Plain guides to the work: what the software costs, which IRCC forms eat the week, and how to judge a vendor before you sign. Written by the team building Meridian inside a working practice.
Published prices from five vendors, what the per user maths does to them, and the costs that never appear on a pricing page.
BuyingTen questions that decide whether a case management system helps your practice or adds a second job.
PracticeThe numbers and official titles, grouped by case type, with the traps that cost a resubmission.
BuyingOfficio, CaseEasy, Visto and Clio, side by side on price, forms, signing and data location.
Free toolEvery round, the cutoff scores and the history, kept current. Free, no account.
ProductWhat it fills, how it fills it from the case file, and what it deliberately will not do.
Everything here is written from inside a working Canadian immigration practice, not from a marketing brief. Where a page quotes a figure from somewhere else, the source and the date are on the page.
We add pieces as the questions come up. If there is something you would like written about, say so and we will put it on the list.
You are shopping for software. Read the cost guide first, because it shows what five products publish and how per user pricing changes the number once you have staff. Then the buyer checklist, which is the list of questions we would ask on any demo. The comparison pages are there when you have a shortlist of two or three.
You are drowning in forms. Go to the forms page. It sets out the IMM numbers and official titles grouped by case type, and the traps that cost a resubmission, starting with the revision date.
You just want the draw numbers. The Express Entry tracker is free, needs no account, and is updated as rounds are published.
You are being asked about data and compliance. The legal and trust centre holds the policies, the sub-processor list, the security posture and the accessibility statement, written to be read rather than to tick a box.
The list changes with the questions we get asked. On it at the moment:
Nothing here is legal advice. These pages are written for licensed practitioners and for firms choosing tools, and they say where every outside figure came from.
Meridian is the immigration system we needed ourselves. Ask for a look when we open to new firms.