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    File-Review Temporarily Suspended for Everyone

    No, not if your claim was already finalized. If you're still waiting for a decision, you will be affected, you won't be able to go through the File-Review process while it's suspended. Instead you will go through a short/expedited hearing if your claim is less-complex.
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    File-Review Temporarily Suspended for Everyone

    It is very unlikely that they will cancel all file-review decisions as that would add hundreds of thousands of cases to the already massive backlog. But unfortunately it is pretty difficult to predict what will happen these days.
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    File-Review Temporarily Suspended for Everyone

    If you've already been accepted, you probably won't be affected unless the minister appeals the decision or a new bill gets passed that retroactively affects people.
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    File-Review Temporarily Suspended for Everyone

    First of all, the note doesn't say that the less complex stream is completely cancelled, it only says that the IRB will not make any file-review decisions until they adjust their processes. Second, the reason for making sure that claimants are in Canada is because, (if I remember correctly)...
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    File-Review Temporarily Suspended for Everyone

    With Bill C-12 receiving royal assent, the only new regulations affecting refugee claimants weren't the new ineligibility rules. There were also new regulations requiring any refugee claimant to be present in Canada before a decision is made. Due to this, on April 15 2026 the IRB updated its...
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    Traveling between ECOPR and PR card reception

    If you do somehow board a flight to Canada as a permanent resident without having your PR card or a PR Travel Document (Airlines aren't supposed to let you board like that), it is up to a CBSA officer's discretion to admit you into Canada if they're satisfied that you're a PR.
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    Traveling between ECOPR and PR card reception

    That doesn't matter, as a permanent resident you're required to have your PR card or a PR Travel Document (VISA like single use sticker placed in your travel document) before boarding a flight to or entering Canada.
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    Traveling between ECOPR and PR card reception

    If you receive your eCOPR while abroad, or you travel abroad after getting your eCOPR but before getting your PR card, you won't be able to board a flight to Canada before first getting a PR Travel Document from the Canadian embassy at the country you're visiting.
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    Refugee/Asylum Claimants 2025 Timelines

    Personally, after following a chain of phone calls to the IRB and CBSA I learned that the background checks done by IRCC and CBSA are separate. At least that's what I understood, as the person on the phone wasn't so confident in their response and I was transferred between quite a few CBSA...
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    As a family member of someone apply for refugee in Canada (I did not apply), can I leave Canada and return with a valid study permit?

    First, check whether if your TRV is still valid on GCKey, if it's not you cannot return. If it's still valid, you may still have some issues as it's up to a CBSA officer to decide whether they will admit you into Canada.
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    Consequences of self representing?

    Minor details don't matter too much, as long as the information in your forms are truthful and consistent. This is my guess based on a few examples and isn't based on anything 100% certain but, just like appwarez said, I think that IRCC, CBSA, and IRB are generally a bit more lenient to...
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    Case ineligible due to bill C-12

    Because IRCC is just following what's written in the law, you wouldn't be able to file for judicial review, so your only remaining option would be to challenge the law itself, which wouldn't be easy. Instead, you should focus on your PRRA application.
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    Refugee/Asylum Claimants 2025 Timelines

    Public pushback won't change anything unless the IRPA or Refugee Protection Division Rules change as a result of them. The public can speak up, start petitions, and do more, those can eventually result in new laws being passed or regulations being changed, as we saw with Bill C-12; but as long...
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    Refugee/Asylum Claimants 2025 Timelines

    First of all, you mustn't leave Canada without first getting protected person status or any other status that allows you to re-enter. Second of all, you mustn't visit your home country under any circumstance while you're a protected person and/or permanent resident; otherwise, you will likely...
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    Case ineligible due to bill C-12

    IRCC generally considers families together, but I believe you can request for your files to be separated. If you apply for a PRRA you'll be able to stay in Canada until a decision is made, if you're accepted you can apply for PR with your son, if your son is accepted only he can apply for PR. In...
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