What is pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA)?
In a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) evaluates the risk you will face if you are sent back to your country. PRRA is supposed to take place when the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is ready to remove you from Canada. CIC decides whether, at that time, you are a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection, and should not be removed from Canada. There are definitions of these terms below. Immigration officers who decide PRRA applications are called PRRA officers. You do not have to pay a fee to CIC for PRRA. Very few PRRA applications are successful.