November 19, 2024 I was invited recently as a guest on the excellent immigration law podcast - Borderlines. The topic was cessation, specifically, the work that our law firm does in defending and preventing cessation applications. Cessation is a category of refugee law that determines when a refugee’s need for protection in Canada has come to an end. In certain…
The United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is an international treaty that defines who a refugee is and what rights that refugee may have in Canada. If Canada has found you to be a refugee, Canadian law only guarantees you temporary protection for as long as it is needed. Until you have become a Canadian citizen, your status in Canada…
The Immigration Appeals Division (IAD) is a division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. The IAD’s function is to review (and in some cases, reverse) deportations or decisions to revoke permanent residency. It also hears appeals from refused applications to sponsor family members. At Elgin Cannon & Associates, we represent clients before the IAD in a few different…
Spousal sponsorship applications can be complicated. There are many application forms, accompanying documents, and administrative requirements to keep track of. Small mistakes with your application can have big consequences. In many cases, those mistakes can result in Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) returning your application instead of processing it. Here are a few of the most common mistakes we…