Tag: IRPR

Important IRPR Amendments: Expanded Sponsorship Bar for Violent Crime

On November 18, 2011, as amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) came into force, persons who have been convicted of certain offences are no longer eligible to sponsor their family members. Effective the same date, the new amendments will…

Loophole found in Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Dear Mr. Li: I am replying to your e-mail of December 13, 2010, addressed to the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, concerning the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR).  I apologize for the delay in responding.…