H&C Factors to Consider in Assessment of Hardship

Subsection A25(1) provides the flexibility to grant exemptions to overcome the requirement of obtaining a permanent residence visa from abroad, to overcome class eligibility requirements and/or inadmissibilities on Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds.

If this is your situation, you may base your requests for H&C consideration on any number of factors including, but not limited to:

• establishment in Canada;
• ties to Canada;
• the best interests of any children affected by their application;
• factors in your country of origin include but are not limited to Medical inadequacies, discrimination that does not amount to persecution and harassment
• health considerations;
• family violence considerations;
• consequences of the separation of relatives;
• inability to leave Canada has led to the establishment; and/or
• any other relevant factor they wish to have considered

The assessment of hardship in an H&C application is a means by which CIC decision-makers determine whether there are sufficient H&C grounds to justify granting the requested exemption.