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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations r 352 Canada Compilation: 2026-03-17 Verified: 2026-05-23
A person is not required to include in an application a non-accompanying common-law partner or a non-accompanying child who is not a dependent son or a dependent daughter within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the former Regulations and is a dependent child as defined in section 2 of these Regulations if the application was made under the former Act before the day on which this section comes into force.
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