Glossary - Immigration Law
In Immigration Law, Refugee Law
Evidence is used to prove a fact or to persuade someone who’s making a decision, like an immigration officer or a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board. There are different types of evidence, for example:
- information witnesses give at a hearing
- documents, such as letters or reports
- photographs
If you make a refugee claim or an application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, you need to provide evidence to show why your claim or application should succeed.
Police and immigration authorities gather evidence when they think someone may have done something wrong or committed a crime. This type of evidence includes property they find when they’re doing a search and statements that people make.
An exclusion order is a type of removal order. If you get an exclusion order, you can’t return to Canada for one year. But you can’t return for 5 years if the reason for the exclusion order was “misrepresentation”. This means that you said something that was not true or accurate, or you left out information you were required to give.
If you want to return sooner, you need permission in writing from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. This is called an Authorization to Return to Canada (ARC).
