Faraz graduated with a J.D. from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law in 2013. Faraz joined Stewart Sharma Harsanyi as an articling student and was called to the Bar in 2014 and has been with the firm since. Faraz practices in all areas of Immigration and Family Law. Faraz has experience in appearing before all levels of the Immigration and Refugee Board, the Federal Court of Canada as well as the Alberta Court of Justice and Court of King’s Bench in Family law matters.

Faraz’s practice areas allow him to assist clients with complex matters where Family Law and Immigration Law overlap, including assisting and defending marriage fraud cases, legal validity of marriage issues and annulments.  Faraz is also often asked to provide expert opinion letters in criminal defence matters to address the impact of criminal law proceedings in immigration matters, or “crimmigration”.

Faraz is well-versed in the various interrelated problems clients face in addressing their immigration issues and applies a detailed approach in giving the most appropriate advice, be it in relation to family sponsorship issues, refugee claims and appeals, complex international adoptions, visitor records, work permits or study permits, economic immigration options or addressing various inadmissibility issues through options such as Humanitarian & Compassionate applications, Temporary Resident Permit applications or Criminal Rehabilitation applications. Faraz’s thorough understanding of these issues also allows him to advocate for his clients at Federal Court.

Faraz’s Family Law practice focuses on direct and goal-oriented solutions. The focus is on identifying the problems clients are facing and seeking the most direct available solution to move people out of turmoil and onto the next phase of their lives.

Faraz is able to assist clients Urdu and Hindi and his legal assistant is fluent in Arabic.