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100

When a claimant applies to the RPD for refugee status, the onus is on them to show that they do not fall into the categories of ineligibility listed in this section

What is IRPA s. 101?

100
This is the route for processing a refugee claim without a hearing.
What is expedited processing of a refugee claim?
100
This case tells us that when serious issues of credibility are at stake, fundamental justice includes the right to an oral hearing.

What is Singh v Canada?

100
This division of the Immigration and Refugee Board determines if a claimant qualifies for Refugee status.
What is the Refugee Protection Division (RPD)?
100
The IRB must receive the claimant's documents this number of days before the hearing date.
What is 10 days?
200

An appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal from the Federal Court on an immigration matter requires that the FC judge certify that this is involved in the case

What is a serious question of general importance?
200
These individuals or groups are eligible for expedited processing of refugee claims
Who are nationals of designated countries?
200

In this case, the Supreme Court of Canada described when a Convention refugee could be protected due to their “membership in a particular social group.

What is Canada v Ward?

200

At this step of the process an officer from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) or Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will determine if the claim can be referred to the Immigration and Refugee Board.

What is the "Eligibility Interview"?
200
If the claimant cannot provide any identity documents, the IRB will take this action.
What is 'deny the claim'?
300

Under IRPA s. 107, the IRB is to accept a claim for refugee status if the person qualifies as this or a person otherwise qualifying for protection


What is a convention refugee?
300
This official may designate countries of origin whose nationals are eligible for the expedited process.
Who is the Chairperson of the IRB?
300

This case held that when a refugee claimant facing deportation is at risk of torture in their country of origin, Section 7 of the Charter requires additional safeguards.

What is Suresh v Canada?
300
The RPD may issue a decision in these 2 ways.

What is orally at the end of the hearing or afterwards in writing?

300

Once a claimant completes and signs this official document, it becomes the main piece of evidence supporting his/her refugee application. 

What is 'Basis of Claim Form'?

400

The first step to to becoming a refugee is to do this

What is making an application to an immigration officer?
400
The standard country information evidence used by the IRB called this
What are country-of-origin information (COI) packages? (NDP, RIR are also acceptable)
400

In Canada v Huruglica, the Federal Court of Appeal held that the RAD should only defer to the RPD’s findings of fact on matters relating to this sort of evidence.  

What are matters of credibility?
400

The officer deciding eligibility of a claimant to appear before the IRB has this much time which to decide whether the claim is eligible for referral.

What is three working days?
400

This authoritative source, known as 'country condition' documents, is commonly relied upon by the IRB for information on the social, political, religious,  economic, security and human rights conditions in various countries around the world.

What is 'National Documentation Package (NDP)'?

(COI, NDP, RIR are also acceptable)

500

A person will be found inadmissible for reasons of serious criminality if they are convicted of this

What is an offence in Canada punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years?

500

Self-sourced, unsolicited evidence/documents/information, presented to support a client's case may be taken into account by RPD decision-makers if.

What is 'The information can be adequately tested'?
500
Refugees from countries where drug or terrorism violence is common, but who are not facing personal threats of violence, may be unable to claim that they cannot rely on their state for protection if the state in question has this.
What is effective control over its territory?
500
When the Minister is intervening on a matter of exclusion, the questioning of the claimant will proceed in this order.

What is: the Minister's counsel will question first, the RPD member second, and the claimant's counsel will question last?

500

Refugee status can be lost if the IRB decides that protection of the home country has been accepted, through a process known by this name. 

What is 're-availment'? 

(ie: re-availing oneself of the protection of own country and so defeating a claim of subjective fear)

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