🍁 In Simple Terms
Creates the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class, the route for people already here who are married to or living with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. It is the reason you can be sponsored without leaving the country and waiting abroad.
Affects: Family class sponsors and their relatives
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 123
123 For the purposes of subsection 12(1) of the Act, the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class is hereby prescribed as a class of persons who may become permanent residents on the basis of the requirements of this Division.
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 123 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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