Our Recent Immigration Success Stories

Overcoming Adversity: Victory in In-Canada Spousal Sponsorship Application

We assisted a family with an in-Canada Spousal Sponsorship (ICC) application in responding to a Procedural Fairness letter concerning both a history of criminal convictions overseas and a failure to disclose that history. With this matter, it was therefore necessary to address two types of inadmissibility: criminality and misrepresentation. If these two inadmissibilities were decided by IRCC, it would not only have led to a refusal of the application but also found the applicant inadmissible, resulting in a ban on the family from reapplying for a period of five years. Therefore, in our response, we included a rehabilitation application to address the criminal history together with submissions advocating for an exemption from misrepresentation. We were most pleased when IRCC approved the application six months later.

Protecting Permanent Resident Status in IRCC Misrepresentation Investigation

We were recently successful in presenting our client’s circumstances to IRCC, who invited our client for an interview as part of IRCC’s investigation into the genuineness of our client’s marriage (based on which our client had obtained their permanent resident status in Canada). The IRCC officer, in their communication, advised that they had concerns that our client (whom we did not previously assist with any immigration matter) may have misrepresented their marital status at the time of landing in Canada, and if so determined, they would be found inadmissible to Canada. We worked extensively with our client to collect documents evidencing that their marriage to their ex-spouse was, in fact, genuine (relying on the test established by jurisprudence). Our office also presented an explanation with extensive evidence in support that some documents that one is generally expected to have were not available for reasons beyond our client’s control and despite their best efforts to collect them.

We were very happy to hear that after our written submissions and IRCC’s interview with our client, the officer decided not to take any further action against our client and their permanent resident status was not jeopardized.

Refugee Claim Accepted from the Bench

Our client retained us for assistance with making a refugee claim. We helped him prepare the forms, the narrative, and the documents, all of which were submitted to the Immigration and Refugee Board to start his claim. While waiting for the hearing date, we helped the client gather additional documents to support his claim and submitted an extensive documentation package to the Board. We also had several preparation sessions with the client to prepare him to testify before the Board.

On the hearing date, our client gave his testimony and less than two hours into the hearing, the Board Member stated that he was accepting our client’s refugee claim. The client was declared a Convention Refugee on the spot and will soon be able to become a Permanent Resident of Canada.

TRVs Granted After Success at the Federal Court!

Our clients retained us following the refusal of their temporary resident visa (TRV) applications. Upon review of the refusal letter, we suggested that our clients challenge the Decision to the Federal Court of Canada, as the Decision appeared unreasonable.  

We crafted our legal arguments and filed the materials with the Court. Shortly thereafter, we received a letter from the Department of Justice on behalf of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) offering a settlement to our clients.  

Our clients’ TRV applications were remitted back to a new immigration officer for redetermination which were ultimately approved, and our clients were issued TRVs. We are thrilled with this result and wish our clients the best!