Humanitarian and Compassionate (HC) Circumstances for Spouse or Common-Law Partner
Applicants in the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class can submit an H&C application under A25(1) to avoid most of the criteria or obligations under the Act. Some requests will be processed under this category while others will be sent to the CH Requests queue for processing.
Applicants can submit an H&C application at any time before a final decision is made on their application. They must provide all the information they wish to be taken into account. The onus is on the claimant to satisfy the decision maker that the H&C factors relevant to their case warrant an exception to any criteria or requirements under the Act.
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