Mario Bellissimo

Practice Areas

Immigration Law

Professional Memberships

Ontario Bar Association

Canadian Bar Association

Law Society of Ontario

Publications

Mario Bellissimo of Bellissimo Immigration Law Group PC is at the forefront of legal publications and is responsible for multiple national publications including Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Inadmissibility Law, Canadian Immigration Law and Policy: Then and Now, Labour Market Impact Assessments, Compliance and Enforcement and the Immigration Law Reporter and – all published by Canada’s leading legal publishers like Carswell and University of Toronto Press/ Irwin Law.

Industry Sector Expertise

Mario D. Bellissimo is the founder of Bellissimo Law Group PC and a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and a Certified Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law and Refugee Protection. His practice focus is on citizenship, immigration and protected person litigation and inadmissibility law. Mr. Bellissimo has appeared before all levels of immigration tribunals and courts including the Supreme Court of Canada. He is the past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Immigration Law Section, serves as an appointed member of the Federal Court Rules Committee and participates on multiple stakeholder committees involving the Federal Courts, the Immigration and Refugee Board, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Canada Border Services Agency, Employment and Social Development Canada, and the Department of Justice.

Mr. Bellissimo acts on a pro bono basis for Toronto’s Sick Kids Hospital and Pro Bono Law Ontario and as the National Immigration Law and Policy Advisor for COSTI Immigration Resettlement Services.

Languages Spoken

English, Italian, French, Spanish, Urdu and Russian

Awards