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Annsley Kesten

Senior Associate
Lawyer

Annsley Kesten is an associate lawyer at BARTLAW Canadian Immigration in Toronto. Annsley’s practice area is primarily focused on corporate immigration matters, with emphasis on intra-company transfers, professionals, and work permit-exempt applications. In addition, Annsley assists clients with a range of temporary residence matters, including open work permits, study permits, visitor visas, and overcoming criminal inadmissibility.

Work History

  • 2015-Present: BartLAW Canadian Immigration Barristers and Solicitors
  • 2014-2015: Student-at-Law, Fogler Rubinoff LLP

Education

  • 2015: Called to Bar
  • 2014: Juris Doctor, Queen’s University Faculty of Law
  • 2012: Certificate in Public International Law, Bader International Study Centre, Queen’s University Faculty of Law
  • 2011: Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Dean’s Honour List, The University of Western Ontario
  • 2007: Western Scholarship of Distinction

Publications

  • Article for The Lawyers Daily (May 2020) “Canada’s mandatory self-isolation laws: Avoiding penalties” – co-authored with Jacqueline R. Bart and Carrie Wright
  • Article for The Lawyers Daily (April 2020) “COVID-19: Foreign worker safety rules” – co-authored with Jacqueline R. Bart
  • Article for The Lawyers Daily (December 2019) “Critical immigration terms and conditions for foreign students” – co-authored with Jacqueline R. Bart
  • Baker McKenzie Link (online resource – 2018 to present) Canadian Residence-Domicile-Citizenship Chapter – co-authored with Jacqueline R. Bart and Clara Morrissey
  • Article for AILA Global Migration Section Digest (March 2018) “CETA: Mobilizing Labour Beyond the Sea” – co-authored with Jacqueline R. Bart
  • Article for ABA 2018 Year in Review “Facilitating Access to Canada’s Labour Market for European Citizens” – co-authored with Jacqueline R. Bart
  • Article for The Lawyers Daily (July 2018) “Canada’s new impaired driving laws tougher on immigrants” – co-authored with Jacqueline R. Bart

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, IMEDA Immigration Education Alliance “Work permits and transition to permanent residence under International Trade Agreements”, Toronto, Canada September 2019
  • Speaker, Union Internationale des Avocats – 61st Annual Congress “CETA Labour Mobility: Canadian Legal Perspective”, Toronto, Canada, October 2017.
  • Panelist, JAMS, the Weinstein International Foundation and the International Association of Lawyers (UIA), “Confronting Chaos, Embracing Conflict: Emerging from COVID Crisis to Build Back Business Relationships: Now the Hard Work Begins…”, Webinar, December 2021.

Appointments and Positions

  • Member-at-large of the Canada Bar Association’s National Immigration Law Section Executive (2021-2022)