Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) is an opportunity to resolve an appeal before the Immigration Appeal Division ("IAD") early and informally, without needing to have a full hearing. Not all appeals are well suited to ADRs and the Minister’s Representative must be willing to participate in the process for it to succeed.

Using humanitarian and compassionate requests in overseas applications is often the only way to ask for something that is not otherwise possible.

What is an Authorization to Return to Canada (ARC)? It is special permission to return to Canada for people who have been removed from Canada under an Exclusion Order or Deportation Order.