What is the difference between the notice of appeal and the appellant's record at the RAD?
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Short answer
The notice tells the Refugee Appeal Division that you are appealing; the appellant's record contains your supporting material and argument. The notice is generally due within 15 days of receiving the RPD's written reasons. The current IRB practice notice allows 45 days from that receipt for the record.
In detail
Filing the notice does not restart the record deadline. Keep two separate dates, calculated from receipt of the written reasons.
The Regulations state the usual 30-day record limit, but the published practice notice extends it to 45 days until further notice. That extension does not change the 15-day notice limit. The record has its own content requirements; sending the notice alone does not complete the appeal.
What to document
Keep proof of receipt of the written reasons, your notice and its filing confirmation, a checklist of the record's documents, and proof of timely delivery of the record.
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