Conventional Refugee status in Canada?

Question

I would like to help a friend with a conventional refugee claim in Canada , does anyone have any info that might help with the interview , how long the application process takes , what info or proof they might need and how complicated the whole process is?

Thanks , any info would be appreciated.

Answer 1

it can take some time. what sites have you been too? i postinng court links that imm cases on them and the immigration and refugee board that hears appeals to give you an idea.

www.cic.gc.ca
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/index.aspx?lang=en
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/index.html

for all the laws www.canlli.org and use the search engine narrow it down to appleas court and supreme court too type refugee in
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/index.html
see the faq
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/about/tribunals/iad/index_e.htm
this last one has some good info.

Answer 2

I have a passing familiarity with this issue.

The key to it is this: if you are claiming, repeat claiming, to be a refugee, then you are saying, in effect, that life back in your homeland is so horrible, so bad, that you legitimately fear for your life.

Being an economic refugee or merely finding the old country a wee bit uncomfortable just isn't enough.

A big problem for both Canadian immigration authorities and for legitimate refugees has been a flurry of phony refugees who claimed refugee status -- and then talk openly about going back to their homeland at some point. You cannot have it both ways: either it's so bad that you could not be there or it's good enough that you can stay there.

If you're coming to Canada, then you have to drop all links with the old country except through e-mail or Internet.

A good start would be an experienced lawyer in Canada.

So many people have been abusing the system that I fear that a massive overhaul of the refugee system is coming soon. I'm sure that's not what you wanted to hear, but other peoples' immigration abuses are going to make it tough for legitimate refugees in the future

Answer 3

Claiming refugee status in Canada does not persist with to individuals. america isn't a conflict torn u . s . the place human beings flee from. to declare refugee status as an American destroys the status of actual refugees. there are quite some companies on your very own u . s . which could assist you to in the journey that your rights have been violated. Refugees come from international places the place human rights do no longer exist. in case you will possibly choose to immigrate to Canada, you should flow interior the direction of an identical channels as all of us else who desires to stay right here.

Answer 4

should have claimed here. it's a free for all!!