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    I am an asylum seeker, and I had an admissibility hearing. Ask me anything.

    I arrived in 2016, and presented my asylum claim in January 2018. CBSA reported me for an admissibility hearing for serious criminality, and I was arrested. I was released on bail in March. It took CBSA three and a half years to put their disclosure together, and finally reveal what bothered...
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    How to get medical care in Quebec as an asylum seeker?

    I need prescription meds for my blood pressure. My status is still "asylum claimant" and I'm only covered by the Interim Federal Health Program. I live in Montreal, Quebec. Where should I go to get a prescription? To a hospital? Any walk-in clinic? To Pharmaprix (that's how Shoppers Drug Mart is...
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    Has anyone here gone through an admissibility hearing?

    If you have, please tell how it went, and how much did you wait from presenting your asylum claim to the admissibility hearing. (Not eligibility, but admissibility!) Here is my situation for the curious... it's rather unusual, maybe someone can give some insight. I'm totally at a loss on some...
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    Admissibility hearing chances

    I am a refugee claimant and I am going to have to go to an admissibility hearing soon. The reason is serious criminality, a conviction in my home country. My asylum claim is based exactly on the statement that I was convicted unlawfully, disregarding due process. I have a counselor with...
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    Where can I apply ONLINE for an open work permit?

    Hi guys! I'm a refugee claimant in Canada and I would like to apply for a work permit. I have all the forms and attachments, but there's a little problem... I can't seem to find where can I apply online! Of course I opened an account on https://onlineservices-servicesenligne.cic.gc.ca/ and it...
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    Admissibility hearing never happened - why?

    I've filed an asylum claim on January 10. I was granted eligibility on January 24. CBSA was not present at the eligibility hearing. I've disclosed that I had a number of criminal charges and convictions in my home country. They only asked me to give them one of the judgments, which convicted me...
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    Authenticity of foreign documents

    Cheers again! Another legal question, if some of you can help me please... So, as I wrote in another thread, I have around 1000 pages of documents for IRB in an asylum case. About 800 of these are official ones from police and court proceedings. I've scanned and archived all my official...
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    Certified translation of a LOT of documents

    Cheers, refugees! May I join you? I mean literally. I am soon going to apply for asylum. To prove that I was actually persecuted in an otherwise "safe" country, I have to present about 1000 pages of official documents to the IRB. They have already been translated to English. However, the...