Section 72 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Obtaining status

A foreign national in Canada becomes a permanent resident if, following an examination, it is established that they have applied to remain in Canada as a permanent resident as a member of a class referred to in subsection (2); they are in Canada to establish permanent residence; they are a member of that class; they meet the selection criteria and other requirements applicable to that class; except in the case of a foreign national who has submitted a document accepted under subsection 178(2) or of a member of the protected temporary residents class, they and their family members, whether accompanying or not, are not inadmissible, they hold a document described in any of paragraphs 50(1)(a) to (h), and they hold a medical certificate — based on the most recent medical examination to which they were required to submit under paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act and which took place within the previous 12 months — that indicates that their health condition is not likely to be a danger to public health or public safety and, unless subsection 38(2) of the Act applies, is not reasonably expected to cause excessive demand;

and in the case of a member of the protected temporary residents class, they are not inadmissible. The classes are [Repealed, SOR/2017-78, s. 4] the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class; and the protected temporary residents class. For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the selection criterion applicable to a foreign national who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec as a permanent resident, and who is not a member of the family class or a person whom the Board has determined to be a Convention refugee, is met by evidence that the competent authority of that Province is of the opinion that the foreign national meets the selection criteria of the Province. A foreign national who is an accompanying family member of a foreign national who becomes a permanent resident under this section shall be issued a permanent resident visa or become a permanent resident, as the case may be, if following an examination it is established that the accompanying family member is not inadmissible; in the case of a family member who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec and is not a member of the family class or a person whom the Board has determined to be a Convention refugee, the competent authority of that Province is of the opinion that the family member meets the selection criteria of the Province.