Haidah Amirzadeh is a Senior Associate with the Saskatoon office of Miller Thomson. Haidah's primary focus is immigration law. She has extensive knowledge and experience in the broad spectrum of immigration and refugee law. Haidah also assists clients with obtaining Canadian citizenship, representing clients in all categories of immigration including Entrepreneur Applications, Labour Market Opinion applications, Work Permit applications, as well as many different types of Permanent Resident and Provincial Nominee Program applications.

She has successfully represented clients with their immigration issues in Federal Court Immigration Appeal Division and Immigration Division. She also represents clients in Inadmissibility and Detention Hearings.

Haidah has been teaching Immigration and Refugee Law at the University of Saskatchewan, College of Law, since 2007.

Through her work with entrepreneurial clients, Haidah has gained extensive knowledge in a myriad of businesses. Miller Thomson provides Haidah with access to a platform of complimentary legal expertise enabling her clients' business needs to be served from a single source.

Haidah is fluent in English, Farsi, Turkish and Azari.

Education
B.A., University of Saskatchewan, 1999    J.D., University of Saskatchewan, 2004
Representative WorkHaidah has successfully appealed Medical Inadmissibility and Criminal Inadmissibility, Misrepresentation, Spousal Sponsorship.

Directorships
Chair, Canadian Bar Association Citizenship & Immigration (SK South) Section    Director, Community Legal Assistant Service of Saskatoon Inner City (CLASSIC), non-profit organization    Chair, Iranian Arts and Culture Association of Saskatoon    Past Chair, Saskatoon Open Door Society

Community Involvement
Volunteer for educational programs, Law Society of Saskatchewan    Volunteer, CLASSIC walk in clinic

Memberships
Member, Canadian Bar Association    Member, Saskatoon Bar Association    Member, Law Society of Saskatchewan    Member, The International Commission of Jurists    Member, Saskatoon Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association    Member, Brazilian Cultural Association