The refugee system: Refugee claims in Canada—Who can applyCanada offers refugee protection to people in Canada who fear persecution and are unwilling or unable to return to their home country.
If you feel that you will be persecuted if you return to your home country, you can seek protection in Canada as a Convention refugee or as a person in need of protection. To be eligible, you must apply from within Canada at a local Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) office or at a point of entry to Canada.
Convention Refugees A Convention Refugee is a person who is outside her or his home country or the country where he or she normally lives, and who cannot return because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on:
race religion political opinion nationality or membership in a particular social group, such as women or people of a particular sexual orientation. Person in need of protection A person in need of protection is a person in Canada who is afraid to return to her or his home country or the country where the person normally lives, because of:
a risk of torture a risk to life or a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
More information at :- http://cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/inside/apply-who.asp
I NEED U'R ADVICE BADLY ON WHAT TO DO NEXT. HERE IS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF MY SITUATION.
I ARRIVED IN TORONTO ON MARCH 18, 2008. I 'VE A GERMAN CITIZENSHIP BUT WITH AN ETHIOPIAN ORIGIN. I'M A PHARMACIST BY PROFESSION WITH TWO ACADEMIC DEGREES, VIZ B.Pharm and M. Pharm.
I CAME HERE TO SIT FOR AN EVALUATION EXAMINATION IN PHARMACY TO BE ADMINISTERD ON JULY 9 AND 10, 2008. BUT UNTIL THEN I AM TAKING PART IN A CRUSH COURSE THAT PREPARES ME FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED EXAMINATION.
THE IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES ISSUED ME A VISITOR'S I.D. THAT OBLIGES ME TO LEAVE ON OR PRIOR TO 17, SEPTEMBER 2008. THIS WAS ISSUED EVEN THOUGH I HAVE CLEARLY ACCOUNTED THE ORDEALS I WAS THROUGH WHILE I WAS IN "MY ALLEGED COUNTRY."
I DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO RETURN TO WHERE I WAS JUST TO ENCOUNTER THE SAME ORDEAL.
HOW CAN I GET MY STATUS CAHNGED SO THAT I CAN HAVE SIN AND WORK PERMIT AND LEAVE A DECENT LIFE HERE?