IAD notice of appeal deadlines and appeal record
An appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) starts when the Division receives a notice of appeal together with the decision being appealed. For a ...
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Being a bondsperson in immigration detention
A bondsperson is the friend, relative or community worker who deposits money, or signs a promise to pay it, so that a person held under ...
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How the 730 days of PR residency are counted
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IAD ADR Conference: What Happens in the Room
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Changing a Refugee Hearing Date at the RPD
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When the Record Suspension Waiting Period Starts
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Marriage of Convenience and Spousal Sponsorship
Some individuals, seeking an easier path to Canada, may enter into a marriage with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident without having a genuine marital ...
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Criminality & Misrepresentation Appeals at the IAD
As counsel, I have appeared before the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) in a number of appeals involving removal orders arising from criminality. What factors are ...
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Can a Permanent Resident Be Stripped of Status?
There is no mechanism to simply “strip” a permanent resident of their status in Canada. The loss of permanent resident status must occur through a ...
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Refugee Claim at a Port of Entry: First Interview
If you are making a refugee claim when you arrive in Canada, one of your first interactions will be with a Canada Border Services Agency ...
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Stay of Removal Motion at the Federal Court
Many people who are subject to a removal order and have a scheduled date for removal believe that they can simply file an “appeal” with ...
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Who Can Appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division
A right of appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) exists only where section 63 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act creates one, and ...
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Parents or Grandparents Sponsorship Refused
If your parents or grandparents’ immigration application has been refused, you may still have options. The appropriate remedy will depend on the reason for the ...
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Misrepresentation Under Section 40 of IRPA
Section 40 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act makes a permanent resident or a foreign national inadmissible to Canada for misrepresentation in four defined ...
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Deemed Rehabilitation vs Criminal Rehabilitation
Both routes do the same work — they stop a criminal record from outside Canada being a ground of inadmissibility — but only one of ...
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Criminal Inadmissibility: How Equivalency Works
Equivalency is the comparison a Canadian decision-maker makes when the offence happened somewhere else: the foreign offence is measured against Canadian law to work out ...
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What a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment Considers
A Pre-Removal Risk Assessment, almost always shortened to PRRA, is the last risk assessment Canadian law provides before a removal order is carried out. It ...
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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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