Applying for Study Permit – Does I Matter if I Apply in Canada? – FC Weighs In
One of the questions I’ve always struggled with (and tended to advise much more conservatively on) is the question of whether an individual should apply for a study permit while they are residing in their country of habitual residence/citizenship or whether they should apply for one while they are in Canada as visitors (processed in […]
My Welcoming Remarks from City of Vancouver’s Islamic History Month – 27 October 2018
Thank you, Councilor Carr For those that don’t know Councilor Carr was our Council liaison for the past year and almost a half. and we are very grateful for her work with us Before we introduce ourselves, I would also like to thank Ms. T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss for her traditional welcome and all the work she […]
Authorization to Return to Canada (“ARC”) – A Deep Dive
With an increase in individuals being removed from Canada on exclusion and deportation orders, the practice of filing Authorization to Return to Canada Applications (“ARC Applications”) is on the rise. Per IRCC: A52(1) provides that if a removal order has been enforced, a foreign national shall not return to Canada unless authorized by an officer […]
Non-Immigration Tribunal’s Immigration Confusion – Implied Status for R. 206/R.207 work permit
An interesting decision in a Alberta Workers’ Compensation Appeal Decision No.: 2017-0248, 2018 CanLII 87280 (AB WCAC) raises interesting issues about how accessible or apparent are some of the nuances of the operation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act [IRPA] and Regulations [IRPR], especially around implied status. Implied status (R.186(u) of IRPR in the context of work) […]
What IRCC email “actively pursuing studies” compliance checks look like
As you may have seen from IRCC’s revamped study permit instructions website, the process of verifying whether a student is “actively pursuing studies” is finally being taken up by the Department. While some may find concern in this (given the broad nature of R. 220.1 IRPR), if it leads to less Port of Entry decisions and […]
Detained Migrant in Vancouver – A Descriptive Narrative
When my moms was still around, she told me about how they used to put our people in shackles. They were thicker back then. Big iron shackles. So tight, apparently, the blood vessels constricted and feelings were lost in hands and legs. From our ancestral home, we was apparently brought onto boats to supposed freedom. Instead, […]
20 September 2018 – CCAC x Punjabi Market Forum – Text of My Intro Speech
Full text (minus a few ad libs from the day of): I would like to Acknowledge that we are on the unceded, traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples – the Squamish, Musqueam, Tsleil-waututh. It is the resilience of our First Peoples, in the face of adversity and historical and on-going discrimination that inspires us to continue […]
