Barbara Jo Caruso

Barbara Jo Caruso


Corporate Immigration Law Firm

Recognized since 2021

Toronto, Ontario

Practice Areas

Immigration Law

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Barbara Jo (BJ) is the founder of Corporate Immigration Law Firm Professional Corporation. She has practiced immigration law for over twenty-five years and is a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Citizenship Law by the Law Society of Ontario. Prior to founding the firm she was a partner at a national law firm in Toronto. Her early professional experience includes working as a Canadian Customs Officer at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Barbara Jo is a sought-after expert on Canadian immigration matters. She is the Co-author of two leading text books published by Carswell; Annotated Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Annotated Citizenship Act. She has been a member of the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Law Section Executive for the past 10 years, including holding the position of Chair in 2017-2018.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 5 Church Street
    Toronto, ON M5E 1M2
    Canada
Education
  • University of Windsor, LLB, graduated 1992
  • University of Guelph, BA, graduated 1989
Bar Admissions
  • Ontario, 1994
Affiliations
  • Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers - Global Member
  • Canadian Bar Association - Immigration Law Section - Executive
  • Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association - Founder/Co-President

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 for work in:
  • Immigration Law
Awards:
  • Corporate Immigration Law Firm – Top 10 Immigration Boutique Firms 2024 – Canadian Lawyer

  • Corporate Immigration Law Firm – Canada’s Best Law Firms 2023, 2024, & 2025 – The Globe and Mail

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Best Lawyers in Canada – 19th Ed. (2025)

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Chambers Band 1, 2024

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Best Lawyers in Canada – 18th Ed. (2024)

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Global Elite Thought Leader – Canada – Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2024

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2024

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Global Elite Thought Leader – Canada – Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2023

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2023

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Best Lawyers in Canada – 17th Ed. (2023)

  • Corporate Immigration Law Firm – Top 10 Immigration Boutique Firms 2022 – Canadian Lawyer

  • Corporate Immigration Law Firm – Gold Benefactor, Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association (CILA)

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Chambers Band 1, 2022

  • Corporate Immigration Law Firm – Chambers Band 2, 2022

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Best Lawyers in Canada – 16th Ed. (2022)

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Global Elite Thought Leader – North America– Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2022

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2022

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Most Frequently Recommended – Lexpert 2021

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Corporate Immigration 2021

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – 2021 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – Leading Practitioners – Lexpert

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Best Lawyers in Canada – 15th Ed. (2021)

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Most Frequently Recommended & A Leading Practitioner in Immigration Law – Lexpert

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Global Elite Thought Leader – North America– Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2020

  • Barbara Jo Caruso – Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2020

  • Corporate Immigration Law Firm – Top 10 Immigration Boutique Firms 2019 – Canadian Lawyer

  • Corporate Immigration Law Firm – Top 5 Immigration Boutique Firms 2012 – Canadian Lawyer

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