Our Recent Immigration Success Stories

Successful Outcome at the Refugee Protection Division!

Our office assisted a client from south Asia seeking refugee protection in Canada. The client initially arrived in Canada and claimed refugee protection several years ago. This case presented some difficulty, as the events forming the basis of the claim were not recent and the client had to demonstrate that there would be present risk were he to be returned to his country of nationality today. We extensively examined the client’s claim and collected ample information to show that the situation in the client’s country of nationality had not improved for individuals like our client and, if he were returned to that country, he would likely be at risk. As a result, the RPD determined that our client is a Convention Refugee. He will now be able to apply for permanent residence in Canada for both himself and his family.

Study Permit Restoration Application Approved In One Month After Devastating Refusal

Our office assisted a client with an application for restoration to a study permit. Our client lost his temporary resident status in Canada when his open bridging work permit application was refused. We worked diligently to complete and submit our client’s restoration application within the required 90-day period.  Our submissions were accepted and his application was approved in one month.

Criminal Inadmissibility Overturned – Temporary Resident Permit Issued After 6 Years

Our office assisted a client who had been found criminally inadmissible under the IRPA as a result of his former employment. However, the client had not worked with that organization for over a decade and, while there, worked in a role in which he had no involvement in any criminal acts. The client has been fighting since 2012 to see his daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren, who live in Canada. He retained our office in 2013 to assist with his TRV application and remained with us through his subsequent TRP and Judicial Review applications. Over the past six years, he has filed four separate Judicial Review applications, all of which were settled; the most recent Judicial Review application was filed earlier this year. Each time, we argued that the deciding officers, by failing to conduct the proper assessment, had continued to make similar errors in their decisions. Happily, after six long years, the Minister has finally consented to issuing a TRP to our client. He will now finally be able to see his daughter and grandchildren in the place that they call home!

Stay of Removal Order Granted to Family of Five

We have recently succeeded at the Federal Court with a stay of removal that was granted for a family of five. This family lived in Canada without legal status for almost a decade, having been unsuccessful at all their previous attempts to regularize their immigration status. After they retained our firm for assistance, we submitted an application for permanent residence based on Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds, which is currently in process. Unfortunately, this application does not confer status to the applicants, and as such, the family has been scheduled for removal. Having learned about the removal date, our office submitted an urgent request to defer removal, which was refused by the CBSA.

In order to stop the immediate removal of the family from Canada, our office brought an urgent stay of removal motion to the Federal Court. During the hearing, the Federal Court judge accepted our arguments that the deferral officer mischaracterized the evidence and arguments in the deferral request and failed to consider the short-term interests of the children, even though was required to do so. Consequently, the judge granted the stay of removal order for the whole family, noting that such stay would be in the best interests of children, two of whom left their country of nationality at a very young age, and the third is a citizen of Canada.