Canadians offer a plethera of information and websites on immigration. This site: www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp is very comprehensive. All the information one could possible need is located here. And the forms, of which there are many, are also available at this site. I was advised to hire an attorney. In Canada attorneys are referred to as either solicitors or Queen's Counsel. Solicitors are not admitted to the bar and cannot plead cases in superior court. A Queen's Counsel is a barrister [a lawyer who can plead for the defense or the prosecution] who has been appointed to be counsel to the Queen or if there is a King, the barrister is referred to as the King's Counsel. In order to qualify to be a QC, a lawyer must be a solicitor for 10 years. The lawyer I hired is a QC. His retainer was $4800.00 Canadian or, at the current rate of exchange, $4560.00 American. For a fantastic read get Leon Uris' "QB VII" which refers to Queen's Bench, Courtroom Seven.