CBSA Enforcement & Urgent Help

CBSA enforcement, immigration detention and IRB proceedings can move quickly. Fourth Dimension Immigration represents clients in time-sensitive enforcement and admissibility matters, from early CBSA action and section 44 reports through detention reviews, admissibility hearings, removal proceedings and available immigration remedies.

Harjeet Arora, RCIC-IRB, represents clients in CBSA enforcement matters and proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board. Where an immigration matter also requires an urgent Federal Court remedy, that remedy can be addressed as part of the overall case strategy.

CBSA Enforcement & IRB Representation

• CBSA investigations, enforcement notices and compliance
• Port of entry and CBSA examinations
• Section 44 inadmissibility reports and Minister’s Delegate proceedings
• Immigration detention reviews, release plans and alternatives to detention
• Admissibility hearings before the Immigration Division
• CBSA Direction to Report and enforcement interviews
• Departure, exclusion and deportation orders
• Removal deferral requests and urgent removal strategy
• Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA)
• Inadmissibility proceedings, including misrepresentation and criminal inadmissibility
• Authorization to Return to Canada (ARC) and related return-to-Canada issues

Where are you in the enforcement process?

CBSA has raised an inadmissibility concern: the file may involve an examination, a section 44 report, Minister’s Delegate review or referral to the Immigration Division.

You have been detained: prepare immediately for a detention review, including the legal grounds for detention, a release plan and any suitable alternatives to detention.

Your case has been referred to the IRB: an admissibility hearing can determine whether the alleged ground of inadmissibility is established and what immigration consequence follows.

You received a reporting notice: review the purpose and stage of the CBSA Direction to Report before attending.

You have a removal order or scheduled removal: determine whether the order is enforceable and whether a statutory stay, appeal, PRRA, deferral request or urgent court remedy may be relevant.

Removal enforcement

Under IRPA section 48, a removal order is enforceable when it has come into force and is not stayed. A pending immigration application does not necessarily prevent enforcement. The type of removal order, procedural history, existing applications, appeal rights and any protection process must be assessed together.

Detention, admissibility and removal are connected

CBSA enforcement files often move through more than one process. A person may face an inadmissibility allegation, detention, an Immigration Division hearing and removal consequences in the same underlying matter. Treating each event in isolation can miss remedies or evidence that affects the next stage.

Practical CBSA Guides

• Removal orders in Canada: departure, exclusion and deportation orders
• CBSA Direction to Report: what happens next?
• Can a CBSA removal be stopped or deferred?
• Why can CBSA detain someone in Canada?

Act before the deadline

Reporting dates, detention reviews, PRRA deadlines, appeal periods and scheduled removals can require immediate action. If CBSA has detained you or a family member, issued a reporting notice, raised inadmissibility concerns or scheduled removal, the complete immigration record should be reviewed promptly.

If a CBSA reporting date, detention review or removal date is already scheduled, timing can affect the available options. Request an urgent consultation.