Full practice areas
An RCIC-IRB licence covers the whole range of Canadian immigration work, plus representation before the Immigration and Refugee Board. The Board work is the specialism. The rest is handled too.
Before the Immigration and Refugee Board
SpecialismThe RCIC-IRB endorsement is what permits a consultant to appear here. Most consultants cannot.
- Refugee claimsRefugee Protection Division hearings and preparation
- Refugee appealsRefugee Appeal Division, 15 day deadline
- Perfecting an appealAppellant's record and submissions
- Detention reviews48 hours, 7 days, then every 30 days
- Admissibility hearingsImmigration Division
- Sponsorship appealsImmigration Appeal Division
- Removal order appealsImmigration Appeal Division
- Residency obligation appealsLost PR status for time outside Canada
Enforcement, risk and removal
Where CBSA is already involved and the timelines are shortest.
- Bill C-12 ineligibility lettersOne year bar and 14 day bar
- Pre-removal risk assessmentWritten application, no hearing
- Directions to reportEnforceable removal orders
- Deferral requests
- CBSA reporting conditions
- Authorization to Return to CanadaAfter a removal order was enforced
Family sponsorship
The sponsor in Canada is the client, and in an appeal the sponsor is the appellant.
- Spousal and partner sponsorshipInland and overseas
- Parents and grandparents
- Dependent children
- Super visa
- Sponsorship refusalsResponse and appeal
- Relationship evidence packages
Permanent residence
Economic and discretionary routes to status.
- Express EntryFederal Skilled Worker, CEC, Trades
- Provincial Nominee Programs
- Humanitarian and compassionate applications
- Atlantic and rural pilots
- Self-employed and business streams
- PR card renewal and travel documents
Work, study and visitor status
Getting status, keeping it, and fixing it when it lapses.
- Work permitsLMIA based and LMIA exempt
- Labour Market Impact AssessmentsEmployer side
- Post-graduation work permits
- Study permits and extensions
- Visitor visas and eTAs
- Restoration of statusAfter status has lapsed
Inadmissibility and recovery
When something in the file is blocking everything else.
- Temporary resident permits
- Criminal rehabilitation
- Medical inadmissibility responses
- Misrepresentation allegations
- Procedural fairness letter responses
- Reconsideration requests
Citizenship
The last step, and the problems that surface at it.
- Citizenship applications
- Residency calculation issues
- Prohibitions and delays
- Proof of citizenship