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Dear Consultant,
Just call me Norma of London, Ontario. Recently, I was arrested by CBSA after someone tipped them about me. I came as a live-in caregiver in 2008. However, I was not able to complete the 24 months in four years because I was released twice by different employers and it took me a long time to find the third employer. As a result, my work permit expired but I continued to stay and work without a permit. I don’t want to go home because I was a battered wife and my ex-husband comes from a family of politicians and police officers. That’s the reason why I opted to apply and work as a caregiver even when I was already a Teacher III in a public high School in our home province. In 2009, I filed for divorce here in Ontario. He got mad when he was served and he refused to sign the papers but he did not contest that’s why I was granted a divorce order in 2010. However, he made a threat that should I go home to the Philippines, he will burn me to death. Recently, I met someone, a divorcee, and we fell in-love. We just started living together as common-law partners a month before my arrest. He was the one who looked for my guarantor as he was not qualified being my common-law partner. Some people advised me pursue a PRRA application. My common-law is willing to sponsor me. What should I do?
Thank you so much.
Norma
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PRRA application best option, but…
Hi Norma,
In your condition right now and given the circumstances that you’ve been through in the past, the Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) application is the best option for you. Because you are in the process of being removed from Canada for violating the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) by working without a permit and staying in Canada without a valid document, the sponsorship application will not stop your removal. Besides, you have to complete a one full year of common-law relationship before he could sponsor you.
The PRRA, however, is not easy. You have to be able to substantiate all your claims of threat in your life. The officer will look into your evidences of past domestic violence inflicted by your ex-husband such as blotter report from the Police, statements of people who know about your condition such as co-teachers, your principal. Pictures to show the brutality that you’ve experienced in the hands of your husband. You also should be able to establish the incalculability of the influence of your ex-husband’s political clan. You need to prove that you will not be safe anywhere in your home country. If there are reports of violence committed by a member of their political clan, the better for your case. Should you need more information and assistance in the application for PRRA, you can email us all your supporting documents for our free initial assessment.
Sincerely,
