Practice Area

Inadmissibility & Refugee Claims

Criminal/medical inadmissibility, temporary residency permits, and refugee protection claims before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

Overview

Files involving statutory bars or refugee protection claims — addressed with the rigour required before the IRB and IRCC.

Scope of Representation

Typical Process

How a Matter Proceeds

Determining the grounds of inadmissibility under the IRPA (security, criminality, medical, misrepresentation) and assessing available remedies.

For criminal grounds: preparing rehabilitation applications, assessing rehabilitation period requirements, and gathering evidence of rehabilitation.

Preparing applications for Temporary Resident Permit, rehabilitation, or stay of removal proceedings before the IRB as appropriate.

Representing the applicant at IRB hearings or managing the decision process at IRCC.

Evidence We Look For

Criminal record extract and sentencing documentation
Court records and disposition of charges
Medical assessment (for medical inadmissibility)
Rehabilitation evidence (employment, education, counselling, letters of support)
Proof of family ties and establishment in Canada
Financial documentation
Humanitarian and compassionate factors (if applicable)
Assessment by counsel of the strength of any misrepresentation defence

Related Practice Areas

Family class matters prepared with the genuineness, dependency, and inadmissibility evidence officers actually look for.

Federal and provincial economic streams, family sponsorship, humanitarian applications, citizenship, and PR card renewals.

Common Questions

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