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Annie Beaudoin was born and raised in beautiful Quebec City, Canada and is bilingual in Canada's two official languages (English and French).
She has over 20 years of high-level expertise in Canadian Immigration. Ms. Beaudoin is a Regulated Canadian Immigration since 2020 (#R533869). She is the owner of her own consulting firm based in Los Angeles, California, USA (Beaudoin Immigration Consulting).
Prior to this, she was a Canadian Immigration Officer and worked for the Canadian Government at the Canadian Consulate General in Los Angeles for 15 years. She feels truly privileged to have been able to serve her country abroad and her years of experience as an IRCC decision-maker in a Canadian Visa Office are often an asset in her practice.
She also teaches Immigration Law at the University of Montreal and Queen’s University and has written several articles about Canadian immigration issues in addition to being a prominent public speaker for conferences on Canadian Immigration Issues. She has also been asked to act as an expert witness in this field.
Over the years, she has worked on the entire spectrum of visa categories, high high-profile cases and was asked to develop technical knowledge on inadmissibility(s) to Canada, including criminal inadmissibility originating from the United States and other foreign countries. She has accumulated years of experience in complex permanent residence and temporary residence applications, immigration interviews, illegal presence, investigative techniques & the invaluable concrete perspective of the actual governmental decision-maker.
Her decisions as an IRCC Officer have helped set judicial precedents and can be found in all levels of the Canadian appeal and court system. She also sits as an RCIC member on the CICC disciplinary committee.
Ms. Beaudoin is passionate about Canadian immigration and working with an international clientele. She is always dedicated to providing professional services transparently and ethically with a specific focus on her clients’ needs and goals. She is committed to contributing to the industry at large. As such, Ms. Beaudoin is continuously mentoring and working in collaboration with lawyers and consultants to continue to learn from others and share some of her knowledge.