🍁 In Simple Terms
Being questioned on the plane or at the gangway, or having your papers looked at before you reach the booth, counts as part of your examination but not the whole of it. That matters because your examination is not finished, and nothing about it is final, until the officer at the port of entry says so.
Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 36
36 An inspection carried out aboard a means of transportation bringing persons to Canada or the questioning of persons embarking on or disembarking from a means of transportation, or the examination of any record or document respecting such persons before they appear for examination at a port of entry, is part of an examination but does not constitute a complete examination.
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 36 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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