Overview

Written for college students and others wishing to qualify for certification by the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, this textbook includes the substantive and procedural law that students need to know. Practical and straightforward, and at the same time comprehensive, this unique text covers all the bases.

TopFeatures

• Examines the sources of immigration and refugee law.
• Explores the history of immigration law in Canada and patterns of immigration.
• Describes the role and function of decision makers.
• Investigates government and social policy, including immigration targets and inadmissibility.
• Investigates international conventions.
• Explains the Refugee and Humanitarian Program and the Immigration Resettlement Plan.
• Explains the refugee application process.
• Describes the Government-Assisted Refugees Program and Private Sponsors of Refugees Program.
• Explains how to work with refugee claimants.
• Describes refugee hearings and pre-hearing activities.
• Explains removal orders.
• Investigates human smuggling.
• Explains the regulation of immigration consultants with case studies.
• Explores the CSIS structure, the Code of Conduct, and ethics in practice.

TopContent Summary

• Introduction
• Decision Makers
• Inadmissibility
  
• Temporary Entry
• Permanent Entry
• Citizenship
• Refugees and Protected Persons
• Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program
  
• In-Canada Refugee Determination Process
• Enforcement Procedures
• Immigration Appeal Division
  
• Regulation of Immigration Consultants