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PART 1: Immigration to CanadaAdmissibility Hearing by the Immigration Division
§52

No return without prescribed authorization

No return without prescribed authorization

Enforcement
🍁 In Simple Terms

Once a removal order has been carried out, you cannot come back without an officer's authorization, unless the rules say otherwise. One fairness rule is built in: if there was no right of appeal and a court later sets the order aside, you are entitled to return at the government's expense.

Affects: Persons subject to removal or detention
Legal Text: IRPA Section 52

(1)If a removal order has been enforced, the foreign national shall not return to Canada, unless authorized by an officer or in other prescribed circumstances.

Return to Canada

(2)If a removal order for which there is no right of appeal has been enforced and is subsequently set aside in a judicial review, the foreign national is entitled to return to Canada at the expense of the Minister.

In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPA s. 52 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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