🍁 In Simple Terms
If you're applying for permanent residence as a protected person, you can include your family members in your application. Family members who were outside Canada when you applied have one year from the day you become a permanent resident to apply for their own visas.
Affects: Refugee claimants and protected persons
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 176
(1)An applicant may include in their application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident any of their family members.
Inadmissibility
(3)A family member who is inadmissible on any of the grounds referred to in subsection 21(2) of the Act shall not be issued a permanent resident visa and shall not become a permanent resident.
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 176 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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