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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

r. 337 Sponsors

  • PART 20 Transitional Provisions
  • DIVISION 4 Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program

Last verified: June 2026 · Source: justice.gc.ca

The law says

IRPR r. 337
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(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a sponsor who made an undertaking within the meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition undertaking in subsection 2(1) of the former Regulations, or of the definition undertaking in subsection 1(1) of the Humanitarian Designated Classes Regulations, and in respect of whom an immigration officer was satisfied that the requirements of paragraph 7.1(2)(d) or 5(2)(d) of those Regulations, respectively, were met is deemed to be a sponsor whose application has been approved by an officer under section 154.

Additional persons sponsored

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a sponsor who requests that a person be added to their undertaking.

Ineligibility to sponsor

(3)Subsection (1) does not apply to a sponsor who is ineligible to be a party to a sponsorship under section 156.

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