DOMAZET Natalie

Natalie Domazet, BA (Hons.), LL.B
Senior Immigration Lawyer - Lead Team Leader

Natalie Domazet is a senior immigration lawyer at Matkowsky Immigration Law in Toronto, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (with honors) in History and Political Science from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Birmingham. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 2012.

Before joining Matkowsky Immigration Law, Natalie practiced immigration law at another leading immigration law firm, Mamann Sandaluk and Kingwell LLP, for five years. Additionally, Natalie worked for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in the Passenger Operations Division and the Enforcement Division for over 10 years. More recently, she served as a lawyer representing the Minister of Immigration in hearings before the Immigration and Refugee Board.

Natalie practices in all areas of Canadian immigration and refugee law, with a particular focus on litigation. She is an experienced lawyer who frequently appears before the Federal Court and all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board in appeals, admissibility hearings, and refugee-related matters. Natalie also has extensive experience in written advocacy and can assist with a variety of applications, including temporary resident permits, criminal rehabilitation, pre-removal risk assessments, procedural fairness responses, study permits, visitor visas, and humanitarian and compassionate applications.

During her legal studies, Natalie was a founding member of the Pro Bono Group and contributed to the establishment of the University of Birmingham's free legal advice clinic and the StreetLaw program, aimed at providing access to justice for low-income individuals.

Natalie is a lecturer at Queen's University, where she teaches the Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law program. She played a key role in developing the curriculum and course content for this new program.