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Normal postal service restored The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) has therefore resumed regular correspondence procedures using Canada Post. Board establishes Inventory Reduction Task Force for Less Complex Claims The Chairperson has established a Task Force which will focus on claims that lend themselves to quicker resolution through paper-based or short hearing‎ decisions.… Continue reading News – 2018

Normal postal service restored Page Content As of December 18, Canada Post announced that normal postal service has been restored. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) has therefore resumed regular correspondence procedures using Canada Post. For more information, please contact the regional office where your case is being processed. Report a problem or… Continue reading Normal postal service restored

Board establishes Inventory Reduction Task Force for Less Complex Claims Page Content As part of the Board’s ongoing efforts to increase productivity and introduce innovative case management approaches in the Refugee Protection Division (RPD), the Chairperson has recently established an Inventory Reduction Task Force for Less Complex Claims, which will focus on claims that lend themselves… Continue reading Board establishes Inventory Reduction Task Force for Less Complex Claims

Please be advised that the Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) has revoked decision MB6-01059/60 of the Refugee Appeal Division as a Jurisprudential Guide with regard to internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab. For further details, please refer to the policy note which is available on the IRB‘s Jurisprudential… Continue reading Notice of Revocation of a Jurisprudential Guide

As you know, a tornado and violent storm occurred in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday, September 21, 2018.  Any immediate danger from this storm has passed and work is currently underway to clear debris and repair any damaged electrical and other infrastructure. To facilitate these ongoing efforts and to avoid unnecessary congestion on… Continue reading Attention IRB employees working in the National Capital Region

The IRB acknowledges the publication of the final report of the independent review of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada led by Neil Yeates. The report makes three overarching findings: Organizations involved in the delivery of the refugee determination system need more integrated planning and coordination from the time the refugee protection claim is… Continue reading Public Release of the Review of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Effective September 10, 2018, appellants filing with the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) no longer need to submit the notice of decision and the written reasons for a Refugee Protection Division (RPD) decision that is being appealed. The RAD has removed this requirement in an effort to find efficiencies and eliminate duplication in the volume of… Continue reading Practice Notice: Elimination of duplicate Refugee Protection Division notice and reasons of decision

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) has issued a practice notice to outline the steps to be followed when a person who is the subject of an IRB proceeding alleges that they have been inadequately represented by their former counsel. The practice notice sets out the procedures to follow when an allegation is… Continue reading Allegations against Former Counsel – IRB Procedures