Biography
Aminder Kaur Mangat, B.A., LL.B., is a Canadian Barrister & Solicitor and a member of the Law Society of Ontario. She is the founder and head legal counsel at AKM Law. Aminder has over a decade of exclusive Canadian immigration experience. She represents corporate clients as well as individuals in all types of matters, specializing in complex cases, including previously refused applications and cases with inadmissibility - medical, criminality, misrepresentation. Aminder is a strong and passionate advocate. She was one of first advocates to successfully argued the use of GPS monitoring on detained individuals, which had previously been vigorously opposed.. Aminder's influential win at the Federal Court of Canada established a landmark decision regarding notices for spousal sponsorship interviews: Johnson v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 550 (CanLII). She set another critical precedent in the case of Onyekweli-Ugeh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), FC 1138 (CanLII), challenging the automatic dismissal of an application based on past misconduct or the 'clean hands' doctrine, advocating for fundamental right to seek a risk assessment. Aminder takes pride in providing sound legal advice and representation to her clients coming to Canada to pursue new life experiences.