If you are a temporary resident in Canada, such as a visitor, student, or worker, you may want to extend your stay or change the conditions of your stay. However, you need to be aware of the difference between restoration of status and extension of status, as they have different eligibility requirements, different implication for…

When an immigration officer decides on an immigration application and communicates the decision to the applicant, the general principle is that the immigration officer is functus officio, and any review of that decision will be to a higher body charged with the responsibility of reviewing the decision of the immigration officer. The legal doctrine of…