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Regulation 4 — Bad faith

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations r 4 Canada Compilation: 2026-03-17 Verified: 2026-05-23

Text of provision

(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a foreign national shall not be considered a spouse, a common-law partner or a conjugal partner of a person if the marriage, common-law partnership or conjugal partnership

(a) was entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring any status or privilege under the Act; or

(b) is not genuine.

(2) A foreign national shall not be considered an adopted child of a person if the adoption

(a) was entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring any status or privilege under the Act; or

(b) did not create a genuine parent-child relationship.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to adoptions referred to in paragraph 117(1)(g) and subsections 117(2) and (4).

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Practical effect

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