Acculturatn Experienc Among Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Immigrants Canada

Contents:

• CAN I APPLY FOR REFUGEE STAT AS A LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, QUEER OR QUTNG (LGBTQIA+) PERSON?
• GAY COUPLE IMMIGRATN TO CANADA - OPTNS
• ACCULTURATN EXPERIENC AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR IMMIGRANTS CANADA

CAN I APPLY FOR REFUGEE STAT AS A LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, QUEER OR QUTNG (LGBTQIA+) PERSON?

That clus those the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and addnal sexually and genr diverse (LGBTQI+)Footnote * muny. We enurage refugee sponsorship anizatns, as well as anizatns across the untry that support two‑spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex and addnal sexually and genr diverse (2SLGBTQI+) people to privately sponsor refuge who face vlence and persecutn. Same Sex Canadian Immigratn | Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr.

Ferreira-Wells Immigratn Servic is a Canadian Immigratn firm pneerg gay and lbian same sex Canadian immigratn, and has been providg sensive service to the LGBT gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny worldwi sce 1995. Our LGBT clients clu Canadian cizens and Canadian Permanent Rints who have foreign same-sex gay and lbian partners who want to beg a shared life together Canada, or gay and lbian upl and dividuals who wish to immigrate to Canada on their own.

Gay and lbian immigratn applints often have unique circumstanc that require sensive re and nsiratn. Some overseas visa offic require special directn handlg your applitn, pecially untri where there is high personal risk to the gay or lbian client.

GAY COUPLE IMMIGRATN TO CANADA - OPTNS

For gay and lbian stunts or foreign workers wh same-sex partners, we may be able to get your same sex partner an open work perm. Our gay-iendly knowledgeable staff clu Regulated Canadian Immigratn Consultants RCIC – CICC, former Canada Immigratn and Cizenship officer, and associate Canadian Immigratn Lawyers.

You may be able to apply for refugee stat if you intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or qutng (LGBTQIA+).

Lbian and Gay Immigratn Taskforce (LEGIT) - Informatn for same-sex dividuals and upl who are sponsorg a partner, immigratg to Canada, or claimg refugee stat due to their sexualy. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ+) refuge face unique challeng when they flee persecutn their home untri and e to Canada to seek protectn. This rabow mosaic is pated on a brick wall the gay quarter of Montreal and signifi gay 2012 Gay Pri Para Montreal, Québec.

ACCULTURATN EXPERIENC AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR IMMIGRANTS CANADA

Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ+) refuge claimg protectn Canada mt show that they have a well-found fear of persecutn bee of their genr inty or sexual orientatn, and they mt also show that their state is unable or unwillg to protect them. In addn, 1977, the Canadian Immigratn Act was amend, liftg a ban prohibg gay men and women om immigratg (see also Immigratn Policy Canada). For example, as a rult of the UNHCR namg sgle men intifyg as gay, bisexual, or transgenr as among those who are most vulnerable Syria (and need of urgent relotn to another untry), Canada rettled a number of gay Syrian men due to their high gree of risk (see Canadian Rponse to the Syrian Refugee Crisis).

As a rult of an creased vlent crackdown on gay men Chechnya (a republic wh the Rsian Feratn), Canada’s Mistry of Foreign Affairs spearhead a unique secret program to quickly rettle the men om Rsian safe ho to Canada. In April 2017, the Rsian newspaper Novaya Gazeta (Новая газета) reported that Chechen thori had lnched anized vlent attacks agast gay men, which was verified by lol and ternatnal anizatns. Chechen thori began roundg up men who were spected of beg gay, and taed, and tortured them.

However, Canada was the only untry to adopt a methodil program to rettle gay Chechens fleeg active persecutn.

While the Chechen rettlement efforts have been succsful, at least one gay Chechen man who had e to Canada was attacked Toronto by men om the Canadian-Chechen diaspora. In the Uned Stat, ltle rmatn is available about the number or characteristics of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) immigrants.