The Aval Visa Journal
Read the most up-to-date articles on immigration here.
What Canadian security screening actually is
“Your application is undergoing security screening” is a line thousands of applicants have found in their GCMS notes without ever being told…
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Iran leads the world in Canada’s security screening referrals
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has released, under the Access to Information Act, a dataset that has not been analysed publicly until…
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LUT University Finland: Courses, Admission and Tuition Fees
A full guide to LUT University in Finland: the schools, the courses, the entry requirements and the research facilities behind them.
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Studying at Tampere University in Finland: A Complete Guide
An introduction to Tampere University in Finland: its history, its strongest subjects, and how the application and admission process works.
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HAMK University Finland: Programmes, Fees and Admission
What it takes to study at HAMK University in Finland: admission requirements, documents, tuition fees, scholarships and the student permit route.
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Finland Tourist Visa: Requirements, Documents and Costs
Everything about the Finland tourist visa: the conditions, the documents, the fees, the reasons applications are refused and how to put a…
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Mandamus: when the burden shifts to the government
Most discussion of mandamus focuses on whether a delay is unreasonable. But there is a point in Federal Court jurisprudence that gets…
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Why some applicants are refused with no chance to respond
Two applicants, both refused. One received a procedural fairness letter first and had a chance to respond. The other was refused with…
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Ministerial relief: a 16-year median wait, on IRCC’s own decision data
For someone found inadmissible to Canada on security or organised criminality grounds, ministerial relief is the last door. IRCC’s own decision data…
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