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Barring Violent Offenders from Sponsoring Family Class Members

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada
Operative dateNovember 17, 2011
CategoryFamily reunification / public safety
Policy toolSponsor eligibility criteria / ineligibility bar
Affected groupFamily sponsors / family class migrants

Policy effect

Amended paragraph 133(1)(e) of the IRPR to bar individuals convicted of indictable offences involving violence punishable by a maximum prison term of at least 10 years (or attempts thereof) against any person from acting as sponsors under the Family Class.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Amended paragraph 133(1)(e) of the IRPR to bar individuals convicted of indictable offences involving violence punishable by a maximum prison term of at least 10 years (or attempts thereof) against any person from acting as sponsors under the Family Class.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

Refugee Protection Regulations. REGULATIONS AMENDING THE IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION REGULATIONS AMENDMENTS 1. (1) Paragraph 133(1)(e) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (see footnote 1) is amended by striking out “or” at the end of subparagraph (i) and by adding the following after that subparagraph: (i.1) an indictable offence involving the use of violence and punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years, or an attempt to commit such an offence, against any person, or (2) Subparagraph 133(1)(e)(ii) of the Regulations is replaced by the following: … partner of the sponsor, (F) a relative of the conjugal partner of the sponsor, or a current or former family member of that relative, (G) a child under the current or former care and control of the sponsor, their current or former family member or conjugal partner, (H) a child under the current or former care and control of a relative of the sponsor or a current or former family member of that relative, or (I) someone the sponsor is dating or has dated, whether or not they have lived together, or a family member of that person. COMING INTO FORCE 2. These Regulations come into force on the day on which …
Government of Canada / Canada GazetteRegulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2011-262, Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 145, No. 25 (December 7, 2011).Open official source
Retrieved from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2011/2011-12-07/html/sor-dors262-eng.html

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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