Difference between revisions of "Permanent Residence Application Process (18:V)"

Once a foreign national is determined to be eligible to submit a Convention refugee claim, the foreign national will be given a Conditional Departure  Order. This is a removal order that only comes into effect if the person loses the claim for protection. The foreign national is now a Convention refugee claimant. The claimant will have '''15 days to file the BOC'''. This is the most important obligation on a Convention refugee claimant, with the exception  of attending their hearing. Similarly, refugee claimants in the new system will file the shorter BOC forms. 

Claimants will require help in preparing their BOC. In the BOC, a claimant must outline the precise reason(s) for their well-founded fear of persecution.  This includes a narrative outlining the dates, incidents of persecution, why they are afraid, etc. The '''BOC should include facts that support the claimant’s fear, and that address the requirements set out in the IRPA'''. For example, the BOC should address why the claimant has no internal flight alternative, how the state is involved or complicit in the persecution, etc. This account of events will form the basis of the request for protection at the hearing.