When you supply Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) with an e-mail address, either by providing an e-mail address on your application form to CIC or initiating e-mail communication with CIC, you are…
Continue ReadingAppearing at an immigration hearing can be a stressful experience. It can be intimidating to be questioned and cross-examined, especially when there is so much riding on the outcome. That is why…
Continue ReadingIf an individual has been deemed “criminally inadmissible” by Canadian Immigration Officials because he/she has committed or been convicted of a crime, the long-term options for overcoming the inadmissibility can be limited…
Continue ReadingThe concept of a “common law” relationship does not exist in many countries; so many foreign nationals, and even permanent residents, misunderstand what this means for Canadian immigration law. This lack of…
Continue ReadingRetrospectivity, Ministerial Instructions and Mandamus Focus of My Presentation With a record attendance of nearly 500 delegates at the annual Canadian Bar Association National Immigration Law Section Conference, the jam-packed three day…
Continue ReadingIn proceedings under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, costs may be awarded on a solicitor-client basis (i.e., to cover some of the costs of litigation) only where the Court finds there…
Continue ReadingMany migrants go to great lengths to reach the shores of another country and seek asylum. It is important to consider what these migrants are aspiring to, apart from an escape from…
Continue ReadingAt the heart of much immigration litigation is the tricky issue of credibility. At the Refugee Protection Division, for example, the Member deciding the claim must evaluate whether the claimant’s version of…
Continue ReadingThe proposed Ontario Immigration Act, 2014, currently at the second reading, should read as Ontario’s Enforcement Act and is in need of serious second thought. The legislation continues a concerning trend at…
Continue ReadingImagine you are facing removal from Canada, your appeal hearing is rapidly approaching, and you cannot find a lawyer to represent you. Eventually you do find a lawyer who is able to…
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