“De Facto Family Class”: The Family Category That Isn’t Officially a Category If you searched IRCC’s website for a sponsorship stream called “De Facto Family Class,” you wouldn’t find an application form for it. There isn’t one. And yet, I’ve used this exact concept to help families stay together when nothing else in the regulations […]
When Love Isn’t Enough on Paper: Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications for Spouses and Partners There’s a particular kind of heartbreak I see in couples who come to me after being told, in one way or another, that their marriage doesn’t count not in their hearts, but on government form. They did everything right or they […]
Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications: The Path Forward When There Doesn’t Seem to Be One There’s a moment I see over and over again in this work. Someone sits down across from me, and before they even explain their situation, they say some version of the same thing: ‘I don’t think there’s anything that can be […]
