On February 12, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that it had updated Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to strengthen authorities to cancel temporary resident documents.
These changes give immigration and border services officers explicit authority to cancel electronic travel authorizations (eTAs) and temporary resident visas (TRVs) on a case-by-case basis, including when
- a change in a person’s status or circumstances makes them inadmissible or no longer eligible to hold the document (for example, the person provided false information, has a criminal history or is deceased);
- an officer is not satisfied that someone will leave Canada by the end of their authorized period of stay; or
- the document is lost, stolen, destroyed or abandoned.
The changes also enable officers to cancel TRVs, eTAs, work permits and study permits issued to people when
- they become a permanent resident;
- they are deceased; or
- the document was issued based on an administrative error.
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