While the entire Federal Court process is speeding up in 2015, applications continue to take nearly a year from start to hearing date. For most applicants, this is very long wait and…
Continue ReadingThe process of obtaining refugee status is incredibly important to an individual. I have recently been involved in research where I, along with a team of researchers at the University of Oxford,…
Continue ReadingAs immigration control increases, refugee applicants are often implicitly, if not explicitly, submitted to evaluation of their medical conditions for corroboration of their autobiographical narratives. Medical certificates, for instance, which are drawn…
Continue ReadingSince May 2013, many applicants for permanent residence in Canada have required an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA). Applicants are required to use third-party education assessors who evaluate the applicant’s foreign academic credential(s)….
Continue ReadingThe Canadian Federal Court of Appeal is currently considering an appeal of the seminal decision in Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care v. Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2014) FC…
Continue ReadingOn 19 June 2014 the Government of Canada passed changes to the Citizenship Act. The changes introduced in June are to come into force as and when the Governor in Council directs….
Continue ReadingRecently, the United Nations Refugee Agency made an appeal to countries to resettle an additional 100,000 Syrian refugees across the world. Last week, Canada responded. Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced on 7…
Continue ReadingOn 29 December 2014 the Toronto Star revealed the results of their CIC Access to Information request. The Toronto Star had inquired as to processing errors made by CIC staff, and in…
Continue ReadingPermanent residents who have been found to have misrepresented themselves are able to appeal this determination to the Immigration Appeal Division. If the appeal is successful, then the misrepresentation is overcome and…
Continue ReadingA permanent resident, with criminal convictions, often faces the loss of his or her permanent residence status if found to be inadmissible to Canada for serious criminality. Serious criminality is distinguished by…
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