Deadlines

Immigration and refugee deadlines are counted in days and start when you receive a decision. What each deadline is, in one place — always to be verified.

Almost everything in immigration and refugee law runs on a deadline, and most of them are counted in days — not months. The clock usually starts when you receive a decision, which is why keeping your address up to date matters so much. This page gathers the main deadlines in one place.

Two honest warnings. First, every figure on this page is marked (to be verified) on purpose: deadlines come from laws and rules that can change, and how a deadline is counted in your file can depend on details — how the decision was sent, when it is deemed received. Before relying on any date, verify it against the current rules, or ask me to. Second, a missed deadline is not always the end: extensions and late applications exist in several procedures. They are never automatic, and they always need to be explained — but they exist.

If one of these deadlines is running in your file, let's talk about it.

Unverified figures. Demonstration values. None may be published before being sourced to a dated official source. Unverified figures stay visible, never hidden.

Procédure	Délai	Source
Appealing a refused claim (RAD) Your refugee claim was refused	15 days	IRPR
Completing the appeal file The full record, not just the notice	45 days	RAD practice notice
Answering the last review before removal (PRRA) Often the last recourse	15 days	IRPR
Asking the Federal Court to review — from inside Canada Leave, Federal Court	15 days	IRPA, s. 72(2)
Asking the Federal Court to review — from outside Canada Depends where the decision was received	60 days	IRPA, s. 72(2)

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