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Rafael Fabregas
Telephone: (416) 548-9075
Fax: (416) 548-9095
Assistant: Bridget Weir, (416) 548-9068
Law School: Osgoode Hall Law School
Bar Admission: Ontario, 2006
Areas of Practice: Live-in Caregiver Program, Spousal Sponsorships, Work Permits, Skilled Workers, Business Immigration, Humanitarian Applications
Rafael was educated at the University of Toronto where he received his B.A. in English in 2002, and at Osgoode Hall Law School where he received his LL.B. in 2005. He was also the recipient of the Prize in Immigration Law during his 2005 convocation. He was called to the Ontario Bar in July 2006.
While studying law, Rafael was a junior editor of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. He also co-founded the Immigration Law Society, and was its President from 2004 to 2005. He also earned law school academic credits while working at Parkdale Community Legal Services from May to December 2004, in their Immigration Division. He was also a student volunteer for the Immigration Division of Osgoode’s Community Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP).
Rafael has a keen interest in the federal Live-in Caregiver Program (“LCP”). He has represented both employers and employees in obtaining confirmations for job offers from HRSDC, and thereafter in obtaining work permits through Canadian visa offices overseas. He has also been actively involved in organizing and conducting legal information seminars and free legal clinics throughout the Greater Toronto Area for live-in caregivers already in Canada, and for family members considering this program for their loved ones overseas. He is an advocate for positive changes to the federal LCP.
Memberships
- Member, The Law Society of Upper Canada
- Member, The Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers
- Member, Philippine Chamber of Commerce
- Member of the Board of Directors, AWARE-Gabay, an organization that provides various support services to live-in caregivers.
Awards
- Mr. Fabregas was awarded the Prize in immigration Law during his convocation in 2005 at Osgoode Hall Law School.
- On November 8, 2008 Rafael was awarded the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyer's Lawyer of Distinction Award.
- On May 25, 2010 Rafael was named one of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2010 by the Canadian Immigrant Magazine.
Selected Articles and Speaking Engagements
June 7, 2010 Rafael Fabregas was reported in the Toronto Star for bringing attention to the plight of Marcia Bandales, a nanny who should have benefited from the “Juana Tejada Law” which was proposed by Mamann, Sandaluk and which became law on April 1, 2010. See the Toronto Star column here.
Regular speaker at Immigration Workshops sponsored by the International Students Office at Ryerson University in Toronto.
Regular columnist for the Philippine Times, a monthly Filipino newspaper distributed in the Greater Toronto Area, GTA This Month and heyPhilippines!
Regular guest on radio shows in Canada and overseas, including Todo Banda (10 p.m. on Thursdays at 1610 AM) and Talakayan (10 a.m. on Saturdays at 1430 AM).
July 25 2009 Success within reach, but more work needed to improve Live-in Caregiver Program - speech by Rafael Fabregas
News on Juana Tejada’s Application for Permanent Residence
GMA News TV (Philippines and North America)
United Steelworkers Press Releases
News on the 'Juana Tejada' Law
MIGRANT WORKERS AND GHOST CONSULTANTS - Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, June 2009, 40th Parliament 2nd Session
