Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Administration) (SOR/2019-174)

Policy effect

Added Division 1.1 (sections 9.1 through 9.6) to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, requiring that certain applications (such as in-Canada temporary resident status extensions, work/study permit applications and renewals, status restoration, and youth mobility applications), supporting documents, fees, and employer offers of employment under the International Mobility Program be submitted using electronic means specified by the Minister, subject to limited exemptions.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Added Division 1.1 (sections 9.1 through 9.6) to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, requiring that certain applications (such as in-Canada temporary resident status extensions, work/study permit applications and renewals, status restoration, and youth mobility applications), supporting documents, fees, and employer offers of employment under the International Mobility Program be submitted using electronic means specified by the Minister, subject to limited exemptions.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… to subsections 5(1) and 11(1.01) footnote a, section 14 footnote b, subsection 26(1) footnote c and section 186.3 footnote d of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act footnote e, makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Administration). Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Administration) Amendments 1 The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations footnote 1 are amended by adding the following after section 9: DIVISION 1.1 Use of Electronic Means Electronic means 9.1 (1) Despite section 10, when an application, request or claim is made, a document or information is submitted electronically, or a signature by electronic means is provided, it must be made, submitted or provided using the electronic means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose. Supporting documents for electronic applications (2) When an application, request or claim is made by electronic means, any required information, documents or evidence of payment required in these Regulations must be submitted by the same means. Application by electronic means 9.2 The following applications must be made by the electronic means made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose: (a) an application for an extension of an authorization to remain in Canada as a temporary resident; (b) an application that is made in Canada for a work or study permit or for renewal of such a permit; (c) an application for the restoration of temporary resident status; (d) an application that is made pursuant to a youth mobility arrangement entered into by Canada. Deemed receipt by the Minister 9.3 (1) Any application, request, claim, document or information sent by a foreign national, or … start-up business class, the self-employed persons class and the Quebec self-employed persons class; and 8 Sections 85.1 to 85.6 of the Regulations are repealed. 9 (1) The portion of subsection 209.11(1) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: Foreign national — subparagraph 200(1)(c)(ii.1) 209.11 (1) An employer who has made an offer of employment to a foreign national referred to in subparagraph 200(1)(c)(ii.1) must, before the foreign national makes an application for a work permit in respect of that employment, provide the following information to the Minister using the electronic means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose: (2) Subsections 209.11(2) and (3) of the Regulations are repealed. 10 Subsection 209.994(2) of the Regulations is replaced by the following: Deemed receipt (2) Despite section 9.3(2) of these Regulations and section 3 of the Electronic Documents and Electronic Information Regulations, a notice of preliminary finding or a corrected or cancelled notice of preliminary finding is deemed to have been received 10 days after the day on which it is sent. 11 Subsection 209.996(6) of the Regulations is replaced … entail the collection of new or additional personal information; however, such information collected by IRCC and the CBSA will continue to be protected and stored in accordance with Canadian law. These Regulations come into force on the date on which they are registered. Contacts Patrick McEvenue Director Strategic Policy and Planning Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Telephone: 613‑437‑6296 Email: IRCC.SPPElectronicAdmin-AdminelectroniquePSP.IRCC@cic.gc.ca Madona Radi Director Program and Policy Management Division Canada Border Services Agency Telephone: 613‑954‑6319 Email: Madona.Radi …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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• 2019-03-28Order Extending the Decision-Making Role of Citizenship Judges (SOR/2019-82)
• 2019-05-10Order Repealing Designated Countries of Origin Orders Under the IRPA
• 2019-06-10Direct Removal Orders for Human/International Rights Violations (SOR/2019-200)
• 2019-06-17Clarification of Health Inadmissibility Excessive Demand Exemptions for Family Members
• 2019-06-17Mandatory Consideration of the Best Interests of the Child in Immigration Detention (SOR/2019-213)
• 2019-06-18Home Support Worker permanent-residence pilot opened
• 2019-06-21Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1
• 2019-07-08Public Policy to Reinstate an Interim Pathway for Caregivers
• 2019-09-01Rural and Northern Community Immigration pilot class created
• 2019-09-09Public Policy Facilitating Immigration of Certain Sponsored Foreign Nationals Excluded under Paragraph 117(9)(d) or 125(1)(d)