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.
(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: (a)the revocation of citizenship under the Citizenship Act; (b)a report prepared under subsection 44(1) of the Act; or (c)a charge alleging the commission of an offence under an Act of Parliament punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.
(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 (a)the period for making an appeal under that subsection has expired, and (b)if an appeal is made, the final determination of the appeal.