🍁 In Simple Terms
You are a visitor if you were authorized to enter and remain as one. Notice what does the work in that sentence: the authorization, not the sticker in the passport and not your intention. This is why status and documents are two different things.
Affects: Immigration applicants (economic, family, humanitarian)
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 192
192 A foreign national is a visitor and a member of the visitor class if the foreign national has been authorized to enter and remain in Canada as a visitor.
In Practice
Related Regulations
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 192 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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