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Enhanced Protection Measures and Fee Exemptions for Victims of Human Trafficking and Family Violence

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CountryCanada
Operative dateFebruary 4, 2025
CategoryOther, skilled work, student
Policy toolFees

Policy effect

IRCC increased the initial Temporary Resident Permit (TRP) validity to at least 12 months and waived application and processing fees for subsequent TRPs, open work permits, study permits, and biometrics for victims of human trafficking and family violence.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: IRCC increased the initial Temporary Resident Permit (TRP) validity to at least 12 months and waived application and processing fees for subsequent TRPs, open work permits, study permits, and biometrics for victims of human trafficking and family violence.

Official source excerpt

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67 days in 2024 (down from 220 days in 2023). IRCC regularly reviews its protective measures to ensure that they are responsive to the needs of victims, survivors and their dependants in Canada. As such, IRCC identified and removed several barriers to allow victims greater access to supports. In 2024, IRCC reviewed its ministerial instructions and public policies to improve facilitative measures protecting vulnerable foreign national victims of human trafficking in Canada. On February 4, 2025, the following changes came into force: 1) the duration of the initial TRP increased from up to 6 months to at least 12 months, with some exceptions and 2) fee exemptions expanded for subsequent TRPs, work permits, study permits, and biometrics. A subsequent TRP may be issued for up to 3 years based on an in-depth assessment. Over five years of the National Strategy (2019-2024), CBSA reviewed its immigration enforcement and inadmissibility policy frameworks to reduce inadvertent re-traumatization of victims and survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence. The review encompassed the entirety of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Immigration and Refugee Protection …
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Enhanced Protection Measures and Fee Exemptions for Victims of Human Trafficking and Family Violence. Effective 2025-02-04.Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ntnl-strtgy-cmbt-hmn-trffckng/2023-2025/index-en.aspx

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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