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The problems, and what we actually do about them

Honest answers to the six things that go wrong

Every one of these is a version of the same problem. The system is slow for two years, then brutal for two weeks.

01

You did not know the clock had started

The problem

The 15-day appeal deadline runs from the day the written reasons reach you, not the hearing date and not the date printed at the top. People routinely lose a week assuming otherwise.

What we do

Send a photo of the letter and we tell you your date. No charge, no commitment, no sales call. If the date has passed we tell you that too, because you still need to know.

02

You cannot tell who is legitimate

The problem

Unlicensed agents are widespread in this market, and most people arriving here have already been burned once or know someone who was.

What we do

We tell you to verify us rather than trust us. Since 15 July 2026 the public register shows whether a licensee is in good standing and any disciplinary history, and a compensation fund now exists for clients defrauded by a licensee. Use a licensed consultant and that protection exists. Use a ghost agent and nothing does.

03

Legal aid will not pay for a consultant

The problem

Legal Aid Ontario certificates can only be billed by roster lawyers. Appeals need a merit assessment first. Many people are refused, are over the threshold, or cannot wait for an intake inside a 15-day window.

What we do

We price discrete pieces of work rather than only full files. A deadline check, a decision review, a record prepared, submissions written. You can buy one small piece, see whether we are real, and decide from there.

04

The person searching is not the person in trouble

The problem

A detained person has no phone. A claimant may not read English. A sponsor is the legal appellant but the refusal landed on someone else's file.

What we do

You can start a file on behalf of a relative. Our intake is built for the third party, because in detention and sponsorship matters that is almost always who is calling.

05

You cannot read your own decision

The problem

A refusal, a fairness letter or a direction to report is dense legal English, read under stress, on a phone, often in a second language.

What we do

A written decision review in plain language. What the document is, what the deadline is, and what the realistic options are. Available in English and French.

06

You think an appeal means telling the story again

The problem

Most people expect a second hearing. An appeal to the Refugee Appeal Division is largely decided on paper, and the record decides it.

What we do

We work where the case is actually won: finding the error in the decision and building the record properly. In 2025, 3,045 of 9,910 appeals decided on the merits were allowed.

You do not have to commit to a full file

Buy one small piece and see whether we are real

If you have been defrauded before, being asked for a full retainer by a stranger on the internet is the moment you walk away. So we do not start there.

Free

Deadline triage

Send the letter, get the date back. Nothing else attached.

Anyone holding a document with a date on it
Fixed fee

Options assessment

A conversation and a written summary of what is actually available to you.

People deciding whether to act at all
Fixed fee

Decision review

We read the decision properly and tell you where the errors are, if there are any.

People deciding whether to appeal
Per task

Discrete work

Notice of Appeal filed, record prepared, submissions written. One task at a time.

People who cannot fund a full file
Retainer

Full representation

RAD, IAD, PRRA, detention review and admissibility hearings, start to finish.

Funded files, often family funded
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