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IRPRPART 5 Permanent ResidentsDIVISION 6 Permanent Resident Visa
r.70

Issuance

🍁 In Simple Terms

You will be issued a permanent resident visa if you've properly applied as a member of an eligible immigration class, are coming to Canada to establish permanent residence, actually qualify for that class, meet all selection criteria, and are not inadmissible. All conditions must be met, failing even one means the visa will not be issued.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 70
Classes

(2)The classes are (a)the family class; (b)the economic class, consisting of the federal skilled worker class, the Quebec skilled worker class, the provincial nominee class, the Canadian experience class, the federal skilled trades class, the Atlantic immigration class, the Quebec investor class, the Quebec entrepreneur class, the start-up business class, the self-employed persons class and the Quebec self-employed persons class; and (c)the Convention refugees abroad class and the country of asylum class.

Criteria in the Province of Quebec

(3)For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the selection criterion for a foreign national who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec as a permanent resident and is not a member of the family class is met by evidence that the competent authority of that Province is of the opinion that the foreign national complies with the provincial selection criteria.

Accompanying family members

(4)A foreign national who is an accompanying family member of a foreign national who is issued a permanent resident visa 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 a family member who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec and is not a member of the family class, the competent authority of that Province is of the opinion that the family member complies with the provincial selection criteria.

Family member

(5)If a permanent resident visa is not issued to a child as an accompanying family member of a foreign national or the foreign national’s spouse or common-law partner, a permanent resident visa shall not be issued to a child of that child as an accompanying family member of the foreign national.

In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 70 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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