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Live webinar
OR available video recording
Adrienne Smith
2 hours
Requests based on Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) grounds are made under subsection 25(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The strength of an H&C request or application is often dependent on the quality of the support documents that are before the decision-maker. When representing clients in an H&C request to the IRCC, a representative must provide clear advice on what documents are important to establishing the legal issues and facts. This course will provide an in-depth discussion of how to draft affidavits to ensure the best possible evidence is before the decision-maker. The instructor will also provide sample lists of documents for H&C applications, and general tips on how to best gather documents to support an H&C request.
B.A., M.A., J.D.
Barrister & Solicitor
Adrienne has a full-service legal practice with expertise in litigation and administrative appeals. Her legal experience is concentrated in matters before Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Federal Court and the Immigration and Refugee Board.
She regularly represents clients with all types of permanent and temporary applications to Canada, including medical and criminal inadmissibility issues, sponsorship applications and appeals, refugee claims and appeals, Federal Court applications, humanitarian and compassionate applications, study and visitor visas, and detention reviews.
Adrienne has been invited as an expert to speak on medical inadmissibility before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, which monitor’s federal immigration policies.
She is an Instructor with Ryerson’s Faculty of Law and the University of British Columbia’s Continuing Education Program. Adrienne has been invited to speak as a guest lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law and York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies.
This course has an updated version!
This course ran in September 2024. Its CPD approval has expired, and a current version is available.