{"id":221,"date":"2022-11-10T12:33:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T17:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/claspdev\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2024-08-29T14:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:30:05","slug":"immigration-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/immigration-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Immigration Law Division helps new immigrants and refugees to Canada. CLASP\u2019s immigration law services include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&amp;C) Grounds Applications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications to become a permanent resident based on H&amp;C grounds are assessed on a case-by-case basis and the goal is to grant permanent residence to people who live in Canada with no status, if the circumstances justify it. Factors taken into account when assessing such applications include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How settled the person is in Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General family ties to Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The best interests of any children involved<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What could happen to the applicant if H&amp;C is not granted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Refugee Hearings and Appeals of Negative Refugee Decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CLASP can represent you at the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) for initial refugee claims or appeals, if you do not qualify for a legal aid certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Citizenship Applications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We assist individuals with applying for citizenship and in certain cases ask for waivers from certain requirements of the citizenship application, such as language and writing the citizenship test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Appeals to the Immigration Appeal Division<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Immigration Division at CLASP can assist in the following types of cases at the Immigration Appeal Division:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sponsorship and Criminal Inadmissibility appeals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appeals regarding loss of status due to non-compliance with the residency requirement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Immigration Law Division helps new immigrants and refugees to Canada. CLASP\u2019s immigration law services include: Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&amp;C) Grounds Applications Applications to become a permanent resident based on H&amp;C grounds are assessed on a case-by-case basis and the goal is to grant permanent residence to people who live in Canada with no status, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Immigration Law - Community &amp; Legal Aid Services Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Immigration Law - Community &amp; Legal Aid Services Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Immigration Law Division helps new immigrants and refugees to Canada. CLASP\u2019s immigration law services include: Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&amp;C) Grounds Applications Applications to become a permanent resident based on H&amp;C grounds are assessed on a case-by-case basis and the goal is to grant permanent residence to people who live in Canada with no status, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/immigration-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Community &amp; Legal Aid Services Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-29T18:30:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/immigration-law\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/immigration-law\\\/\",\"name\":\"Immigration Law - Community & Legal Aid Services Program\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-10T17:33:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-29T18:30:05+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/immigration-law\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/immigration-law\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/immigration-law\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Immigration Law\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Community & Legal Aid Services Program\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yorku.ca\\\/osgoode\\\/clasp\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Immigration Law - Community & Legal Aid Services Program","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Immigration Law - Community & Legal Aid Services Program","og_description":"The Immigration Law Division helps new immigrants and refugees to Canada. CLASP\u2019s immigration law services include: Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&amp;C) Grounds Applications Applications to become a permanent resident based on H&amp;C grounds are assessed on a case-by-case basis and the goal is to grant permanent residence to people who live in Canada with no status, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/immigration-law\/","og_site_name":"Community & Legal Aid Services Program","article_modified_time":"2024-08-29T18:30:05+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/immigration-law\/","url":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/immigration-law\/","name":"Immigration Law - Community & Legal Aid Services Program","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-10T17:33:39+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-29T18:30:05+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/immigration-law\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/immigration-law\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/immigration-law\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Immigration Law"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/","name":"Community & Legal Aid Services Program","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"}]}},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"herrmann","author_link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/author\/herrmann\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/clasp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}