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H&C Humanitarian Ground with/or Without Failed refugee claim

wello711

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My case move to Toronto office since August but no movement after that .
I got my GCM notes last month so far no movement.
Hope to get answer soon .
what about eligibility in your gcms notes ? do you also have some withheld pages pursuant to section of the access to information act ?
 

wello711

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Hi - I'm not certain what the question is, but if I know something (my knowledge is dated) I'll be happy to respond.
I applied for h&c application i sent it to vancouver, after that IRCC generally send applications to another office ( I thought they were going to send mine to Montreal because my forms are in french, i'm francophone, many evidences and proofs are in french..) but today when i received notes i found that the second office is the operation support centre OSC ( an office in ottawa that does not review h&c application at all ) i don't know the reason !
also i want to know the meaning of HC-CDA with french content in the section organization and entities.

i am really sad and desperate
 

wello711

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Hi - I'm not certain what the question is, but if I know something (my knowledge is dated) I'll be happy to respond.
i also have many withheld pages pursuant to section of the access to information act...
i don't know what this mysterious informations might be.
the weirdest thing is the second office CSO-support operation centre OSC
My criminality passed, security not started, eligiblity UNFORTUATELY not started, information shared completed, i found also this information : Minimum Requirememts HC: Met
 

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i also have many withheld pages pursuant to section of the access to information act...
i don't know what this mysterious informations might be.
the weirdest thing is the second office CSO-support operation centre OSC
My criminality passed, security not started, eligiblity UNFORTUATELY not started, information shared completed, i found also this information : Minimum Requirememts HC: Met
Okay, but the section of the Access to Information Act might help to understand what sort of information is being withheld. Here is what the law says: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/a-1/page-3.html

Starting from the bottom, meeting minimum requirements "may" simply mean that you're not a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or subject to any of the limitations like having an ongoing refugee claim or being outside of the one year prohibition for applying.

Criminality, security and medicals are really issues after receiving AIP, so applicants who have been in Canada for a lengthy period of time, after a refugee claim has been unsuccessful have likely had some sort of screening that aligns with the claim. There could be adverse information there, but it would have likely surfaced inside the claim. It would still be redacted, but the applicant would probably have had to address whatever it may have been. It may not be adverse to be redacted.

CSO support.., this came after my time but Google explains it as:

The Operations Support Centre (OSC) processes:
  • International Experience Canada work permits,
  • In-Canada applications submitted online,
  • Verification of Status (VOS) applications,
  • Replacement of valid temporary resident documents,
  • Amendment of immigration documents and of valid temporary resident documents.
This appears to me to be very low level decision-makers who organize and distribute applications to their proper destinations. Maybe they digitally screen applications and only enter information? Replacing existing TR documents suggest a very limited authority, so it looks to me to be a simple screening and distribution operation.

Missing pages.., this could be a few things, including an error on the part of the human who has the most tedious work within the system - reading everything to see what can and cannot be released.

It's worth reading the legislation to see what they'll limit in a release, but common (to me and my very dated experience) in the immigration world could be information about specific third parties, and they could be unknown to the applicant.

An example could be that an employee at the CBSA, IRCC or Refugee Board wants to know something from your home country. The Canadian diplomat (CBSA, RCMP have diplomatic positions abroad, for 2 examples) responsible for that nation may have been engaged with any sort of question. That could likely be redacted if it's considered an "ongoing" investigation. The investigation could be considered "ongoing" but is not really being pursued. It might be general information produced internally and not releasable because it identifies Canada's communication(s) with who knows who. This sort of "general report" might be attached to all applicants from a specific country (I don't know this, but it wouldn't surprise me if the RPD did something like that).

It's guesswork - work that never ends. I would add that there are two types of information or evidence. Intrinsic and extrinsic. If information that is not readily available to the applicant but IS in the hands of the decision-maker, then this extrinsic information has to be disclosed under the principle of natural justice if it's a consideration within any refusal.

Sometimes someone from work, someone jealous of your relationship or a neighbour who doesn't like someone will write a poison pen letter. That would be redacted.

You just don't know what you don't know, but in the many, many, many immigration case files that I've looked at, it was rarely heart-stopping. I don't think that you were formerly a corrupt union leader, an agent of the SAVAK or an embezzling head of a foreign bank. If you were, you wouldn't ask what it is and instead you'd ask, who's it from?
 

wello711

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Hi - I'm not certain what the question is, but if I know something (my knowledge is dated) I'll be happy to respond.
Okay, but the section of the Access to Information Act might help to understand what sort of information is being withheld. Here is what the law says: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/a-1/page-3.html

Starting from the bottom, meeting minimum requirements "may" simply mean that you're not a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or subject to any of the limitations like having an ongoing refugee claim or being outside of the one year prohibition for applying.

Criminality, security and medicals are really issues after receiving AIP, so applicants who have been in Canada for a lengthy period of time, after a refugee claim has been unsuccessful have likely had some sort of screening that aligns with the claim. There could be adverse information there, but it would have likely surfaced inside the claim. It would still be redacted, but the applicant would probably have had to address whatever it may have been. It may not be adverse to be redacted.

CSO support.., this came after my time but Google explains it as:

The Operations Support Centre (OSC) processes:
  • International Experience Canada work permits,
  • In-Canada applications submitted online,
  • Verification of Status (VOS) applications,
  • Replacement of valid temporary resident documents,
  • Amendment of immigration documents and of valid temporary resident documents.
This appears to me to be very low level decision-makers who organize and distribute applications to their proper destinations. Maybe they digitally screen applications and only enter information? Replacing existing TR documents suggest a very limited authority, so it looks to me to be a simple screening and distribution operation.

Missing pages.., this could be a few things, including an error on the part of the human who has the most tedious work within the system - reading everything to see what can and cannot be released.

It's worth reading the legislation to see what they'll limit in a release, but common (to me and my very dated experience) in the immigration world could be information about specific third parties, and they could be unknown to the applicant.

An example could be that an employee at the CBSA, IRCC or Refugee Board wants to know something from your home country. The Canadian diplomat (CBSA, RCMP have diplomatic positions abroad, for 2 examples) responsible for that nation may have been engaged with any sort of question. That could likely be redacted if it's considered an "ongoing" investigation. The investigation could be considered "ongoing" but is not really being pursued. It might be general information produced internally and not releasable because it identifies Canada's communication(s) with who knows who. This sort of "general report" might be attached to all applicants from a specific country (I don't know this, but it wouldn't surprise me if the RPD did something like that).

It's guesswork - work that never ends. I would add that there are two types of information or evidence. Intrinsic and extrinsic. If information that is not readily available to the applicant but IS in the hands of the decision-maker, then this extrinsic information has to be disclosed under the principle of natural justice if it's a consideration within any refusal.

Sometimes someone from work, someone jealous of your relationship or a neighbour who doesn't like someone will write a poison pen letter. That would be redacted.

You just don't know what you don't know, but in the many, many, many immigration case files that I've looked at, it was rarely heart-stopping. I don't think that you were formerly a corrupt union leader, an agent of the SAVAK or an embezzling head of a foreign bank. If you were, you wouldn't ask what it is and instead you'd ask, who's it from?
Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate that.

No, I haven't hidden anything. everything is clear and they even put that I do not have an inadmissibility problem. The weird thing is the operation support centre. that's all

I hope that everything will be fine
 

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Hi Swaqzzy,
This visa student came to Canada about 6 years already.
She could not complete her study because of her illness. Thanks to Health Care Canada doctors save her life, but she became disable with her illness due to her medical surgery and treatments. She lost her visa student status because of her visa had expired. Do you think she has hope in applying under Humanitarian Ground to have the IRCC to grant her to stay in Canada as a permanent resident? Her insurance and her family paid all the cost for her medical requirements to save her.

Her situation is critical. I feel sorry for her. But again, many more questions. I wish she is here to respond by herself. How has she been supporting herself and how does she hope to support herself?? What kind of disability does she suffer? Has she been completely cured of her ailments?

Most importantly, she needs to show how she is supporting herself and how she hopes to support herself afterwards. It is hard for anyone to say if she will be granted on H&C. But if the above questions could be answered, we may be able to say “yes” she stands a chance in H&C but no one can give a total submission. It’s 50/50.
 
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