 Everybody and welcome to the channel. I'm actually making a video from the airport. My flight is delayed So I thought I would take this opportunity to make a video This video is going to be about requests for the flows So if you have been asked to come in to an interview with CBSA And ask to leave Canada. Typically it's usually in a few weeks CBSA will ask you to come with proof of purchase of your plane tickets in order for you to leave Canada Once you bring in your plane tickets You will receive a direction to report which will have the date and time of your scheduled flight from Canada To your country of citizenship. If you want to stay longer, what you could do is submit a request for deferral So this is an application. Essentially, it's a cover letter If you prepare it as lawyers, it's called the legal submission letter Which outlines the reasons why you believe that you should be granted more time in Canada And you can attach supporting documentation For example, if you have filed a humanitarian and compassionate application or a spousal sponsorship application And they're in process and it's been a little while You can put that as an argument to want to stay in Canada until a decision is made Other reasons can be if you have a medical condition which requires you to Stay in Canada to be followed by specialists or experts If you have children and they're in school and it's in the middle of school year That's a very strong reason to Want to stay in Canada so they could complete their schooling in order not to have negative consequences on your children's education So there could be a number of different factors So you would outline those reasons in detail in the letter and you would also include the supporting documents you could submit it by Mail to the CBSA office or you could fax it if it's less than 20 pages to the deferral officer What's going to happen is an officer is going to receive that we'll give it to the deferral unit And you will then get a decision a little while later It's approved or refused These days typically CBSA tends to give decisions a few days before sometimes even one day before This is quite inconvenient because if well, I mean you're in limbo, right? You have to leave you put in a request to stay longer if you have an apartment Do you what do you do with your rental agreement if you own a house with your house if you have a car? children are in school So it's quite difficult actually So you have to be prepared you have to be prepared for the worst, which is that you have to show up Your removal from Canada and if you don't show up if you have a direction to report and you do not show up then CBSA will issue a warrant for your arrest with the RCMP and And that's not going to be good for your immigration history and they're going to be looking for you. So Requests for deferrals are I would suggest if you're in a difficult situation To get an immigration lawyer to help you out because there's a specific way to prepare them to prepare strong argumentation The last resort if your request for the furl is denied is you can file what's called a motion for a stay at the federal court But this is really at our office. We really only do them if we feel that there's going to be Irreparable harm to the people being removed. It's not in every case that we do that. It's quite a complex application It's an urgent application at the federal court requires a lot of preparation And sometimes it's very difficult to do because CBSA doesn't give lawyers enough time to prepare properly So if you have received Instructions from CBSA to buy your plane tickets in a few months or a few weeks Or if you feel that that might be coming and you have good reasons to want to stay a little bit longer Request for deferrals are not meant to get a positive decision on an application of for you to stay forever in Canada It's really a temporary The furl of your removal. So it's typically a few months six months or a year until Some something happens that allows you to then leave or you're waiting for a decision. So if you are in that situation You can contact our office and we can schedule a consultation With you to see what's your story. What's the situation and if it's worth it to do a request for deferral Or perhaps it's not and it's best to to take the money that you have that you would maybe hire a lawyer for To go home and and build a new life for yourself. It's quite difficult situations But we're very familiar with those situations so we could give you the best best advice Thank you. And if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us