Canadian immigration and citizenship guides
Immigration problems guide
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Read an immigration refusal, preserve the record and compare reapplication, reconsideration, appeal and Federal Court judicial review.
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Understand an IRCC fairness concern, obtain the relevant record and submit a focused, evidenced response before the deadline.
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Understand direct and indirect immigration misrepresentation, material omissions, five-year inadmissibility and response options.
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Understand security, criminal, medical, financial, misrepresentation, non-compliance and family inadmissibility under Canadian law.
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Assess foreign charges and convictions, Canadian equivalency, rehabilitation, temporary resident permits and permanent-resident consequences.
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Understand public-health, public-safety and excessive-demand findings, procedural fairness and mitigation plans.
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Understand allegations involving espionage, subversion, terrorism, violence or membership and the available fairness and court processes.
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Understand section 39 financial inadmissibility and prove adequate arrangements for support without relying on prohibited employment.
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Understand status, permit-condition, entry and departure violations under section 41 and possible restoration or enforcement consequences.
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Determine when temporary status ended, stop unauthorized activity and assess restoration, departure or another legal option.
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Apply within 90 days to restore visitor, worker or student status and understand the limits while IRCC decides.
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Distinguish departure, exclusion and deportation orders, understand when they become enforceable and identify appeal or stay options.
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Understand when a Canadian departure order takes effect, how to obtain a certificate of departure and avoid conversion to deportation.
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Understand the permanent return bar created by a deportation order, removal costs and applications for Authorization to Return to Canada.
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Understand one-year and five-year exclusion periods, proof of departure and when Authorization to Return to Canada is required.
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Understand 48-hour, 7-day and 30-day detention reviews, statutory grounds, release plans and alternatives to detention.
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Understand Immigration Division hearings, Minister’s allegations, evidence, removal orders and review options.
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Understand sponsorship, removal and residency-obligation appeals, notice deadlines, ADR, hearings and humanitarian jurisdiction.
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Understand leave, filing deadlines, the certified record, reasonableness review, stays and remedies in immigration judicial review.
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Use Canada’s access laws to request immigration files, officer notes and CBSA records, and understand consent, exemptions and delays.
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Use a reconsideration request for a clear immigration decision error without missing appeal, court or status deadlines.
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Recognize paid representative, job-offer, document and payment scams and report fraud without compounding an immigration application.
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Triage appeal, judicial review, restoration, fairness, removal and document-request deadlines before rights are lost.
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Identify the decision-maker, deadline and available response or review route.
Preserve exactly what was filed, received and decided.
Understand effects on status, future applications, travel and family members.
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Read an immigration refusal, preserve the record and compare reapplication, reconsideration, appeal and Federal Court judicial review.
Read the guide →
Understand an IRCC fairness concern, obtain the relevant record and submit a focused, evidenced response before the deadline.
Read the guide →
Understand direct and indirect immigration misrepresentation, material omissions, five-year inadmissibility and response options.
Read the guide →
Understand security, criminal, medical, financial, misrepresentation, non-compliance and family inadmissibility under Canadian law.
Read the guide →
Assess foreign charges and convictions, Canadian equivalency, rehabilitation, temporary resident permits and permanent-resident consequences.
Read the guide →
Understand public-health, public-safety and excessive-demand findings, procedural fairness and mitigation plans.
Read the guide →