Streamlined Administrative Enforcement of Unenforced Removal Orders Abroad (SOR/2018-232)
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Policy effect
Amends section 240 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to authorize CBSA officers in Canada to administratively enforce a removal order upon confirming a foreign national's departure, and allows officers outside Canada to enforce an unenforced removal order when the person applies for a visa, eTA, or ARC simply by confirming identity through examination, repealing prior requirements regarding lawful admission and non-inadmissibility. Phase scope: entire
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Subsection 240(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations footnote 1 is replaced by the following: When removal order is enforced by officer outside Canada (2) If a foreign national against whom a removal order has not been enforced has departed from Canada and applies outside Canada for a visa, an electronic travel authorization or an authorization to return to Canada, an officer shall enforce the order if, following an examination, the foreign national establishes that they are the person described in the order.
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- 2018-03-27Clarification of End of Examination for Refugee Claimants (SOR/2018-60)
- 2018-03-27Permanent Regulatory Repeal of the Cumulative Duration Rule for Temporary Foreign Workers (SOR/2018-61)
- 2018-04-11Transition of Start-up Business Class into Permanent Regulatory Program (SOR/2018-72)
- 2018-06-01Temporary Public Policy Regarding Excessive Demand on Health and Social Services
- 2018-06-05Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
- 2018-06-26Express Entry ITA Application Submission Window Reduction
- 2018-07-31Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2018-128)
- 2018-10-17Alignment of Inadmissibility Grounds with the Cannabis Act (SOR/2018-170)
- 2018-11-23Work Permit Exemption for Registered Indians (SOR/2018-249)
- 2018-11-30Regulations Amending the Citizenship Regulations (SOR/2018-264)