Here is IRCC’s Country Information Library document for individuals from Ivory Coast. Although it is old, this document does help clarify identity documents from Cameroon, and things that visa officers watch for.
Immigrating to Canada from Egypt
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.
Immigrating to Canada From Morocco
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.
Immigrating to Canada from Cameroon
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.
Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class Work Permits
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
Applying for a Canadian Visa from Algeria
The following is from the IRCC Country Information Library for Algeria.
Borderlines Podcast #91 – Recapping 2023 and Predictions for 2024 in Canadian Immigration Law, with Tamara Mosher Kuczer
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Environmental Overview – Accra
The following is a summary of the Environmental Overview of the immigration functions at the Canadian High Commission in Accra (the “Environmental Overview”). The Environmental Overview was prepared as part of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada 2013-2014 planning exercise, and is current as of January 2013. Environment The Canadian High Commission in Accra (“CIC Accra”) provides visa services to residents of Ascension, Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Conakry, Liberia, Nigeria (permanent residents only), Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, St. Helena, Togo, and Tristan da Cunha. Contrary to popular misconception, CIC Accra has no role in managing the Lagos Visa Office. Notwithstanding that, since the fall of 2012, an officer from CIC Accra has assisted the Lagos Visa Office in processing temporary resident applications on two occasions for a total period of four weeks. Upon return from one visit, the officer brought approximately 200 Temporary Resident Visa files from the Lagos Visa Office to CIC Accra. Original passports were left in the Lagos Visa Office and visas were remotely printed there. Quality Assurance The last half of 2012 witnessed several changes to the Immigration Program at CIC Accra. All permanent resident visas are issued by the Immigration Program Manager to ensure procedures … Read More
The Cost of Escorted Removals and Detentions
In May 2011, the Government Consulting Services prepared a report for the Canada Border Services Agency titled Identification and Assessment of Options for the Escort Program (Project Number: 520-1412). This blog post is a summary of that report. As the report is over 30 pages, please contact me if you want me to e-mail you a copy of the entire report. In brief, in 2010/11 the cost of escorted removals was $7.5-million dollars, with an average cost per escorted removal at $13,933.00. The estimated total time spent by the CBSA to complete escorted removals during this time was 78,160 hours. As noted in the report, the decision as to whether a foreign national’s removal will be escorted or not lies with the Inland Enforcement regional managers or supervisors who oversee removals. The assessment focuses on many factors related to determining the level of risk likely to be present during the removal such as: the person’s comportment, anticipated reaction to their return to the country of destination, the length of the trip, and/or the transit point(s), the person’s past criminal behaviour, their physical and psychological condition, and more. In some cases, a medical escort may also be provided by the CBSA. The … Read More
Palestinian Organizations and Inadmissibility
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.