Attn: PMM, BCGuy, Leon, Rupeshhari --H&C Considerations: Why for FSW Applicants?

[mcgyver]

Hello Everyone,

I would like to quote what is mentioned in section 5.1 on page 9 in OP 6 Federal Skilled Workers.



Requests for humanitarian and compassionate consideration – Ministerial Instructions

The Ministerial Instructions state, “Requests made on the basis of Humanitarian and
Compassionate grounds that accompany a Federal Skilled Worker application made overseas
that is not identified for processing under Ministerial Instructions will not be processed.”
The Ministerial Instructions allow examination of Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C)
considerations within the Federal Skilled Worker class only if a FSW class application is eligible
for processing at a visa office.
The Instructions prevent the use of requests for H&C considerations to overcome the eligibility
requirements for processing under the FSW class.



My question is, if an applicant's FSW class application is eligible for processing at a visa office, why may he/she need
to request for humanitarian and compassionate considerations anyway?! If he/she is really eligible then everything is fine and things will proceed normally. Why may there be a need to seek humanitarian and compassionate considerations from the immigration officer(s)?

Thanks for reading.

Regards,
mcgyver

 

[mcgyver]

Anybody? :-(

 

[Leon]

I am assuming that if you are initially eligible, looks like you have enough points etc. and get sent to the visa office, then have to provide your documents and find that you don't have enough points after all, you might be able to add some H&C grounds for why they should take you anyway. Just an idea.

 

[rupeshhari]

i have no idea, but this could be for people from 'difficult' countries, say like Iraq or Afghanistan or DRC, to name a view. I am purely guessing.

 

[mahharrouf]

So what does it means, an applicant may request for "H&C" consideration after refusal of application or right at the time of submitting ?