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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

r. 24 Exception

  • PART 3 Inadmissibility
  • DIVISION 1 Determination of Inadmissibility
  • Inadmissibility

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The law says

IRPR r. 24
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(1)The exception set out in paragraph 38(2)(a) of the Act does not apply to a child who is not a dependent child of the sponsor.

Prescribed family members

(2)The following family members of a foreign national referred to in paragraph 38(2)(a) of the Act are prescribed for the purpose of paragraph 38(2)(d) of the Act:

  • (a)the dependent child of the sponsor’s spouse or common-law partner;
  • (b)the dependent child of the dependent child referred to in paragraph (a); and
  • (c)the dependent child of the sponsor’s dependent child.

Exception

(3)Paragraph 38(1)(c) of the Act does not apply to a foreign national who has been determined to be a member of the family class and is

  • (a)the conjugal partner of a sponsor;
  • (b)the dependent child of the conjugal partner referred to in paragraph (a);
  • (c)the dependent child of the dependent child referred to in paragraph (b); or
  • (d)a person referred to in paragraph 117(1)(g).

Provisions this one cites

IRPA Authority

Amendment History (3)
  • SOR/2005-61, s. 2
  • SOR/2019-212, s. 3
  • SOR/2023-249, s. 4(E)

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Sections numbered under r. 24

Each of these is its own section of the Regulations, numbered after section 24.

IRPR r. 24.1

Application

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What that means

Some people are refused or ordered removed because of a finding about security, organized crime, or being a senior official of certain governments (s.34, 35(1)(b) or 37(1)). If that is your situation, you can ask the Minister to lift the finding. You cannot apply while you are fighting the same decision in Federal Court. You can file once the court refuses leave or dismisses the case, or once your time to take the case further runs out.

The law says

(1)A foreign national may apply for a declaration of relief under subsection 42.1(1) of the Act if a decision has been made to refuse their application for permanent or temporary resident status, or a removal order has been issued against them, on the basis of a determination of inadmissibility under section 34, paragraph 35(1)(b) or subsection 37(1) of the Act.

Judicial review

(2)However, if the foreign national has filed an application for leave to commence an application for judicial review under subsection 72(1) of the Act with respect to a decision or removal order referred to in subsection (1), the foreign national may only make an application under subsection (1) after the earliest of the following:

  • (a)the Federal Court refuses the application for leave,
  • (b)if the application for leave is granted, the Federal Court refuses the application for judicial review and no question is certified for the Federal Court of Appeal,
  • (c)if a question is certified for the Federal Court of Appeal,
  • (i)an appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal is not filed within the time limit, or
  • (ii)the Federal Court of Appeal dismisses the appeal and an application to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal from that decision is not filed within the time limit,
  • (d)if an application is filed with the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal,
  • (i)the application is refused,
  • (ii)the application is granted and an appeal is not filed within the time limit, or
  • (iii)the Supreme Court of Canada dismisses the appeal, and
  • (e)the foreign national discontinues their application for leave to commence an application for judicial review, application for judicial review, appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal, application to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal or appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, as the case may be.
IRPR r. 24.2

Required information

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What that means

This relief application asks for far more than a normal form. You give your birthplace, your marital history and every school you attended. You list every job, including volunteer work, and all your travel since age 16. For each trip you give the purpose and any status you sought. You also name the finding against you, with its date and place. Two standard information items from the general application rule (10) do not apply to this one.

The law says

(1)An application under subsection 42.1(1) of the Act must include the following information in respect of the applicant:

  • (a)their place of birth, gender and marital status and the names of any former spouses or common-law partners;
  • (b)their telephone number and email address, if any;
  • (c)their former countries of citizenship or former countries of nationality;
  • (d)their education, including the name and address of all elementary and secondary schools and post-secondary, technical and vocational institutions attended and the start and end dates for the periods during which they attended each school or institution;
  • (e)their work history, including volunteer work, from the age of 16 years, including start and end dates for each period of work, their job title and job description and the employer’s name and address;
  • (f)their international travel history from the age of 16 years, including a list of the countries visited, the purpose of the visits, the dates and duration of the visits and any immigration status sought from or granted by any country visited; and
  • (g)the provision of the Act under which they were determined to be inadmissible — section 34, paragraph 35(1)(b) or subsection 37(1) — as well as the date on which and the city and country in which the determination was made and whether the determination resulted in a decision or removal order referred to in subsection 24.1(1).

Non-application of paragraphs 10(2)(b) and (c)

(2)Paragraphs 10(2)(b) and (c) do not apply to an application under subsection 42.1(1) of the Act.

IRPR r. 24.6

Limitation

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What that means

Your permit or visa can never last more than 10 years past your biometrics. Say you gave fingerprints in 2020. Nothing issued to you can then run past 2030, even where the program would allow longer. The 10 years count from the most recent time you gave them, and that date is checked on the day the document is issued.

The law says

(1)The expiry date of any work permit, study permit — including any renewal of them — temporary resident permit having an expiry date, temporary resident visa, or document that indicates the temporary resident status of a person who is a member of the visitor class, issued to a person who is required to provide their biometric information under section 10.01 of the Act, must not be later than 10 years after the latest day on which the person provided their biometric information under section 10.01 of the Act.

Determination of latest day

(2)The latest day on which the person provided their biometric information is determined at the time of the issuance of the permit, visa or other document.

Guides on this part of the Regulations

No guide cites this section directly. These guides cite other sections in the same Division of the Regulations.