IRPR Miscellaneous Program Amendments (Electronic Deemed Receipt & Sponsorship Redundancies)
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Policy effect
Amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to establish explicit deemed receipt rules for electronic applications/claims (s. 9.3(1)), eliminate duplicate spousal under-18 restrictions, and update statutory cross-references to the Québec Immigration Regulation.
Official source excerpt
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9.3 (1) Any application, request, claim, document or information sent by a foreign national, an individual or an entity using electronic means is deemed to have been received by the Minister at the time and on the date indicated by the electronic means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose.
Governor in Council / Public Works and Government Services CanadaSOR/2023-249, Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Miscellaneous Program), Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 157, No. 25.Open official source
Retrieved from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2023/2023-12-06/html/sor-dors249-eng.htmlReview method
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