Craig K Natsuhara

Craig manages the Canadian immigration practice in Vancouver. Practicing law since 2000, he now assists foreign businesses as they establish operations in Canada and helps local businesses to recruit global talent.  

Craig has contributed to many different panels and working groups in Canada, and abroad. He’s served as an immigration expert at Global Affairs Canada conferences, was a member of the City of Vancouver’s economic trade team during the London 2012 Olympics and has spoken on industry hot topics at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. Over the course of his career, Craig’s been a voice at the negotiation table around work permit related categories. That includes working on the Digital Media LMIA variation in 2013, and the Global Skills Strategy in 2017. Craig also sat on the immigration sub-committee of the BC Labour Market Partners & Workforce Development for Technology initiative.

Craig has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal in their Corporate Immigration and Canadian Lawyers listings since 2011. He was the chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s British Columbia Immigration Section from 2007 to 2009.  Craig is also actively involved in legal education. He taught the temporary foreign workers module for the University of British Columbia’s Certificate in Immigration: Laws, Policies and Procedures program from 2009 to 2019, and has co-chaired the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia’s biennial conference on temporary foreign workers since 2007.

Craig has been a director of the SPARK Computer Graphics Society since 2011 and of the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre since 1998.

Credentials

Craig holds an LL.B. from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Victoria.