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An in-depth look at the intersection of security screening delays and mandamus applications in immigration law.
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William Tao
April 8, 2026 at 12:00pm EST
$60
2 hours
Attend Live Online and On-Demand Recording
This course provides a detailed examination of the security screening process in Canadian immigration applications and the intersection between security screening delays, mandamus applications, and procedural fairness. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how IRCC, CBSA, and CSIS conduct security screening, what triggers further review, and how technological tools and intelligence-sharing influence outcomes. The course also addresses how to identify when mandamus may be appropriate, how to respond to Security Procedural Fairness Letters (PFLs), and how to build a comprehensive record for litigation or judicial review. Recent case law developments related to security inadmissibility (including s.34 and s.35) will be explored, equipping practitioners with the legal and strategic knowledge needed to navigate these complex files confidently.
• Security Screening Process Overview
• Reviewing the Most Recent CBSA Immigration Control (IC) Manual
• Technological Tools
• Case Law
• Quick Overview of Mandamus Basics
• How to Engage Security Issues in Mandamus Applications
• Case Law
• Receiving and Responding to a Security PFL
• Procedural Fairness Arguments
• Case Law
• Judicial Reviewing s.34 and s.35 inadmissibility decisions
• Building a Comprehensive Record for Litigation
• Case Law
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Canadian Immigration and Refugee Lawyer
Co-Founder, Heron Law Offices
Will Tao* (pronouns: he/him) is a Canadian Immigration and Refugee Lawyer and the founder of Heron Law Offices who lives and works on the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations.
Will provides legal services in all areas of Canadian immigration and refugee law with a focus on complex applications, overcoming refusals, inadmissibility matters, appeals, and judicial reviews. Will regularly appears before the Immigration and Refugee Board and the Federal Court of Canada. His focus is on international students, families, and temporary foreign workers.
Will also provides strategic advice and consultation to government, media, educational institutions, and businesses on immigration/refugee, decolonization, and race equity related issues. He is the founder and creator of the award-winning Vancouver Immigration Blog, where he hopes to make immigration and refugee law more accessible to the general public. He also has significant past teaching experience as an instructor for University of British Columbia’s Certificate in Immigration Laws, Policies, and Procedures (CILPP) program.
Outside of the law, Will is a blogger, podcaster, poet, writer, and often can be found in the back aisles of local ethnic grocery stores and sweating profusely in hole-in-the-wall restaurants/eateries asking for the ‘extra spicy.’ His most important job now is father to young diasporic daughters, Esmeranda and Almeria, and cheerleader for his incredible spouse, Olivia.
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