Professional Involvement (Memberships)
- Law Society of British Columbia – Member
- Canadian Bar Association – Member
Education / Bar Admissions
- Bar Admission, British Columbia, 2005
- LL.B., University of British Columbia, 2004
- B.A., University of British Columbia, 2001
Summary
Vivian Yuen is a Canadian immigration lawyer at Larlee Rosenberg. Prior to rejoining the firm (where she originally worked for ten years), Vivian worked in-house at a multinational tech company for five years managing its immigration program.
Vivian has significant experience in corporate immigration law matters, in addition to assisting individuals and families in applications for work permits, permanent residence, family sponsorship, permanent resident card renewals, and citizenship. Her clients have included applicants from all areas of the world to companies in various sectors, including information technology, entertainment, manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, engineering, mining, clean technology, finance, and education.
During her time working at a tech company, Vivian had co-founded and led a Canadian immigration benchmarking group of in-house corporate immigration, mobility, and HR professionals in tech and other industries. In addition to immigration, Vivian’s mobility experience includes management of international relocations and work from home policy.
Vivian has served as a Director on the Board of Directors of the Burnaby Board of Trade, Chair of its Pacific Gateway Committee, and member of the Government Relations Committee. She has served as a committee co-chair of the Canadian Bar Association (BC) Women Lawyers Forum. She has presented at conferences on various immigration topics.
Representative work
- Represented multinational tech companies in successfully obtaining GTS LMIA work permits and LMIA-exempt work permits for their workforce, including in the categories of intra-company transferees, FTA professionals, significant benefit, and reciprocal employment.
- Represented a multinational infrastructure company involved in the construction of bridges and highways across Canada; implementing immigration strategy to transition the company’s foreign workers to permanent residents.
- Assisted Canadian employers in various sectors in successfully obtaining Labour Market Impact Assessments to hire temporary foreign workers on an expedited basis.
- Successfully assisted students in obtaining study permits, renewals and restoration of status after their initial applications had been refused; advised students on the Canadian Experience Class and other options for permanent residence post-graduation.
- Obtained nominations for permanent residence through the British Columbia Nominee Program (BC PNP) and Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP).
- Acquired permanent resident status for applicants in Canada under humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- Successfully assisted applicants overcome section 117(9)(d) in sponsorship cases.
- Obtained permanent resident card renewals for applicants, including those who are employed full-time overseas by Canadian employers.
- Successfully represented appellants in spousal sponsorship and residency appeals at the Immigration Appeal Division at the Immigration and Refugee Board.
- “Hiring International Students: Workforce Strategies for Employers”, Presenter, Burnaby Board of Trade, April 2022
- “Canadian Immigration 101”, Presenter, Spain-Canada Chamber of Commerce, March 2022
- “Practical New Solutions for Tech-Enabled Global Mobility”, Global Mobility and Immigration Symposium, Presenter, Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), November 2019
- “Client Service and Technology”, Working Your Way into Canada 2019, Presenter, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, October 2019
- “Employer Compliance”, Working Your Way into Canada 2017, Presenter, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, October 2017
- “Job/Labour Mobility”, Presenter, Business Forum and Conference on the Canada – European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), June 2016.
- “Permanent Residence Options After Graduating from Post-Secondary in BC” and “LMIA-Exempt Work Permits”, Guest Lecturer, Simon Fraser University (SFU) Interpretation and Translation Program, March 2016
- “BC PNP -#Welcome – Open Again!”, Presenter, CAPIC BC, February 2016
- “2016 Immigration Outlook”, Presenter, Burnaby Board of Trade, January 2016
- Family Sponsorship: “Bringing Your Family to Canada”, Presenter, S.U.C.C.E.S.S., November 2015
- “LMIA-Exempt Work Permits”, Working Your Way into Canada 2015, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Conference, Panel, October 2015
- Update to “Grants of Citizenship under the New Citizenship Act”, Presenter, S.U.C.C.E.S.S., July 2015
- “Express Entry: Canada’s New Electronic Immigration Application System”, Presenter, Burnaby Board of Trade, February 2015
- Immigration and Citizenship Topics: “Express Entry: Canada’s New Electronic Immigration Application System” and “Grants of Citizenship under the New Citizenship Act”, Guest Lecturer, Simon Fraser University (SFU) Interpretation and Translation Program, February 2015
- “Express Entry: Canada’s New Electronic Immigration Application System”, Guest Speaker, UBC BizChina Conference, February 2015
- “Grants of Citizenship under the New Citizenship Act”, Presenter, S.U.C.C.E.S.S., January 2015
- “Grants of Citizenship under the New Citizenship Act”, Immigration Issues – Not Business as Usual, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC), Paper and Panel, October 2014
- “Work Permit Issues and Solutions – Work Permit Compliance: The Employee’s Perspective”, Presenter, Immigration Education Alliance (IMEDA), May 2014
- “Permanent Resident Card Applications” and “Canadian Citizenship”, Presenter, S.U.C.C.E.S.S., August 2012
- “Transitioning from Student to Permanent Resident”, Canadian Bar Association (BC)/People’s Law School Public Forum on Immigration Law, Panel, June 2011
- “Transitioning from Student to Permanent Resident”, Canadian Bar Association (BC)/People’s Law School Public Forum on Immigration Law, Panel, April 2010
- “Labour Market Opinions 2009”, Working Your Way into Canada 2009, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Conference, Paper and Panel, September 2009
- “Spousal Sponsorship”, Presenter, World Journal Immigration Lecture, July 2006