Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Canada SOR/2002-227

Section-by-section reference for the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. Each page includes the full text of the provision with plain English explanation and practical context.

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• Part 1 — Interpretation and Application
• Part 5 — Economic Immigration
• Part 7 — Temporary Residents

Sections

• r 75 — Regulation 75 — Federal Skilled Worker class
• r 76 — Regulation 76 — FSW selection criteria (points)
• r 87 — Regulation 87 — Provincial nominee class
• r 116 — Regulation 116 — Family class
• r 117 — Regulation 117 — Family class member requirements
• r 130 — Regulation 130 — Sponsor
• r 133 — Regulation 133 — Eligibility requirements for sponsor
• r 179 — Regulation 179 — Issuance of temporary resident visa
• r 183 — Regulation 183 — General conditions — temporary residents
• r 185 — Regulation 185 — Specific conditions — visitors, workers, students
• r 186 — Regulation 186 — Work without a permit
• r 200 — Regulation 200 — Work permits
• r 203 — Regulation 203 — Assessment of employment offered
• r 205 — Regulation 205 — Canadian interests — LMIA-exempt work permits
• r 1 — Regulation 1 — Interpretation
• r 2 — Regulation 2 — Interpretation — general rules
• r 6 — Regulation 6 — Required documents — entering Canada
• r 8 — Regulation 8 — Permanent residents — entry documents
• r 9 — Regulation 9 — Temporary residents — required documents
• r 10 — Regulation 10 — Application requirements — completeness
• r 11 — Regulation 11 — Prescribed application requirements
• r 12 — Regulation 12 — Application — foreign national
• r 13 — Regulation 13 — Application — in Canada
• r 15 — Regulation 15 — Validity of application
• r 16 — Regulation 16 — Obligation to appear for examination
• r 20 — Regulation 20 — Selection criteria — temporary residents
• r 22 — Regulation 22 — Temporary resident visa — issuance
• r 23 — Regulation 23 — Documents for temporary residents
• r 28 — Regulation 28 — Work permits — general
• r 30 — Regulation 30 — Work authorisation without a work permit
• r 37 — Regulation 37 — Federal-provincial agreements
• r 43 — Regulation 43 — Provincial nominees — selection criteria
• r 55 — Regulation 55 — Federal Skilled Worker — selection criteria
• r 56 — Regulation 56 — Federal Skilled Worker — minimum work experience
• r 57 — Regulation 57 — Federal Skilled Worker — inadmissibility and pass mark
• r 61 — Regulation 61 — Points — language ability
• r 62 — Regulation 62 — Points — education
• r 64 — Regulation 64 — Points — arranged employment
• r 72.8 — Regulation 72.8 — Express Entry — eligible candidates
• r 77 — Regulation 77 — Federal Skilled Trades — requirements
• r 78 — Regulation 78 — Federal Skilled Trades — language requirements
• r 83 — Regulation 83 — Canadian Experience Class — requirements
• r 84 — Regulation 84 — Canadian Experience Class — language requirements
• r 85 — Regulation 85 — Provincial nominees — Express Entry
• r 87.1 — Regulation 87.1 — CRS — human capital factors
• r 87.2 — Regulation 87.2 — CRS — spouse or common-law partner factors
• r 87.3 — Regulation 87.3 — CRS — skill transferability factors
• r 87.4 — Regulation 87.4 — CRS — additional factors
• r 88 — Regulation 88 — Express Entry — invitation to apply
• r 95 — Regulation 95 — Convention refugees abroad — class
• r 100 — Regulation 100 — Government-Assisted Refugees
• r 102 — Regulation 102 — Privately Sponsored Refugees
• r 111 — Regulation 111 — Family class — membership
• r 118 — Regulation 118 — Undertaking by sponsor
• r 121 — Regulation 121 — Sponsorship application
• r 122 — Regulation 122 — Assessment of sponsor
• r 124 — Regulation 124 — Spousal and common-law partners — requirements
• r 125 — Regulation 125 — Conjugal partners
• r 131 — Regulation 131 — Dependent children
• r 132 — Regulation 132 — Sponsor income requirements
• r 134 — Regulation 134 — Parents and grandparents — sponsorship
• r 135 — Regulation 135 — Other relatives — family class
• r 138 — Regulation 138 — Member of the family class — exceptions
• r 139 — Regulation 139 — Undertaking — minimum period
• r 140 — Regulation 140 — Bars on sponsoring
• r 145 — Regulation 145 — Sponsored members of the family class — requirements
• r 147 — Regulation 147 — Family class — exclusion for non-accompanying dependants
• r 152 — Regulation 152 — Applications for permanent residence — abroad
• r 157 — Regulation 157 — Humanitarian and compassionate applications from family class
• r 180 — Regulation 180 — Arrest and detention — statutory grounds
• r 181 — Regulation 181 — Release from detention
• r 187 — Regulation 187 — Removal orders — departure order
• r 188 — Regulation 188 — Removal orders — exclusion order
• r 189 — Regulation 189 — Removal orders — deportation order
• r 190 — Regulation 190 — Removal orders — type determination
• r 196 — Regulation 196 — Stay of removal — humanitarian considerations
• r 197 — Regulation 197 — PRRA — stay of removal
• r 198 — Regulation 198 — Removal — timing and conditions
• r 201 — Regulation 201 — Removal — destination
• r 204 — Regulation 204 — LMIA exemptions — international agreements
• r 206 — Regulation 206 — LMIA exemptions — Canadian interests
• r 207 — Regulation 207 — Open work permits — eligible categories
• r 208 — Regulation 208 — Workers — specific categories
• r 209 — Regulation 209 — Study permits — eligibility
• r 210 — Regulation 210 — Study permits — conditions
• r 211 — Regulation 211 — Study without a permit
• r 213 — Regulation 213 — Post-Graduation Work Permits
• r 216 — Regulation 216 — Study permits — conditions on work
• r 219 — Regulation 219 — International students — permitted study
• r 220 — Regulation 220 — Visitors — permitted activities
• r 220.1 — Regulation 220.1 — Departure order — deemed departure
• r 222 — Regulation 222 — Carriers — obligations
• r 223 — Regulation 223 — Carriers — liability for removal costs
• r 224 — Regulation 224 — Carriers — defence
• r 225 — Regulation 225 — Carriers — advance passenger information
• r 226 — Regulation 226 — Fees — visa applications
• r 228 — Regulation 228 — Removal orders — officers' authority
• r 229 — Regulation 229 — Referral to Immigration Division
• r 230 — Regulation 230 — Removal orders — waivers
• r 232 — Regulation 232 — Voluntary departure — departure order
• r 234 — Regulation 234 — Removal costs — liability of foreign national
• r 244 — Regulation 244 — Factors — flight risk
• r 245 — Regulation 245 — Factors — danger to the public
• r 246 — Regulation 246 — Factors — identity not established
• r 247 — Regulation 247 — Factors — duration of detention
• r 248 — Regulation 248 — Factors — alternatives to detention
• r 3 — Regulation 3 — Interpretation — member of a crew
• r 4 — Regulation 4 — Bad faith
• r 5 — Regulation 5 — Excluded relationships
• r 7 — Regulation 7 — Temporary resident
• r 14 — Regulation 14 — Application of par. 34(1)(c) of the Act
• r 17 — Regulation 17 — Prescribed period
• r 18 — Regulation 18 — Rehabilitation
• r 19 — Regulation 19 — Transborder criminality
• r 21 — Regulation 21 — Financial reasons
• r 24 — Regulation 24 — Exception
• r 25 — Regulation 25 — When unenforced removal order
• r 26 — Regulation 26 — Designation of ports of entry
• r 27 — Regulation 27 — Obligation on entry
• r 29 — Regulation 29 — Medical examination
• r 31 — Regulation 31 — Public health
• r 32 — Regulation 32 — Conditions
• r 33 — Regulation 33 — Public safety
• r 34 — Regulation 34 — Excessive demand
• r 35 — Regulation 35 — Transit
• r 36 — Regulation 36 — Actions not constituting a complete examination
• r 38 — Regulation 38 — Means
• r 39 — Regulation 39 — Entry permitted
• r 40 — Regulation 40 — Direction to leave
• r 41 — Regulation 41 — Direct back
• r 42 — Regulation 42 — Withdrawing application
• r 44 — Regulation 44 — Class
• r 45 — Regulation 45 — Deposit or guarantee required on entry
• r 46 — Regulation 46 — Application
• r 47 — Regulation 47 — General requirements
• r 48 — Regulation 48 — Conditions if guarantee posted
• r 49 — Regulation 49 — Acknowledgment of consequences of failure to comply with conditions
• r 50 — Regulation 50 — Documents — permanent residents
• r 51 — Regulation 51 — Examination — permanent residents
• r 52 — Regulation 52 — Documents — temporary residents
• r 53 — Regulation 53 — Document indicating status
• r 54 — Regulation 54 — Period of validity
• r 58 — Regulation 58 — Providing address within 180 days
• r 59 — Regulation 59 — Issuance of new permanent resident card
• r 60 — Regulation 60 — Revocation
• r 63 — Regulation 63 — Period of permit’s validity
• r 65 — Regulation 65 — Member of class
• r 66 — Regulation 66 — Request
• r 67 — Regulation 67 — Applicant outside Canada
• r 68 — Regulation 68 — Applicant in Canada
• r 69 — Regulation 69 — Accompanying family member outside Canada
• r 70 — Regulation 70 — Issuance
• r 71 — Regulation 71 — Issuance — particular Quebec selection cases
• r 72 — Regulation 72 — Obtaining status
• r 73 — Regulation 73 — Definitions
• r 74 — Regulation 74 — Criteria
• r 79 — Regulation 79 — Official languages
• r 80 — Regulation 80 — Experience (15 points)
• r 81 — Regulation 81 — Age (12 points)
• r 82 — Regulation 82 — Definition of arranged employment
• r 86 — Regulation 86 — Class
• r 89 — Regulation 89 — Artificial transactions
• r 90 — Regulation 90 — Class
• r 91 — Regulation 91
• r 92 — Regulation 92
• r 93 — Regulation 93
• r 94 — Regulation 94
• r 96 — Regulation 96
• r 97 — Regulation 97 — Class
• r 98 — Regulation 98
• r 99 — Regulation 99
• r 103 — Regulation 103
• r 104 — Regulation 104
• r 105 — Regulation 105 — Self-employed person
• r 106 — Regulation 106
• r 107 — Regulation 107
• r 108 — Regulation 108 — Application for visa
• r 109 — Regulation 109 — Substitution of evaluation
• r 110 — Regulation 110
• r 112 — Regulation 112
• r 113 — Regulation 113
• r 114 — Regulation 114
• r 115 — Regulation 115
• r 119 — Regulation 119 — Withdrawal of sponsorship application
• r 120 — Regulation 120 — Approved sponsorship application
• r 123 — Regulation 123 — Class
• r 126 — Regulation 126 — Withdrawal of sponsorship application
• r 127 — Regulation 127 — Approved sponsorship application
• r 128 — Regulation 128 — Requirements — family member
• r 129 — Regulation 129 — Requirements for accompanying family members
• r 136 — Regulation 136 — Suspension during proceedings against sponsor or co-signer
• r 137 — Regulation 137 — Undertaking — Province of Quebec
• r 141 — Regulation 141 — Non-accompanying family member
• r 142 — Regulation 142 — Requirements — family members
• r 143 — Regulation 143 — Memorandum of understanding
• r 144 — Regulation 144 — Convention refugees abroad class
• r 146 — Regulation 146 — Person in similar circumstances to those of a Convention refugee
• r 148 — Regulation 148
• r 149 — Regulation 149
• r 150 — Regulation 150
• r 151 — Regulation 151 — Travel document
• r 153 — Regulation 153 — Sponsorship requirements
• r 154 — Regulation 154 — Approval of application
• r 155 — Regulation 155 — Revoking approval
• r 156 — Regulation 156 — Ineligibility to be a party to a sponsorship
• r 158 — Regulation 158 — Settlement in the Province of Quebec
• r 159 — Regulation 159 — Working day
• r 160 — Regulation 160 — Application for protection
• r 161 — Regulation 161 — Submissions
• r 162 — Regulation 162 — Application within 15-day period
• r 163 — Regulation 163 — Applications after the 15-day period
• r 164 — Regulation 164 — Application that must be received within 15-day period — certificate
• r 165 — Regulation 165 — Subsequent application
• r 166 — Regulation 166 — Application at port of entry
• r 167 — Regulation 167 — Hearing — prescribed factors
• r 168 — Regulation 168 — Hearing procedure
• r 169 — Regulation 169 — Abandonment
• r 170 — Regulation 170 — Withdrawal
• r 171 — Regulation 171 — Effect of abandonment and withdrawal
• r 172 — Regulation 172 — Applicant described in s. 112(3) of the Act
• r 173 — Regulation 173 — Re-examination of stay — procedure
• r 174 — Regulation 174 — Reasons for decision
• r 175 — Regulation 175 — Judicial review
• r 176 — Regulation 176 — Family members
• r 177 — Regulation 177 — Prescribed classes
• r 178 — Regulation 178 — Identity documents
• r 182 — Regulation 182 — Restoration
• r 184 — Regulation 184 — Condition imposed on members of a crew
• r 191 — Regulation 191 — Class
• r 192 — Regulation 192 — Visitor
• r 193 — Regulation 193 — Conditions
• r 194 — Regulation 194 — Class
• r 195 — Regulation 195 — Worker
• r 199 — Regulation 199 — Application after entry
• r 202 — Regulation 202 — Temporary resident status
• r 212 — Regulation 212 — Authorization
• r 214 — Regulation 214 — Application on entry
• r 215 — Regulation 215 — Application after entry
• r 217 — Regulation 217 — Application for renewal
• r 218 — Regulation 218 — Temporary resident status
• r 221 — Regulation 221 — Failure to comply with conditions
• r 227 — Regulation 227 — Report — family members
• r 231 — Regulation 231 — Stay of removal — judicial review
• r 233 — Regulation 233 — Stay of removal — humanitarian and compassionate or public policy considerations
• r 235 — Regulation 235 — Not void
• r 236 — Regulation 236 — Providing copies
• r 237 — Regulation 237 — Modality of enforcement
• r 238 — Regulation 238 — Voluntary compliance
• r 239 — Regulation 239 — Removal by Minister
• r 240 — Regulation 240 — When removal order is enforced
• r 241 — Regulation 241 — Country of removal
• r 242 — Regulation 242 — Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act
• r 243 — Regulation 243 — Payment of removal costs
• r 249 — Regulation 249 — Special considerations for minor children
• r 250 — Regulation 250 — Applications for travel documents
• r 251 — Regulation 251 — Immigration Appeal Division — conditions
• r 252 — Regulation 252 — Custody of seized thing
• r 253 — Regulation 253 — Notice of seizure — person from whom seized
• r 254 — Regulation 254 — Application for return — person from whom seized
• r 255 — Regulation 255 — Application for return — lawful owner
• r 256 — Regulation 256 — Concurrent applications
• r 257 — Regulation 257 — Notice of decision
• r 258 — Regulation 258 — Sale or destruction of seized thing
• r 259 — Regulation 259 — Prescribed documents
• r 260 — Regulation 260 — Holding prescribed documentation
• r 261 — Regulation 261 — Obligation to hold a person
• r 262 — Regulation 262 — Stowaway notification
• r 263 — Regulation 263 — Medical examination and treatment
• r 264 — Regulation 264 — Prescribed information
• r 265 — Regulation 265 — Crew list
• r 266 — Regulation 266 — Assembly
• r 267 — Regulation 267 — Canadian registered vessels
• r 268 — Regulation 268 — Reporting obligation
• r 269 — Regulation 269 — Prescribed information
• r 270 — Regulation 270 — Notice by Canada Border Services Agency
• r 271 — Regulation 271 — Facilities for holding and examination
• r 272 — Regulation 272 — Examination on vessels
• r 273 — Regulation 273 — Obligation to carry from Canada
• r 274 — Regulation 274 — Members of a crew
• r 275 — Regulation 275 — Notification
• r 276 — Regulation 276 — Notifying commercial transporter
• r 277 — Regulation 277 — Relief from obligations
• r 278 — Regulation 278 — Removal costs
• r 279 — Regulation 279 — Assessment of administration fee
• r 280 — Regulation 280 — Administration fee
• r 281 — Regulation 281 — Notice of assessment
• r 282 — Regulation 282 — Submissions concerning assessment
• r 283 — Regulation 283 — Security
• r 284 — Regulation 284 — Application of s. 148(2) of the Act
• r 285 — Regulation 285 — Object detained or seized
• r 286 — Regulation 286 — Notice of seizure
• r 287 — Regulation 287 — Sale of a seized object
• r 288 — Regulation 288 — Definition of beneficiary
• r 289 — Regulation 289 — Types of loans
• r 290 — Regulation 290 — Maximum amount
• r 291 — Regulation 291 — Repayment
• r 292 — Regulation 292 — Deferred repayment
• r 293 — Regulation 293 — No interest on loan
• r 294 — Regulation 294 — Interpretation
• r 295 — Regulation 295 — Permanent resident visa
• r 296 — Regulation 296 — Single or multiple entry — $100
• r 297 — Regulation 297
• r 298 — Regulation 298 — Fee — $200
• r 299 — Regulation 299 — Fee — $155
• r 300 — Regulation 300 — Fee — $150
• r 301 — Regulation 301 — Fee
• r 302 — Regulation 302 — Fee — $325
• r 303 — Regulation 303 — Fee — $500
• r 304 — Regulation 304 — Fee — $75
• r 305 — Regulation 305 — Fee — $100
• r 306 — Regulation 306 — Fee — $200
• r 307 — Regulation 307 — Fees
• r 308 — Regulation 308 — Fee — $50
• r 309 — Regulation 309 — Fees
• r 310 — Regulation 310 — Fee — $400
• r 311 — Regulation 311 — Certification — $30
• r 312 — Regulation 312 — Fee — $100
• r 313 — Regulation 313 — Fee — $30
• r 314 — Regulation 314 — Fee for statistical data
• r 315 — Regulation 315 — Travel document
• r 316 — Regulation 316 — Definitions
• r 317 — Regulation 317 — Decisions and orders made under former Act
• r 318 — Regulation 318 — Terms and conditions
• r 319 — Regulation 319 — Removal order
• r 320 — Regulation 320 — Inadmissibility — security grounds
• r 321 — Regulation 321 — Reports
• r 322 — Regulation 322 — Detention
• r 323 — Regulation 323 — Order issued by Deputy Minister
• r 324 — Regulation 324 — Release
• r 325 — Regulation 325 — Warrants
• r 326 — Regulation 326 — Danger to the public
• r 327 — Regulation 327 — Certificates
• r 328 — Regulation 328 — Permanent residents
• r 329 — Regulation 329 — Visitors and permit holders
• r 330 — Regulation 330 — Examination
• r 331 — Regulation 331 — Performance bonds and security deposits
• r 332 — Regulation 332 — Seizures
• r 333 — Regulation 333 — Debts
• r 334 — Regulation 334 — Applications for protection abroad
• r 335 — Regulation 335 — Family member
• r 336 — Regulation 336 — Sponsorship agreements
• r 337 — Regulation 337 — Sponsors
• r 338 — Regulation 338 — Refugee protection
• r 339 — Regulation 339 — Rejection of a claim for refugee protection
• r 340 — Regulation 340 — Ineligibility
• r 341 — Regulation 341 — Withdrawal and abandonment
• r 342 — Regulation 342 — Eligibility
• r 343 — Regulation 343 — Redetermination of eligibility
• r 344 — Regulation 344 — Cessation of refugee protection
• r 345 — Regulation 345 — Vacation
• r 346 — Regulation 346 — Post-determination refugee claimants in Canada class
• r 347 — Regulation 347 — Application for landing — Convention refugees
• r 348 — Regulation 348 — Judicial review
• r 349 — Regulation 349 — Other court proceedings
• r 350 — Regulation 350 — Decisions referred back
• r 351 — Regulation 351 — Application of the Act to existing undertakings
• r 352 — Regulation 352 — Not required to be included
• r 353 — Regulation 353 — Requirements not applicable
• r 354 — Regulation 354 — Requirements not applicable
• r 355 — Regulation 355 — Family members not excluded from family class
• r 356 — Regulation 356 — Pending applications
• r 357 — Regulation 357 — Remission — right of landing fee
• r 358 — Regulation 358 — Fees to be reapplied
• r 359 — Regulation 359 — Remission — returning resident permit fee
• r 360 — Regulation 360 — Remission — fee for review of family business employment offer
• r 361 — Regulation 361 — Equivalent assessment
• r 362 — Regulation 362 — Investors
• r 363 — Regulation 363 — Entrepreneurs
• r 364 — Regulation 364 — Regulations repealed
• r 365 — Regulation 365 — Coming into force