Refugee After-Care: Helping Your Clients Navigate the Post-Acceptance Process
Once your clients are accepted as Convention refugees or persons in need of protection, they need a whole new set of legal services—not to mention moral support.
Learn how to help them with:
- Permanent residence applications & family reunification
- Avoiding misrepresentation in the permanent residence and family reunification process
- Return of passports seized by CBSA
- Renewing national passports or obtaining waivers of the valid passport requirement
- Work and study permits
- Refugee Travel Documents
- The transition from IFHP coverage to provincial healthcare coverage
- Accessing social services
- Avoiding cessation proceedings
- Managing expectations and navigating uncertainty
Program Details
Date: Thursday October 15, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
Registration: $50 for CILA Members and Law Students; Open to eligible Non-Members ($100 per ticket).
Register now to secure your spot!
Meet the Speaker
- Join expert panelist, Nir Gepner, Staff Lawyer, Willowdale Community Legal Services who will explain how best to represent your refugee clients through the long, stressful and complicated post-acceptance process.
