Representation before all four divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board, where refugee protection, sponsorship, removal and detention are decided.
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) is Canada’s largest independent administrative tribunal, and it decides some of the most consequential matters a person can face: whether you receive refugee protection, whether a sponsorship refusal stands, whether you may be removed from Canada, and whether you should be detained. Appearing before the IRB is not paperwork. It is advocacy, and it rewards preparation.
The IRB has four divisions. Knowing which one your matter sits in, and the rules and deadlines that govern it, is where representation begins.
The RPD decides claims for refugee protection. If you claim at a port of entry, your Basis of Claim (BOC) form is due within 15 days, and a late BOC can be treated as an abandoned claim. Most claims are decided after an oral hearing where credibility and country-condition evidence are tested. The record you build here shapes everything that follows.
The RAD hears appeals from RPD refusals. The notice of appeal is generally due within 15 days of the written reasons, and the appellant’s record within 45 days. The RAD usually decides on the written record, so the quality of that record is decisive. It can confirm the decision, substitute its own, or send the matter back to the RPD.
The ID conducts admissibility hearings and detention reviews. If you are alleged to be inadmissible, for criminality, misrepresentation or other grounds, or if you are held in immigration detention, this is where your status and your liberty are decided. These hearings move quickly and the stakes are immediate.
The IAD hears immigration appeals: refused family and spousal sponsorships, removal orders, and residency-obligation decisions. A right of appeal here is valuable and, in criminal cases, can be lost at sentencing, so early advice matters.
This page is general legal information and is not legal advice. For your own situation, please book a consultation.
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Book a Consultation加拿大移民及难民局(IRB)是加拿大最大的独立行政裁判机构，它裁决的往往是一个人可能面对的最攸关命运的事项：你能否获得难民保护、一项担保拒签能否被推翻、你是否会被逐出加拿大、以及你是否应被羁押。在IRB出庭不是"交材料"，而是辩护，且以充分准备取胜。
IRB下设四个庭。清楚你的事项归属哪个庭、以及支配它的规则与时限，正是代理工作的起点。
RPD裁决难民保护申请。若你在入境口岸提出申请，申请依据表(BOC)须在15天内递交，逾期可能被视为放弃申请。大多数申请在一次口头听证后裁决，听证会检验可信性与来源国状况证据。你在此搭建的案卷，影响其后的一切。
RAD审理对RPD拒绝的上诉。上诉通知书一般须在书面理由后15天内递交，上诉人案卷须在45天内完善。RAD通常基于书面案卷裁决，案卷质量具有决定性。它可以维持原决定、以自己的决定取而代之，或将案件发回RPD。
ID进行可受理性聆讯(admissibility hearing)与羁押复核(detention review)。若你被指不可受理（因刑事、误导性陈述或其他理由），或你正被移民羁押，你的身份与人身自由就在这里被裁定。这类聆讯节奏很快，利害当下即现。
IAD审理移民上诉：被拒的家庭及配偶担保、遣返令、以及居住义务决定。这里的上诉权很宝贵，而在刑事案件中，它可能在量刑阶段就已丧失，因此尽早获得意见很重要。
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