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IRPRPART 13 RemovalDIVISION 1 Removal Orders
r.224

Departure order

Removal
🍁 In Simple Terms

If you receive a departure order, you have 30 days after it becomes enforceable to leave Canada properly. If you don't leave within that time, the departure order automatically converts into a deportation order, which carries much more serious consequences for future entry.

Affects: Persons subject to removal or detention
Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 224

(1)224 (1) For the purposes of subsection 52(1) of the Act, an enforced departure order is a circumstance in which the foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain an authorization in order to return to Canada.

(2)(2) A foreign national who is issued a departure order must meet the requirements set out in paragraphs 240(1)(a) to (c) within 30 days after the order becomes enforceable, failing which the departure order becomes a deportation order.

(3)(3) If the foreign national is detained within the 30-day period or the removal order against them is stayed, the 30-day period is suspended until the foreign national’s release or the removal order becomes enforceable.

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Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPR r. 224 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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