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IRPRPART 5 Permanent ResidentsDIVISION 5 Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations
r.69

Accompanying family member outside Canada

🍁 In Simple Terms

When someone is approved on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, the family members travelling with them get visas of their own, so long as each one is not inadmissible. If the family is headed for Quebec, Quebec has to agree they meet its selection criteria, unless they are in the family class or were found to be Convention refugees. Each family member is examined individually, so nothing here is automatic.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 69

(1)A foreign national who is an accompanying family member of a foreign national to whom a permanent resident visa is issued under section 67 shall be issued a permanent resident visa if, following an examination, it is established that (a)the accompanying family member is not inadmissible; and (b)in the case of an accompanying family member who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec and is not a member of the family class or a person whom the Board has determined to be a Convention refugee, the competent authority of that Province is of the opinion that the family member meets the selection criteria of the Province.

Accompanying family member in Canada

(2)A foreign national who is an accompanying family member of a foreign national who becomes a permanent resident under section 68 shall become a permanent resident if the accompanying family member is in Canada and, following an examination, it is established that (a)the accompanying family member is not inadmissible; and (b)in the case of an accompanying family member who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec and is not a member of the family class or a person whom the Board has determined to be a Convention refugee, the competent authority of that Province is of the opinion that the family member meets the selection criteria of the Province.

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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 69 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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