🍁 In Simple Terms
Your border examination does not end until a specific outcome is reached: you're authorized to enter and physically leave the port of entry, you depart as an in-transit passenger, you withdraw your application and leave, or a removal order is issued against you. Until one of these happens, you remain legally under examination.
Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 37
(2)(2) The examination of a person who makes a claim for refugee protection at a port of entry or inside Canada other than at a port of entry ends when the later of the following occurs:
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Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPR r. 37 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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