MERITS AND JUDICIAL REVIEW

Canada provides for merits review by the Immigration Appeal Board and Refugees Appeal Board of refusal decisions by CIC. This is a full de novo , which can consider new evidence and come to it's own decision on the facts presented. I can assist you with preparing an application for review of a decision and appear before the Board on you behalf.
Judicial review of adverse Board decisions is also a possibility. Judicial review usually focuses on whether the Board's decision was "reasonable" on the basis of the facts before it at the time and a court cannot usually consider new evidence. As the holder of a licence to practice law in Ontario (lawyer no 63657D), I can also practice in the Federal immigration jurisdiction anywhere in Canada and can advise you on your prospects for judicial review and appear in the Federal Court if required.