Our Mission

At Khalaf Daouk, we strive for excellence in everything we do for our prospective and retained clients. Our mission is to provide high quality, creative, and result – oriented immigration and legal plans to individuals and businesses, and serve as a primary resource in all aspects of a clients’ success.

Immigration Services - Consulting - Representation - Applications - Appeals - Translation

At Khalaf Daouk Immigration Ottawa, we provide prospective and retained clients with a comprehensive array of immigration services. With our licenced immigration consultant, we can assist you with any sort of immigration service. We offer complete immigration representation, guidance, and application processing to potential Canadian immigrants.

For more information about our Immigration Services or to book a meeting or consultation, simply click on the group icon in the upper left corner, the picture, or on our Services links.

Legal Services - Small Claims Court - Landloard Tenant Board - Provincial Offences

At Khalaf Daouk Paralegals Ottawa, we are licensed through the Law Society of Ontario to provide certain legal services in Ontario. We will work closely with you throughout every stage of what could potentially be a long and difficult process so that we can accomplish your desired goals.

We provide affordable options for those who require legal services such as hourly rates, block fixed, fees by stages, and contingency fees. We will prepare documents, give legal advice, and diligently represent you in Small Claims Court, the Ontario Court of Justice, and Tribunals such as the LTB (Landlord and Tenant Board).

Notary Public Services - Wills - Power of Attorney - Affidavits - Apostille Authentication & Legalization - Oaths - Affirmations - Declarations

At Khalaf Daouk Notary Publics Ottawa, our staff have the powers of a commissioner for taking affidavits in Ontario, and can also witness or certify, and attest, the execution of a document, and certify and attest documents to be true copies of the original.

We can notarize thousands of different types of documents online and in- person. Our standard in-person notarization fees start at just $15.00 for your first copy and $10.00 for each additional copy. Walk-ins available.

Types of notarization;

*A statutory declaration is a legal document that allows a person to declare that something is true in order to satisfy a legal or regulatory requirement.
*A certified true copy is a copy of a document that a notary has stamped to certify that the copy is a true copy of the original document.
*An affidavit is a written statement of sworn fact made under oath or affirmation.

Translation Services - English to Arabic - Arabic to English

If your documents are in a language other than English or French, they must be accompanied by an official translation of the original document in English or French.

The translation will have to include seals and signatures and all elements appearing on the original document to be considered complete.

The translation will also have to bear the name and signature of the translator. Here at Khalaf Daouk, we can translate in the English and Arabic languages.

MPAC Assessments - Notices - Appeals - Market Research

At Khalaf Daouk Immigration & Legal Services, we can help you through the entire process of filing a request for reconsideration (RfR) to filing an appeal with the Assessment Review Board (ARB).

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is responsible for assessing all property in Ontario. It operates under the authority of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Act. Every municipality in Ontario is a member of the Corporation, which is governed by a Board of Directors. MPAC does not set assessment policy but it does administer these policies.

MPAC's main responsibility is to calculate assessed values, and to classify properties according to their use, for the over four million properties in Ontario. These values are provided to municipalities on annual assessment rolls. Municipalities and the Province use these values when they calculate property taxes and education taxes.

If you own a residential, farm, managed forest or conservation land property and think the assessment is wrong, you must file a Request for Reconsideration with MPAC first.

Dana Khalaf

DANA’s exposure to the courts began in 1997 in the UAE as court interpreter and translator accredited by the Ministry of Justice upon completing a Master’s Degree in the field in England. Throughout the following decade, Dana moved on to acquire extensive experience in legal translation and interpretation, being an instructor at (the) college level, and a copywriter for leading international companies. In Canada, she joined the Ministry of the Attorney General in 2010 as a Freelance Court Interpreter. She then became a Licensed Paralegal in 2015 and a Licensed Immigration Consultant in 2021.

Dana’s passion for the world of immigration gained additional insights when she joined volunteers in assisting the influx of refugees in 2015-2016. In 2017 she joined OCLF, Ottawa Community Loan Fund, a not-for-profit organization, as a freelance contractor running financial empowerment workshops for newcomers to Ottawa. Over the years, she represented clients in all the divisions of the Immigration Refugee Board. She also acquired experience with most types of IRCC applications.

Dana has also had the pleasure of working in 2020-2021 as an adjunct facilitator teaching Paralegal courses at Herzing College.

Dana speaks English and Arabic and has a fair command of French.

Ossama Daouk

Ossama Daouk brings a wealth of over 20 years of experience in the fields of construction, architectural engineering, and site management. As a senior manager, he oversaw commercial and legal aspects of running metal work projects, executed contracts at local and international levels, negotiated deals involving multiple stakeholders, as well as implemented and monitored compliance issues.

As a Licensed Paralegal since 2015, Ossama has earned solid experience litigating for his clients. He has assisted clients with matters at the Small Claims Court, Provincial Offences Court, Landlord Tenant Board, and Immigration Refugee Board. He has also assisted clients with property taxes applications before MPAC.

As a Notary Public, and during the Covid restrictions, Ossama went out of his way to adapt to the notarization, legalization and apostille needs of clients both inside and outside Canada.

Ossama has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration, a Master’s degree in Business Management from Hull University in England in 2001, as well as a Paralegal Diploma plus an Immigration Practitioner Diploma both earned in Canada. He is a licensed Paralegal in good standing with the LSO. He speaks English and Arabic.