Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 55 — Delivery
A permanent resident card shall only be provided or issued in Canada.
Section 56
[Repealed, SOR/2008-188, s. 1] An application for a permanent resident card must be made in Canada and include an application form that contains the following information, namely, the applicant’s…
Section 57 — Applicants
Subject to subsection (3), every person who applies for a permanent resident card must make and sign the application on their own behalf. The application of a child who is 14 years of age or more but…
Section 58 — Providing address within 180 days
In order to allow the Department to provide a permanent resident card, a permanent resident referred to in paragraph 53(1)(a) must provide to the Department, within 180 days after the day on which…
Section 59 — Issuance of new permanent resident card
An officer shall, on application, issue a new permanent resident card if the applicant has not lost permanent resident status under subsection 46(1) of the Act; the applicant has not been convicted…
Section 60 — Revocation
A permanent resident card is revoked if the permanent resident becomes a Canadian citizen or otherwise loses permanent resident status; the permanent resident card is lost, stolen or destroyed; or…
Section 60.1 — Collection of social insurance number
The Minister may collect the social insurance number of a permanent resident card applicant or a travel document applicant to verify that the applicant has complied with the obligation set out in…
Section 61 — Canadian business
Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of subparagraphs 28(2)(a)(iii) and (iv) of the Act and of this section, a Canadian business is a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of Canada…
Section 62 — Calculation — residency obligation
Subject to subsection (2), the calculation of days under paragraph 28(2)(a) of the Act in respect of a permanent resident does not include any day after a report is prepared under subsection 44(1) of…
Section 63 — Period of permit’s validity
A temporary resident permit is valid until any one of the following events occurs: the permit is cancelled under subsection 24(1) of the Act or under section 243.1; the permit holder leaves Canada…
Section 64 — Permit holder class
The permit holder class is prescribed as a class of foreign nationals who may become permanent residents on the basis of the requirements of this Division.
Section 65 — Member of class
A foreign national is a permit holder and a member of the permit holder class if they have been issued a temporary resident permit under subsection 24(1) of the Act; they have continuously resided in…
Section 65.1 — Becoming a permanent resident
A foreign national in Canada who is a permit holder and a member of the permit holder class becomes a permanent resident if, following an examination, it is established that they have applied to…
Section 66 — Request
A request made by a foreign national under subsection 25(1) of the Act must be made as an application in writing accompanied by an application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident or, in the…
Section 67 — Applicant outside Canada
If an exemption from paragraphs 70(1)(a), (c) and (d) is granted under subsection 25(1), 25.1(1) or 25.2(1) of the Act with respect to a foreign national outside Canada who has made the applications…
Section 68 — Applicant in Canada
If an exemption from paragraphs 72(1)(a), (c) and (d) is granted under subsection 25(1), 25.1(1) or 25.2(1) of the Act with respect to a foreign national in Canada who has made the applications…
Section 69 — Accompanying family member outside Canada
A foreign national who is an accompanying family member of a foreign national to whom a permanent resident visa is issued under section 67 shall be issued a permanent resident visa if, following an…
Section 69.1 — Requirements — family member
Subject to subsection 25.1(1), to be considered a family member of the applicant, a person shall be a family member of an applicant both at the time the application under section 66 is made and at…
Section 70 — Issuance
An officer shall issue a permanent resident visa to a foreign national if, following an examination, it is established that the foreign national has applied in accordance with these Regulations for a…
Section 71 — Issuance — particular Quebec selection cases
An officer shall issue a permanent resident visa to a foreign national outside Canada who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec as a permanent resident and does not satisfy the requirements of…
Section 71.1 — Foreign nationals outside Canada
A foreign national who is a member of a class referred to in subsection 70(2) and is outside Canada must, to become a permanent resident, present their permanent resident visa to an officer at a port…
Section 72 — 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…
Section 72.1
[Repealed, SOR/2017-56, s. 1]
Section 72.2
[Repealed, SOR/2017-56, s. 1]
Section 72.3
[Repealed, SOR/2017-56, s. 1]
Section 72.4
[Repealed, SOR/2017-56, s. 1]
Section 72.5 — Separate application
Despite subsection 10(3), a separate application must be made for each family member that would like to renounce their permanent resident status.
Section 72.6 — Application — conditions
An officer may approve a person’s application to renounce their permanent resident status if the person has provided evidence of their citizenship, nationality or permanent legal resident status in…
Section 72.7 — Sponsorship application suspended
If a permanent resident makes an application to renounce their permanent resident status, any sponsorship application made by them is suspended until a decision is made on the application to renounce…
Section 72.8 — Requirements — family member
Subject to subsections 25.1(3) to (5) and for the purposes of this Part, to be considered a family member of an applicant, a person must be a family member of the applicant both at the time the…
Section 73 — Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Division. Atlantic province means Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador. ( province de l’Atlantique ) Canadian…
Section 74 — Criteria
For the purposes of paragraphs 75(2)(d), 79(3)(a), 87.1(2)(d) and (e), 87.2(3)(a) and 87.3(2)(f), the Minister shall fix, by class prescribed by these Regulations or by occupation, and make available…
Section 75 — Class
For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the federal skilled worker class is hereby prescribed as a class of persons who are skilled workers and who may become permanent residents on the…
Section 76 — Selection criteria
For the purpose of determining whether a skilled worker, as a member of the federal skilled worker class, will be able to become economically established in Canada, they must be assessed on the basis…
Section 77 — Conformity — applicable times
For the purposes of Part 5, the requirements and criteria set out in sections 75 and 76 must be met on the date on which an application for a permanent resident visa is made and on the date on which…
Section 78 — Education (25 points)
Points shall be awarded, to a maximum of 25, for a skilled worker’s Canadian educational credential or equivalency assessment submitted in support of an application, as follows: 5 points for a…
Section 79 — Official languages
A skilled worker must identify in their application for a permanent resident visa which language — English or French — is to be considered their first official language in Canada. They must have…
Section 80 — Experience (15 points)
Points shall be awarded, up to a maximum of 15 points, to a skilled worker for full-time work experience, or the equivalent in part-time work, within the 10 years before the date on which their…
Section 81 — Age (12 points)
Points shall be awarded, up to a maximum of 12, for a skilled worker’s age on the date on which their application is made, as follows: 12 points for a skilled worker 18 years of age or older but less…
Section 82 — Definition of arranged employment
In this section, arranged employment means an offer of employment that is made by a single employer other than an embassy, high commission or consulate in Canada or an employer who is referred to in…
Section 83 — Adaptability (10 points)
A maximum of 10 points for adaptability shall be awarded to a skilled worker on the basis of any combination of the following elements: for the language proficiency of the skilled worker’s…
Section 84
[Repealed, SOR/2008-202, s. 1]
Section 85 — Permanent resident status
A foreign national who is an accompanying family member of a person who makes an application as a member of the federal skilled worker class shall become a permanent resident if, following an…
Section 85.1
[Repealed, SOR/2019-174, s. 8]
Section 85.2
[Repealed, SOR/2019-174, s. 8]
Section 85.3
[Repealed, SOR/2019-174, s. 8]
Section 85.4
[Repealed, SOR/2008-253, s. 8]
Section 85.5
[Repealed, SOR/2008-202, s. 2]
Section 85.6
[Repealed, SOR/2019-174, s. 8]
Section 86 — Class
For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the Quebec skilled worker class is hereby prescribed as a class of persons who may become permanent residents on the basis of their ability to become…