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PRAA signed in fear Help Please!!!Time running out

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Isaacrecord

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Nov 21, 2016
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Hello,
I am Really hoping that someone can help me.
Here is my story.
I was recently detained for 5 days. CBSA presented me with the praa paper work.
I contacted duty counsel and they told me to sign the paper work or I would remain in jail. I signed the document based on the advise of the duty counsel. I was scared and was not in the right frame of mind. I am at risk if I am returned to my home country. CBSA has advised me that they are going forward with a removal order in the next couple of weeks. I am currently being sponsored -Inland sponsorship by my Canadian wife, unfortunately I was out of status when the application was submitted. I have not received AIP yet.
My sponsorship file has been forwarded to the local office In Vancouver. I called the call centre and was advised that it may take months before we get called in for an interview.
My time is running out and I am in desperate need of help.
 
Isaacrecord said:
Hello,
I am Really hoping that someone can help me.
Here is my story.
I was recently detained for 5 days. CBSA presented me with the praa paper work.
I contacted duty counsel and they told me to sign the paper work or I would remain in jail. I signed the document based on the advise of the duty counsel. I was scared and was not in the right frame of mind. I am at risk if I am returned to my home country. CBSA has advised me that they are going forward with a removal order in the next couple of weeks. I am currently being sponsored -Inland sponsorship by my Canadian wife, unfortunately I was out of status when the application was submitted. I have not received AIP yet.
My sponsorship file has been forwarded to the local office In Vancouver. I called the call centre and was advised that it may take months before we get called in for an interview.
My time is running out and I am in desperate need of help.
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So sorry about the stress you are going through. Bumping this up so someone with more knowledge about PRA can see and assist you.

I think you need to consult with a reputable immigration lawyer.
 
On the day that CIC received your Inland sponsorship application, were you already `Removal Ready' in the eyes of CBSA?

The Vancouver office (on Hornby), seems to be pretty fast, despite what the Call Centre told you. Hopefully they will see the urgency in this and contact you ASAP.

Good luck!
 
Talk to an immigration lawyer. The duty counsel probably doesn't know much about immigration law.
 
If you get a removal order, not even your inland app can save you from being deported

What country are you from ?
 
One of many issues is that I signed the PRAA. I was instructed to do so, or I would be detained, so I did so out of fear of detention.
I had never been to jail in my life, so I signed the document. Only to find out later, my concern of returning to my home country can not be heard now. It's a really bad situation .
 
Isaacrecord said:
One of many issues is that I signed the PRAA. I was instructed to do so, or I would be detained, so I did so out of fear of detention.
I had never been to jail in my life, so I signed the document. Only to find out later, my concern of returning to my home country can not be heard now. It's a really bad situation .
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You need to contact a lawyer (Immigration) and explain. You were forced to sign under duress and not explained the implications of doing so.
You could also get a lie detector test to show you are telling the truth regarding being under duress and didnt know what you were signing. Not that lie detector test can be used in court, but it can allow them to see you are genuinely trying to show them you are truthful.
 
Isaacrecord said:
I was out of status when the application was submitted.
I'm not quite sure what removal ready means.
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This is from IP8:

When is a client removal ready?

For the purposes of this public policy, by the time an applicant attends a pre-removal interview, he/she is generally removal ready. This means that a client who has been called to a pre-removal interview by any means (letter, call etc.) and who has not already applied as a spousal H&C applicant or a Spouse or Common-law Partner in Canada class applicant, cannot, from the point they are called to the interview forward, benefit from an administrative deferral of removal as outlined in this public policy except in the limited circumstances outlined below (transitional cases).
As is the case now, clients with a pending H&C application who are removed from Canada while their application is being considered will be able to return to Canada if a positive decision is rendered.

So, had your inland application already been received by CIC when you attended the interview? If it was, you were NOT removal ready when it was received.
 
Isaacrecord said:
I will look into taking a lie detector test. Thank you.

Cic received the spousal sponsorship in 2015
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Please don't waste your time and money with a 'lie detector test'. They prove nothing, and are not usable in court because they prove nothing. It could even worsen your situation, as an incredibly strange step to take (when most people would be focusing on useful steps).
 
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