Canadian citizens and permanent residents whose applications to sponsor close family members to Canada have been refused by CIC may file an appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division ("IAD") of the Immigration and Refugee Board.

Who cannot appeal?

Sponsorship appeals are not possible for persons who have been found inadmissible to Canada based on:

• Serious criminality punished by a sentence of two years or more of imprisonment
• Organized criminality
• Security grounds
• Violations of human or international rights
• Misrepresentation (unless the sponsored family member is the sponsor's spouse, common-law partner or child)

Please contact our office for more information.