Responding to Procedural Fairness Letters and Reconsideration Requests
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- Instructor
Annie Beaudoin
- Date
August 27, 2025 at 12:00pm EST
- Price
$75
- Duration
2.5 hours
- Format
Attend Live and On-Demand Recording
SUMMARY
Providing an overview of the principles of procedural fairness to help explain why Procedural Fairness Letter (PFL). Explanations to understand the most common reasons why PFL are issued and the decision-maker’s perspective. Followed by guidance on how to respond to Procedural fairness letters with concrete examples. We will also discuss the possibility of reconsideration requests after a refusal is received. This will include the importance of knowing which cases are most relevant for reconsideration in accordance with IRCC’s guiding principles for reconsideration. We will discuss specific examples of cases that are appropriate and less appropriate for reconsideration. Concluding with an overview of how to compose a reconsideration letter and offering different options to your clients.
- 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
- Decision maker’s perspective
- Most common reasons for issuing a PFL
- How to respond to Procedural fairness letters
- Drafting your letter with supporting evidence addressing the exact issues using the wording of the decision maker and quoting the Law and Regs
- Reconsideration Request after refusal
- Factors to assess to determine if the Reconsideration Request is possible and best course of action
- Overview of different choices of action after a refusal
CPD CREDITS
Substantive Hours: This program is eligible for up to 2.5 hours.
Approved for 2.5 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
Annie Beaudoin
Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant
Senior Consultant, Beaudoin Immigration Consulting
Annie Beaudoin has over 20 years of high-level expertise in Canadian Immigration. She was a Canadian Immigration Officer and worked for the Government of Canada – IRCC for 15 years. Her years of experience as an Immigration Officer in a Canadian Visa Office at the Canadian Consulate General in Los Angeles have allowed her to accumulate rare high-level expertise in Canadian Immigration in complex cases and inadmissibilities to Canada.
Ms. Annie Beaudoin is the owner and senior consultant at Beaudoin Immigration Consulting. Her RCIC license number is R533869.
She also teaches Immigration Law at the University of Montreal and at Queens University. Furthermore, she is a member of the Discipline Tribunal of the College (CICC).
Over the years, she has worked on the entire spectrum of visa categories in Canada and was asked to develop technical knowledge on inadmissibility(s) to Canada, including criminal inadmissibility originating from the United States and other foreign countries. Therefore, Ms. Beaudoin possesses unparalleled experience in complex permanent residence and temporary residence applications & the invaluable concrete perspective of the actual governmental decision-makers.
Ms. Beaudoin is passionate about Canadian immigration and loves working with an international clientele. She is always dedicated to providing professional services in a transparent manner with a specific focus on her clients’ needs and goals. She wishes to contribute to the industry at large and share her knowledge as a mentor. She also is a speaker at numerous Canadian Immigration Conferences every year.
Born and raised in Québec City, Ms. Beaudoin is also bilingual in both of Canada’s official languages: French and English.
