Jonathan Nicola: Surprise Application and Nicola

jonathan nicola: Nicola was to appear at an admissibility hearing Friday before an Immigration and Refugee Board tribunal to determine if he should be allowed to remain in Canada or be immediately deported, according to Metro News. However, CBSA made a surprise application to cancel the hearing.CBSA spokesperson Nancy Thomson would not comment on Nicola case but said there are a number of reasons why a case could be withdrawn or adjourned including the nature of the evidence, issues related to procedural fairness or another process that may deem the hearing unwarranted at the time. The story of Jonathan Nicola made headlines around the world in April when Canada Border Services Agency detained the 6-foot-9 Grade 11 student at Catholic Central High School for misrepresenting himself as a 17-year-old so he could study in Canada. There are a minority of cases where CBSA has withdrawn the request for a hearing, said veteran immigration lawyer Raoul Boulakia. Officials will ask that an admissibility hearing be cancelled if the subject has left the country, agrees to leave voluntarily or has filed an asylum claim. But there have been times even if officials were wrong, they would stick to it once they started the proceedings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.