🍁 In Simple Terms
If criminal charges, a citizenship revocation process, or an immigration enforcement report is brought against a sponsor or co-signer, processing of the sponsorship application is put on hold until those proceedings are fully resolved.
Affects: Family class sponsors and their relatives
Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 136
(1)136 (1) If any of the following proceedings are brought against a sponsor or co-signer, the sponsorship application shall not be processed until there has been a final determination of the proceeding:
(2)(2) In respect of a proceeding to which subsection 63(4) of the Act applies, the sponsorship application shall not be processed until the later of
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Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPR r. 136 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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