Inadmissibility and appeals.
Cohen Immigration Law represents clients facing criminal, medical, or misrepresentation inadmissibility, prepares rehabilitation and Temporary Resident Permit applications, and litigates removal orders before the Immigration Appeal Division and the Federal Court.
The practice
Inadmissibility can arise at any stage: at a port of entry, during a permanent residence application, or after a removal order has issued. The remedy depends on the ground: criminal history may require rehabilitation or a Temporary Resident Permit; medical inadmissibility may require a mitigation plan; misrepresentation carries a five-year bar that must be addressed directly.
Removal orders are not always final. Sponsorship appeals, residency obligation appeals, and refugee-protection appeals are heard by the Immigration Appeal Division. Judicial review of an officer’s decision or an IRB determination is brought in the Federal Court on tight deadlines.
The firm’s inadmissibility practice runs alongside its economic and family files. Many clients first encounter inadmissibility when a background disclosure does not match IRCC’s expectations; the work then is to frame the history accurately and pursue the correct remedy before the file is refused.
Instruments
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, Division 4
- Immigration Appeal Division
- Refugee Appeal Division
- Federal Court (leave and judicial review)
- Pre-removal risk assessment
- CBSA
Pathways we file
- Criminal rehabilitation
Deemed and individual rehabilitation applications for convictions outside Canada or after the passage of time inside Canada.
- Temporary Resident Permits
Short- or long-term permits allowing entry or stay where a client is otherwise inadmissible and travel or presence is justified.
- Medical inadmissibility
Mitigation plans and submissions addressing excessive demand on health or social services, including specialist medical opinions.
- Removal orders
Pre-removal risk assessments, deferrals, and compliance strategy where a removal order has issued or is imminent.
- Immigration Appeal Division
Appeals of removal orders, sponsorship refusals, and residency obligation determinations within the applicable limitation periods.
- Federal Court
Applications for leave and judicial review of IRCC and IRB decisions, including stay motions where removal is scheduled.
Related practice areas
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