A non-liquidated claim is a claim for an amount of money that a judge needs to approve. For example, the cost of damage to property, personal injury, poor workmanship, or termination pay. This type of claim requires a judge to look at the damages and decide how much is owed.
A liquidated claim is a claim for a specific amount of money that is owed under a contract or agreement. For example, as set out in an unpaid invoice, unpaid rent, bounced cheque, or unpaid loan.
When you get a waiver, you're excused from something that's usually required.
For example, when you apply to become a Canadian citizen, you can ask Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to give you a waiver if you cannot meet the requirements to:
The Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board makes a vacation order if it decides that a protected person got that status by "misrepresentation". This means that they said something that was not true or accurate, or they left out information that they were required to give. This applies only if the person...
A temporary resident is someone who has permission from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to be in Canada for a specific period of time. This includes visitors, people with some study permits, people with some work permits, and people with Temporary Resident Permits.
Not everyone who's allowed to enter Canada is a temporary...
A permanent resident is someone who has the right to live permanently in Canada. A permanent resident is not a Canadian citizen. Permanent residents can be ordered to leave Canada for reasons given in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
If you're on parole, this means that you were:
When you're on parole, you have to follow certain conditions that were set when you were released. This includes reporting to a parole officer. If you don't follow...
Sometimes people can apply to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for permanent resident status based on what are called humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
The grounds, or reasons, can be almost anything that makes others feel compassion for and want to help the person making the application. For example, a reason people...
An exclusion order is a type of removal order. If you get an exclusion order, you cannot return to Canada for one year. But you cannot 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...
Evidence is used to prove a fact or to persuade someone who's making a decision. There are different types of evidence, for example information from witnesses, documents like letters or reports, or photographs.