Detention and misrepresentation hearings at the IRB. 

Location/Format:  Video CPD

Accreditation Status:LSBC Approved  ICCRC Approved

Location: Live Webinar. Access this webcast-only program live on the go.

Presented By: Ms. Rodica Toma (RCIC)

This program contains _0__ Professionalism Hour(s) 

This program is eligible for up to _4_ Substantive Hours 

Event Objectives:

Substantive:

Misrepresentation occurs when information is provided to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) or to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that is inconsistent, inaccurate, or incomplete.

Once discovered by the agency, this may result in detention if the foreign national is in Canada in any status. Once detained, further actions and remedies can be dealt via IRB (ID) hearing process.

This seminar will cover the overview of laws, policy, procedures and guidance used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada staff in Canada and the IRB (Immigration Refugee Board).

• How is it discovered by the IRCC Staff?
  
• What can you do if your client is facing an allegation of Misrepresentation?
  
• The principal applicant is always at fault?
  
• The “procedural fairness” rule applied by the IRCC and the CBSA
  
• The significant impact on all future interactions with IRCC and the CBSA
  
• Who can be detained?
  
• What are the grounds for detention?
  
• Remedies via the IRCC or CBSA
  
• Remedies via IRB/ID/IAD
  
• Why does the ID review the grounds for detention?
  
• Preparing the client for the evidence and the testimony
  
• Basics of Admissibility Hearings and Detention Reviews
  
• Keeping eyes on the Limitation Periods and Notices