
Supreme Court of Canada grants woman chance to appeal immigration decision
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a woman from Albania should have another chance to argue her immigration case after being denied an appeal due to an expired visa.
In March 2018, Dorinela Pepa came to Canada on a permanent resident visa as a dependent child of her father.
She married shortly before arriving in Canada, which was a surprise to her father. Due to the change in Pepa’s circumstances, her case went through further review.
An admissibility hearing before the Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board began in September 2018, nine days after Pepa’s visa had expired.