Removal Order Notice of Appeal - Office Choice Fixed by me?

[axelfoley]

There are three forms on the website for Removal Order Notice of Appeal at:

http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/res/form/Pages/IadSaiAppForm.aspx

It says on the website:

"Removal Order Notice of Appeal
You have the right to appeal a removal order made against you at either an admissibility hearing or examination, if you are a foreign national who holds a permanent resident visa or a permanent resident or a protected person, under section 63(2) and 63(3) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. This is the Notice of Appeal for that purpose.

Please select the regional office which is closest to where you reside: Montreal (PDF, 545 KB), Toronto (PDF, 544 KB), Vancouver (PDF, 544 KB)."

My question is: can I choose whichever office from the three, even if it is not the closest, or will it be re-allocated to a different office based on what they think is the closest office? Is the comment "closest to where you reside" simply advice and therefore not a strict rule?

 

[HKG]

IF YOU RESIDED IN: Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Labrador and Ottawa-Registry Office -Montreal
IF YOU RESIDED IN: Ontario (except Ottawa)Registry Office - Toronto
IF YOU RESIDED IN: British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Saskatchewan-Registry Office - Vancouver

Choose the office according to which province you resided in.

 

[axelfoley]

Thanks HKG! That is helpful!

Please may I ask where you got this info? All I could not see on the forms themselves is the following:

"Please direct all communication to the IAD Registry Office that serves the province or territory
where you are residing (see attached instructions for addresses)."

But there is no attached instructions on the form downloadable from http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/res/form/Pages/IadSaiAppForm.aspx

 

[HKG]

http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/res/form/Pages/IadSaiAppForm.aspx

scroll to the bottom and click on Important instructions for Residency Obligation appeals. ...and the information is right at the bottom.

 

[axelfoley]

@HKG

Superb advice thank you! That page is a bit misleading as the "+" drop down is only there for "Sponsorship Notice of Appeal" and "Residency Notice of Appeal" but not for "Removal Order Notice of Appeal" so I never bothered to click the others as they don't apply to me.

But now that I look at those, it is all very clear. If I want to guarantee to have my IAD hearing at a particular office, I should reside in the territory that it is responsible for.

In the light of this, I may choose to change where I live before I submit my "Notice of Appeal - Removal Order Appeal"