Atty. Chi-Young Lee
Chi-Young (Chi) Lee hails from Toronto, but we don’t hold that against her. Having two boys under four and running a full immigration practice, she is a multi-tasker extraordinaire.
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Chi-Young Lee is a immigration attorney based in Vancouver, British Columbia, practicing at McCrea Immigration Law. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Immigration Law (2026). Serands clients in Vancouver, BC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Chi-Young (Chi) Lee hails from Toronto, but we don’t hold that against her
- Having two boys under four and running a full immigration practice, she is a multi-tasker extraordinaire
- We’re pretty sure her day holds 48 hours, not 24
- Chi originally joined the firm in 2011 after having worked at a non-profit serving the needs of foreign live-in caregivers
- After a “brief” 8 year detour back to Toronto, she could not resist the call back to McCrea, that, or it could have been the great sushi
- She comes back to us after practicing at one of Toronto’s top immigration firms for the past 8 years and has spent the last decade of her career focusing on complex temporary and permanent residence applications
- Chi is our resident expert on everything Ontario, especially the OINP program, having filed a copious number of successful applications under this system
- In between working as a lawyer, she moonlights as a professor, currently teaching Economic Immigration at Queens University in their Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law program
- She is also a collector of provincial law society licenses, having been previously licensed in B.C., and now Ontario and as well as Manitoba
- Contact Chi for permanent and temporary residence, study permit, visitor visa, citizenship, and family sponsorship applications
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Why local counsel matters in British Columbia
Practicing law in British Columbia. Legal matters in British Columbia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Vancouver are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate British Columbia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in British Columbia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in British Columbia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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