What are humanitarian and compassionate reasons?
Almost any reasons that would make people feel compassion and want to help the applicant can be the basis for a successful H&C application.
For example, being established or settled in Canada, and the hardship an applicant will face if they have to return to their home country, can support a successful H&C application.
Another factor is if there is a child who would be directly affected if the applicant had to return to their home country. IRCC must consider what is in the child’s best interests.
Some other reasons an applicant might give include:
- their ties to Canada, including family ties
- what would happen if family members were separated
- concerns about their physical or mental health
- the impact on their lives of family violence they experienced in Canada or will experience if they were sent back to their home country