Reconsideration applications: Canadian Immigration (by Al Parsai)

Target Audience: This CPD course is for the Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCICs), Lawyers, Paralegals, law graduates and students.

Learning Objectives: A refusal letter is not the end of an application in certain situations. The practitioner could reverse the outcome of the refusal by submitting a reconsideration request. The odds are against you, but if you succeed, you have fulfilled your mission as an excellent advocate.

Training Agenda:

• The functus officio doctrine - 10 minutes
• The basis of reconsideration requests - 20 minutes
• Useful materials for an effective reconsideration request - 30 minutes
• Methods of submitting such requests - 10 minutes
• The construct of such letters - 30 minutes
• H&C considerations - 20 minutes

Al Parsai (LLM, MA, RCIC-IRB ) - Speaker/Persenter

Al Parsai is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law at Queens University. He holds an LL.M degree in Dispute Resolution from York University and an MA in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. He is also the Best Selling Author of the book "88 Tips on Immigration to Canada" and has delivered speeches and courses in Canada, Iran, the UAE and the UK. He has also been interviewed on Canadian Lawyer, the National Post, and other news media.

Al has been practicing immigration since 2011, specifically in temporary residence, permanent residence, IRB hearings, and inadmissibility. He has represented hundreds of applicants from more than 50 countries to the Canadian immigration authorities. In addition to his work as a Professor, Al Parsai has his immigration firm in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Al Parsai is a proud member of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC).

*This webinar is pending approval from the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) and the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) for 2 CPD hours.