- Instructor
Jatin Shory
- Date
April 21, 2025 at 11:00am EST
- Price
$150
- Duration
5 hours
- Format
Attend Live and On-Demand Recording
SUMMARY
This course offers a detailed exploration of Canada’s refugee protection framework, equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to effectively navigate complex refugee claims. From understanding eligibility requirements and exclusion clauses to mastering the preparation of Basis of Claim forms and collecting evidence, this course covers every critical stage of the refugee process. Participants will gain practical insights into advising clients, preparing for hearings, and addressing unique challenges such as gender-based or LGBTQ claims. Ethical considerations, strategic decision-making, and post-hearing options are integrated throughout to ensure a holistic understanding of this vital area of immigration law.
- Attendance at the live webinar
- Access to the course materials
- Ability to watch the webinar until December 31, 2026
- Certificate of Completion
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Overseas refugees vs. inland refugee claims
- Eligibility to make a claim
- The legal test for Convention refugees
- The legal test for protected persons
- Exclusion clauses
- The Basis of Claim form
- Collecting and disclosing evidence
- The refugee hearing
- Alternative applications
CPD CREDITS
Substantive Hours: This program is eligible for up to 5 hours.
Approved for 5 CPD credits.
For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements
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INSTRUCTOR
Jatin Shory is an immigration lawyer in Canada who fights for his clients in various immigration and refugee matters across the country. His experience crosses into both the litigation and business immigration space.
Jatin has assisted many clients across Canada, specifically, in appealing various spousal sponsorship refusals or loss of status determinations for those in Canada to the Immigration Appeal Division, submitting applications for permanent resident status on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, and taking negative decisions including those issued on Pre-removal risk assessments, visitor visa, study permits, work permits and at tribunal hearings to the Federal Court of Canada. He also handles various border matters at the Immigration Division including detentions, removals, emergency stay of removal applications, inadmissibility to Canada, and temporary resident permits.
When it comes to business immigration, Jatin’s experience primarily focuses on helping Start-ups enter the Canadian market, or companies expand into Canada with the migration of their talent. Jatin has experience working with Canadian and provincial government stakeholders, navigating through various polices that facilitate the movement of temporary foreign workers, and attaining permanent residency through Canada’s economic immigration pathways.
Jatin began his journey in immigration law by joining his family firm and developing the immigration practice. Since creating this practice, Jatin has continued to pursue opportunities that allow him to become actively involved in his community. This includes volunteering his time with various pro-bono legal clinics, immigration settlement organizations, and as an Executive Member of the Canadian Bar Association Alberta South Immigration Section.
Jatin Shory has also been called in the past to the Canadian House of Commons to provide witness testimony on current immigration policy and procedures.