{"id":46371,"date":"2016-08-30T19:15:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T23:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en?post_type=publications-page&#038;p=46371"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:27:11","slug":"how-does-ircc-decide-hc-applications-0","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/how-does-ircc-decide-hc-applications-0","title":{"rendered":"How does IRCC decide H&#038;C applications?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decision on an H&amp;C application is &#8220;discretionary&#8221;. This means that immigration officers have a lot of freedom in deciding these applications. But their decision must follow the law.<\/p>\n<p>They must also consider all of the evidence as a whole. This means that they do not look at each piece of evidence on its own, but instead they look at all of it together.<\/p>\n<p>Because there is usually no hearing or interview, it is important to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>send the best possible evidence to support the application,<\/li>\n<li>explain all of the reasons to stay in Canada, and<\/li>\n<li>keep updating the application with any new evidence until IRCC makes a final decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If there are mistakes in the application or the supporting evidence is not strong, the application may be denied.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about how H&amp;C applications are decided and what kind of evidence can help, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/handc\">Making a humanitarian and compassionate (H&amp;C) application<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46371","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How does IRCC decide H&amp;C applications? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/how-does-ircc-decide-hc-applications-0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How does IRCC decide H&amp;C applications? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The decision on an H&amp;C application is &#8220;discretionary&#8221;. 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