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Here is IRCC’s Country Information Library document for individuals from Egypt. Although it is old, this document does help clarify identity documents from Cameroon, and things that visa officers watch for.

Here is IRCC’s Country Information Library document for individuals from Morocco. Although it is old, this document does help clarify identity documents from Cameroon, and things that visa officers watch for.  

Here is IRCC’s Country Information Library document for individuals from Cameroon. Although it is old, this document does help clarify identity documents from Cameroon, and things that visa officers watch for. The Southern Cameroons National Council and the Southern Cameroons Youth League The Federal Court in Eyong v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 1750, that membership in the Southern Cameroons National Council [SCNC] and the Southern Cameroons Youth League can render someone inadmissible to Canada.  

On December 7, 2023, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada released a program delivery update about the public policy for Spouse or Common law Partner in Canada Class or Family Class applicants to apply for open work permits in Canada.  This is commonly known as the Open Spousal Work Permit for spousal sponsorship applications. To be issued an open work permit under this public policy, the applicant must meet all of the following criteria at the time of decision on the work permit application. 1) The applicant must have submitted the application for an open work permit using the online IRCC Secure account, which is also known as the MyCIC account or the Authorized Paid Representative‘s portal. 2) The applicant has to be physically in Canada and have valid temporary resident status, or be on maintained status, or have applied and be eligible for restoration of temporary status.  3) be included as a spouse or common-law partner in the SCLPC class, or as a spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner in the family class, in a permanent residence application that has met the requirement of a complete application as per section R10. 4) be the subject of a sponsorship application submitted by … Read More

The following is from the IRCC Country Information Library for Algeria.

Tamara Mosher Kuczer is the Founder & Principal Lawyer of Lighthouse Immigration Law Professional Corporation. She can be found on Twitter @ttrrmk.  

Several Federal Court decisions have discussed membership in different Palestinian organizations and whether they give rise to inadmissibility. Most recently, in Shala v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 1561, Madam Justice McDonald ruled that there was insufficient evidence that membership in the Palestinian Authority equates to membership in Hamas.

Deanna Okun-Nachoff, Erica Olmstead, Erin Roth, Kamaljit Kaur Lehal and Laura Best discuss compassion fatigue in the practice of refugee law and how they avoid burnout.

Section 42(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act provides: Inadmissible family member 42 (1) A foreign national, other than a protected person, is inadmissible on grounds of an inadmissible family member if (a) their accompanying family member or, in prescribed circumstances, their non-accompanying family member is inadmissible; or (b) they are an accompanying family member of an inadmissible person. Jurisprudence In Kolawole v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FC 1384, an individual’s permanent residence application was refused because her husband was inadmissible to Canada for misrepresentation. Madam Justice Sadrehashemi was concerned that the misrepresentation finding was unreasonable. She accordingly set aside the refusal of the inadmissible family member, and ordered that IRCC provide the principal applicant with the opportunity to re-open the file.

On June 22, 2023, Bill S-8 received Royal Assent. The amendments: reorganize existing inadmissibility provisions relating to sanctions to establish a distinct ground of inadmissibility based on sanctions; expand the scope of inadmissibility based on sanctions to include not only sanctions imposed on a country but also those imposed on an entity or a person; expand the scope of inadmissibility based on sanctions to include all orders and regulations made under section 4 of the Special Economic Measures Act; and amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to, among other things, provide that the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, instead of the Immigration Division, will have the authority to issue a removal order on grounds of inadmissibility based on sanctions. Legislation There Immigration and Refugee Protection Act contains several provisions pertaining to inadmissibility and sanctions. Section 4(2)(c) of the IRPA states: 4(2) The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is responsible for the administration of this Act as it relates to: (c)  the establishment of policies respecting the enforcement of this Act and inadmissibility on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, sanctions or organized criminality. Section 35.1(1) of the IRPA states: 35.‍1 (1) A foreign national is inadmissible … Read More