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IRPRPART 9 Temporary ResidentsDIVISION 1 Temporary Resident Visa
r.182

Restoration

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🍁 In Simple Terms

If you lost your status as a visitor, worker, or student because you violated a condition of entry, you have 90 days to apply to have that status restored. An officer will restore it if you still meet the original requirements and haven't committed any other violations.

Affects: Immigration applicants (economic, family, humanitarian)
Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 182

(1)182 (1) On application made by a visitor, worker or student within 90 days after losing temporary resident status as a result of failing to comply with a condition imposed under paragraph 185(a), any of subparagraphs 185(b)(i) to (iii) or paragraph 185(c), an officer shall restore that status if, following an examination, it is established that the visitor, worker or student meets the initial requirements for their stay, has not failed to comply with any other conditions imposed and is not the subject of a declaration made under subsection 22.1(1) of the Act.

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📜 Related Sub-Regulations
r.182.2Written submissions

182.2 (1) A foreign national who is the subject of a declaration made under subsection 22.1(1) of the Act may make written submissions to the Minister as to why the declaration should be revoked or why its effective period should be shortened. Marginal note: Time limit (2) The written submissions must be made within 60 days after the day on which the notice of the declaration is sent or provided to the foreign national, as the case may be.

In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPR r. 182 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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