3. Give your evidence

In most cases, a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) is decided using the written information and evidence you provide. It's important to be detailed and truthful. Be sure to include strong supporting evidence.

Ask a lawyer or licensed representative what evidence you need and have them review anything you plan to submit.

After submitting your application form, you usually have 15 more days to send additional evidence and written submissions.

New evidence rule

The evidence you can include depends on if you have made a previous refugee claim or PRRA. That's because the evidence you send must be “new” evidence.

If you have never made a refugee claim or PRRA before, all your evidence is new.

Already made a PRRA or refugee claim

If you already made a refugee claim, appeal, or PRRA that was rejected, you can only give new evidence to explain why you're afraid.

The date of a document does not always mean that the evidence is new. Evidence is new if it describes:

• relevant events that happened after the previous refugee claim or PRRA application was decided,
• information that was only discovered after the previous refugee claim or PRRA application was decided, or
• information that existed when the previous refugee claim or PRRA application was decided, but that you could not provide at that time. You will need to have a good reason why you could not provide the information earlier.

Gather your evidence

You can provide written documents of any kind that help explain why you're afraid, including:

• your own affidavit
• human rights reports
• news articles
• legal, police, or medical documents
• letters or affidavits from friends or others who can help explain your fear

If documents are not in English or French, you must include a translation and a translator's declaration.

Your affidavit should explain in detail what you fear will happen to you if you return to your country. You must swear or promise that the information in your affidavit is true in front of a notary or a commissioner of oaths.

Written submissions

Your lawyer or licensed representative will prepare written arguments to explain:

• the evidence
• the law, and
• why you fear being removed to your country.

They will also explain why the evidence should be considered new.

Updating your PRRA

You might not receive a decision for some time.

It's important to provide any new evidence about the human rights situation in your country or about your situation until a decision is made.