NON-ROUTINE CASES

In the process of an immigration application, there are situations where priority processing could legitimately be affected.
The following are examples of non-routine cases:

• previous refusals;
• medical, security or criminal problems;
• suspected relationship of convenience;
• misrepresentation of marital status at time of marriage;
• previous deportation;
• inability to support self and family members due to legal obligations or other reasons;
• relationship of family members to principal applicant in doubt;
• marital status of family member suspected;
• sponsor under investigation for violation of the immigration regulations;
• outstanding criminal charge against sponsor.

The following would frequently, but not necessarily, be non-routine cases:

• legal validity of foreign marriage in question (marriage which occurred in country other than in processing mission’s area of responsibility);
• custody of children of applicant;
• residence status of sponsor in doubt;
• delays created by applicant not following instructions;
• communications not received by mission or by applicant (unreliable postal system, mission not informed of change of address);
• family members and principal applicant residing in different countries and processing coordination difficulties occur;
• applicant previously removed or excluded from Canada. You may need special professional assistance if you are in one of the above situations.