🍁 In Simple Terms
A narrow second chance. If you have not yet left Canada under the removal order, you can ask the Immigration Appeal Division to reopen your appeal, and it can only do so where it failed to observe a principle of natural justice, meaning the process itself was unfair.
Affects: Persons subject to removal or detention
Legal Text: IRPA Section 71
71 The Immigration Appeal Division, on application by a foreign national who has not left Canada under a removal order, may reopen an appeal if it is satisfied that it failed to observe a principle of natural justice.
In Practice
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPA s. 71 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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