AnyImmi/ DOSSIAR
Training modules

Structured CPD, as opinionated as
a good textbook.

Six core modules covering Vavilov, procedural fairness, trauma-informed practice, IRCC policy drift, IRB tribunal strategy, and cross-border scope. Every lesson is a reading, a scenario run, a rubric, or a debrief — and every hour maps to a CICC CPD category.

6 modules·28 lessons·25 CPD hrs

Administrative law · Core

M-01 — Vavilov reasonableness review, from first principles

CPD · Structured · Ethics & Professional Responsibility

4 hr

A working RCIC reading of Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 — what "reasonableness" actually demands, how it plays at RAD / IAD / ID, and how to write a memorandum that survives a Federal Court JR.

Lessons

  1. 01What Dunsmuir got wrong and Vavilov fixedReading25m
  2. 02The reasonableness spine — justification, transparency, intelligibilityReading20m
  3. 03Scenario: RAD appeal on implausibility without ValtchevScenario90m
  4. 04Rubric debrief — what the AI officer scored and whyDebrief30m
  5. 05Self-check — draft a Vavilov paragraph, get it gradedRubric30m

Outcomes

  • ✓Name the four constraints on reasonable decision-making
  • ✓Spot implausibility findings that fail Vavilov
  • ✓Write a JR-ready reasonableness paragraph in under 20 min

Administrative law · Core

M-02 — Procedural fairness in inland + overseas decisions

CPD · Structured · Ethics & Professional Responsibility

3 hr

Baker factors. The duty-to-disclose threshold. PFLs, extrinsic evidence, and when a GCMS note requires a response. Works both at RPD and at visa-post refusals.

Lessons

  1. 01Baker factors as a checklistReading20m
  2. 02PFL drafting — tone + timingReading25m
  3. 03Scenario: study-permit refusal citing extrinsic evidenceScenario45m
  4. 04Debrief + written critiqueDebrief25m

Outcomes

  • ✓Identify extrinsic evidence in GCMS notes
  • ✓Draft a PFL response that avoids over-argument
  • ✓Escalate to JR only when the record supports it

Client care · Core

M-03 — Trauma-informed practice with refugee claimants

CPD · Structured · Client Care

4 hr

Chairperson’s Guideline 9 + Guideline 4. How to prep a BOC narrative without re-traumatising. Interpreter best practice. Psychological evidence thresholds under Kanthasamy.

Lessons

  1. 01Guideline 9 — gender-based claimsReading25m
  2. 02Guideline 4 — vulnerable personsReading20m
  3. 03Scenario: BOC interview, conversion claim, credibility tensionScenario60m
  4. 04Debrief — what re-traumatising prompts looked likeDebrief30m
  5. 05Self-check — redraft one prompt to lower harmRubric20m

Outcomes

  • ✓Apply Guideline 9 / 4 to real-world direct exams
  • ✓Prepare psych-report evidence consistent with Kanthasamy
  • ✓Run an interpreter without losing narrative fidelity

Policy · Advanced

M-04 — IRCC policy-drift engine — replay the last 12 months

CPD · Structured · Substantive Law

5 hr

How DOSSIAR’s policy-drift engine reruns old files against new IRCC program delivery instructions. Used for compliance reviews + CPD case-study credit.

Lessons

  1. 01How drift detection worksReading20m
  2. 02Scenario: 2023 PGWP file replayed under 2024 policyScenario60m
  3. 03Scenario: SDS 2024 → 2025 rules replayScenario60m
  4. 04Debrief — three decisions that would flip todayDebrief30m

Outcomes

  • ✓Explain IRCC drift to a client without catastrophising
  • ✓Use drift replays as a compliance-review primitive
  • ✓Log drift-replay CPD hours correctly

Tribunal · Advanced

M-05 — IRB at tribunal — RAD, IAD, ID strategy

CPD · Structured · Substantive Law

6 hr

Record-building for RAD. Genuineness of marriage at IAD. Balance-of-probabilities at ID admissibility. Witness prep + cross-examination posture.

Lessons

  1. 01RAD Rule 3 record, in practiceReading35m
  2. 02IAD R.4(1) — genuineness + primary-purpose splitReading30m
  3. 03Scenario: RAD appeal + RAD oral hearingScenario90m
  4. 04Scenario: IAD spousal sponsorship, age-gap + short-courtshipScenario75m
  5. 05Scenario: ID s.37 organized criminalityScenario90m
  6. 06Debrief + cross-reference to Federal Court treatmentDebrief40m

Outcomes

  • ✓Build a RAD record that survives Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Huruglica
  • ✓Conduct R.4 examination with a structured outline
  • ✓Explain ID s.37(1)(b) to clients with calibrated confidence

Cross-border · Foundational

M-06 — Cross-jurisdiction basics — US, UK, AU for Canadian RCICs

CPD · Unstructured · Reading

3 hr

What you can and cannot say about US H-1B, UK Skilled Worker, and AU 482 without practicing in a regulated way. Referral language. Scope boundaries.

Lessons

  1. 01Scope of RCIC practice across bordersReading20m
  2. 02Referral language + engagement lettersReading25m
  3. 03Scenario: client with US + CA options — what to quoteScenario45m
  4. 04DebriefDebrief20m

Outcomes

  • ✓Stay inside the CICC scope when discussing other jurisdictions
  • ✓Use DOSSIAR cross-jurisdiction scenarios as prep, not as advice
  • ✓Write a referral memo that protects both RCIC and client
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