Departure, Exclusion and Deportation Orders
Canadian immigration law does not have one removal order. It has three — departure, exclusion and deportation — and the difference between them is not ...
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What an Admissibility Hearing Decides
An admissibility hearing is a proceeding before the Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board that settles one question: whether a permanent resident or ...
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Detention Review Hearings: 48 Hours, 7 and 30 Days
An immigration detention review is a hearing at which a member of the Immigration Division decides whether a person held under the Immigration and Refugee ...
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What the Refugee Appeal Division Can and Cannot Do
An appeal to the Refugee Appeal Division is not a second hearing of a refugee claim. It is a review of a decision already made, ...
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The Basis of Claim Form: What Each Section Asks
The Basis of Claim form is the document a refugee claim is built on. It is completed once, early, and then read by the Refugee ...
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What Happens at a Refugee Hearing at the RPD
A refugee hearing at the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) is usually the first time a claimant has to explain, out loud and under oath, why ...
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Types of Removal Orders in Canada
To build a proper defence against an immigration removal order, one has to understand that there are several types of removal orders and they are ...
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Who Can Enter and Remain in Canada
Canadian citizens have an unconditional right to enter and return to Canada following travel abroad. Permanent residents also have the right to return to Canada, ...
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The Canadian Justice and Immigration Systems
Some of my colleagues who exclusively practice immigration law don’t have a clue who the parties are in other legal proceedings and how the system ...
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Stays of Removal Orders in Canada
Being issued a removal order is not necessarily the end of the road. In many cases, removal orders can be challenged, stayed, or may never ...
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Misrepresentation
Misrepresentation on an immigration application to Canada, such as omitting relevant facts, submitting fraudulent documents, misstating marital status, or failing to disclose the existence of ...
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How Legal Counsel Can Save You From Removal From Canada
In my practice, I have seen firsthand how timely legal representation can make the difference between removal from Canada and a second chance to remain. ...
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Facing Removal From Canada
Facing removal from Canada can be frightening, especially when it happens without warning. Many people are surprised to learn that removal is not limited to ...
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Can a Permanent Resident Lose Their Status?
Permanent resident (“PR”) status in Canada comes with significant rights and privileges, including the right to live and work in Canada indefinitely and the ability ...
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Admissibility Hearings
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act does not spell out a strict procedure for determining inadmissibility. In practice, this determination is made through admissibility hearings, ...
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Refusals on sponsorship applications of spouses, common-law
Refusals on sponsorship applications for spouses happens very often due to the fact that some spouses do their applications by themselves, with no legal help. ...
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The Canadian Courts, Judges, Lawyers and Immigration Hearings
In order to understand how legal system works in Canada, one has to familirize themselves with Canadian courts structure. Some of my colleagues who exclusively ...
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Judges and Adjudicators
Judges and Adjudicators Everyone knows that judges are the people who decide cases in court, but what that actually looks like can vary greatly depending ...
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Role of Counsel in Legal Proceedings
The role of counsel in legal proceedings is important if a litigant or immigration appellant wants to present their case the best way possible. When ...
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Evidence in legal practice
Evidence in legal practice is a necessary tool to prove your case. In any legal proceeding, whether it’s an immigration application, an administrative tribunal, or ...
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Inadmissibility to Canada on security grounds
We all know by now that immigration to Canada is under a piece of legislation called the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act . Since we ...
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Immigration Admissibility hearings. Defence tips.
We talked in the previous article about how relaxed and informal rules in these types of proceedings in the Immigration Division can harm the case ...
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Inadmissibility as serious barrier to immigration to Canada
Canadian immigration has various programs for applicants who want to relocate to Canada from their countries, either temporary or permanently. A person and their family ...
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Can a permanent resident of Canada be removed from the country?
Yes, they can. There are some grounds for removal of a permanent resident in Canada and they are called “inadmissibility grounds”: national security concern, human ...
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Canadian citizenship
Canadian citizenship can be a complex process, especially with the amendments made to the Citizenship Act by the Conservative party during the Harper government. Permanent ...
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Working in Canada
Our immigration system is designed in a way as to provide various options for those specialists who want to work in Canada under temporary work ...
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Understanding impact of criminal convictions on Canadian immigration
Not all criminal instances result in inadmissibility to Canada. In many situations, it is important to know whether the accused was convicted for the crime ...
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Sponsoring a Spouse: Understanding the Process
A Canadian or permanent resident of Canada can sponsor their spouses to Canada meaning that they can be accepted in Canada as permanent residents. Many ...
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Immigration to Morden, Manitoba, Canada
The government of Manitoba, in corroboration with federal authorities, opened an opportunity for foreign Mechanics , Welders , Cooks and Industrial painters who want to ...
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How to Meet Employment Letter Requirements for Express Entry
When a candidate for any class of immigration, whether Federal Skilled Worker, Federal Skilled Trades or Canadian Experience Class program, submits their letter of employment, ...
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