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    The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) (French: Loi sur l’immigration et la protection des réfugiés, LIPR) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada...
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  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) is the department of the Government of Canada...
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    once admitted, and the conditions of their removal. The primary law on these matters is in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, whose goals include...
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    entering or remaining in Canada in a manner contrary to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and its associated regulations. That includes persons who...
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    Canada's "Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations", the "Immigration Division Rules", the "Immigration Appeals Division Rules", and the "Refugee Protection...
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    domestic immigration law and policy went through significant changes, most notably with the Immigration Act, 1976, and the current Immigration and Refugee Protection...
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    Canada permanent resident card (category Canadian immigration law)
    Status Determination Section 31 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (S.C. 2001, c. 27) [1] Types of Immigration Status Documents "The lesser-known...
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    and Immigration Act. As of 2 July 2013, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship portfolio inherited primary responsibility for Passport Canada and the...
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  • Act, 1952 Immigration Act, 1976 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2002 Immigration Ordinance 1972 Immigration Act 1959/63 Immigration Act 1987 Immigration...
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    States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212) is an amendment to the earlier Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance...
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    Canada Border Services Agency (category Federal departments and agencies of Canada)
    the Customs Act; "Immigration Officer" under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; and "Screening Officer" under the Quarantine Act. When enforcing...
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    regulated immigration and citizenship consultants and international student advisors. Pursuant to the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act (S...
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    Express Entry (category Immigration to Canada)
    federal laws of canada, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-04. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada...
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    Declaration of Human Rights. Before 1923, Chinese immigration was heavily controlled by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885, which imposed an onerous head tax...
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  • Alien (law) (category Immigration law)
    "foreign national" serves as its equivalent and is found in legal documents. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act defines "foreign national" as "a person...
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    Security certificate (category Canadian immigration law)
    the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA; which replaced the Immigration Act, 1976), specifically sections 33 and 77 to 85. It was amended and took...
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  • but not a criminal offence, or a civil offence under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27. Regulations under IRPA require that a person...
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    Citizenship and Immigration issued an opinion that declared him a danger to the security of Canada under section 53(1)(b) of the Immigration Act and consequently...
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  • 2001. The 2009 version of the bill (Bill C-45: An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) had specific provisions related to tightening...
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  • Refugee law is the branch of international law which deals with the rights and duties states have vis-a-vis refugees. There are differences of opinion...
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    Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, Balanced Refugee Reform Act, Marine Transportation Security Act, and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration...
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  • groups: citizens, permanent residents, and foreign nationals. Under Section 2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection of Canada (IRPA), "foreign national...
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  • Jose Figueroa deportation case (category Canadian immigration law)
    Figueroa deportation case began on 5 May 2010, when the Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) issued a deportation order...
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    detention" to be of no force and effect, striking down articles 33 and 77 to 85 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, but suspended the ruling for...
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  • the Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Customs and Border Protection. The Real ID Act of 2005 placed...
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    The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885 was an act of the Parliament of Canada that placed a head tax of $50 (equivalent to $1,749 in 2023) on all Chinese immigrants...
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  • Lev Tahor (category Jews and Judaism in Guatemala)
    where he received political asylum under Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to which he claimed he was entitled due to perceived persecution...
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  • Asylum seeker (category Refugees)
    August 2015. "Assessment of Credibility in Claims for Refugee Protection - Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada". Irb-cisr.gc.ca. Retrieved 16 July 2016...
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    legislations such as the United Nations Act and the Special Economic Measures Act. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) provides the legislative...
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  • (CBSA), who are granted such authority through the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). Immigration detainees may also be kept in provincial jails...
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