamus applications, and immigration appeals
- Nexus refusals and revocation
- Passport investigation, cancellation, and revocation
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Refugee & Pre-Removal Risk Assessment
- Representation before the RPD
- Representations before the CBSA
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Criminal Defense
- Defence of Criminal Code, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and regulatory charges
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National Security & Clearance
- Security-screening responses, CBSA / CSIS interviews, and courtroom challenges
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Public Interest Litigation
- Charter & human-rights litigation; test-case strategy
Team
Sadaf Kashfi*
Lawyer / FounderSadaf Kashfi’s practice is focused on complex issues concerning U.S. and Canadian immigration, criminal and administrative. She assists people and businesses across borders.
Sadaf earned her law degree in 2015 and 2016 from the University of Hawai’i and University of British Columbia, respectively. Sadaf articled at Peck & Company and built her immigration practice at Millar & Hayes and Edelmann & Company. She founded DMF in September of 2023.
Sadaf is fluent in English, French, and Farsi.
* denotes law corporation.
Angeline Chan
LawyerAngeline Chan’s practice is focused on complex immigration, administrative and criminal law matters.
Angeline earned her law degree from the University of Hong Kong. In 2016, Angeline qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong, where she practised civil and criminal litigation and public law before moving to Canada.
While completing her National Committee on Accreditation examinations, Angeline worked at Edelmann & Company under the supervision of Randall Cohn. She completed her articles with Randall Cohn and Sadaf Kashfi.
Angeline is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
Kevin Tjia
Legal AssistantKevin Tjia provides administrative support to DMF.
Kevin earned his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 2015 and articled in Vancouver. Upon being called to the bar, Kevin decided to pursue his interests in launching a business.
Kevin is a non-practicing member of the Law Society of British Columbia.