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My Refugee Claim Journey (12)

4.8IRCC Portal

Understand the IRCC Portal If you are already inside Canada when you start your refugee claim, you will submit your refugee claim using a website called the IRCC Portal. You will […]

4.6Eligibility Interview

[…] are asked! A CBSA officer might also tell you to complete your application on the IRCC Portal from inside Canada. After you submit your application you will receive instructions for attending […]

7.3Apply for Permanent Residence

[…] Important! Ask a legal representative to look at your PR application before sending it to IRCC. If you do not have a legal representative, contact a local settlement agency for […]

4.4Inland Claim

If you are in Canada, you start your refugee claim using a website called the IRCC Portal.  Understand the process of making a claim inside Canada You must complete the IRCC […]

4.9Basis of Claim and Narrative

[…] the BOC Form deadline. Unless you are told to complete your refugee claim through the IRCC Portal, you have 45 days to complete and send your BOC Form to the IRB-RPD. […]

4.10Work permit

[…] and your Immigration Medical Exam (IME). If you are making your refugee claim through the IRCC portal, you are asked if you would like a work permit. If you do, simply […]

7.9Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) Application

A Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) application is a request to IRCC for special permission to become a permanent resident of Canada. You might make an H&C application when you do […]

4.5Biometrics Appointment

[…] documents they take. Biometrics appointment with IRCC in-land If you make your claim through the IRCC portal, IRCC will send you a date for an appointment to take your biometrics. The […]

1.1Refugee Claim Process Explained

[…] in Canada.  If you are inside Canada: complete and submit your online application on the IRCC portal, or If you are at the border, airport, or detention centre: tell a CBSA […]

7.2Your Refugee Claim is Accepted

[…] a refugee or a protected person, you must apply for a Refugee Travel Document with IRCC. If the Minister has appealed, do not leave Canada. Important! You cannot use the […]

4.3Port of Entry Claim

[…] refugee claim forms – you may be told to complete these forms online through the IRCC portal After you have returned for an eligibility interview, if your claim is found eligible […]