Immigration and Refugee Board

The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) holds hearings and makes decisions on immigration and refugee matters. It has 4 parts, called divisions:

• Immigration Division (ID) does admissibility hearings and detention reviews
• Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) decides appeals from some immigration decisions, including appeals of deportation orders and sponsorship applications
• Refugee Protection Division (RPD) holds refugee hearings and decides when a refugee claimant in Canada is a Convention refugee or person in need of protection
• Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decides appeals from some decisions made by the Refugee Protection Division