Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)

Marginal note:Family members

• 176 (1) An applicant may include in their application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident any of their family members.

• Marginal note:One-year time limit

  (2) A family member who is included in an application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident and who is outside Canada at the time the application is made shall be issued a permanent resident visa if

  • (a) the family member makes an application outside Canada to an officer within one year after the day on which the applicant becomes a permanent resident; and

  • (b) the family member is not inadmissible on the grounds referred to in subsection (3).

• Marginal note:Inadmissibility

  (3) A family member who is inadmissible on any of the grounds referred to in subsection 21(2) of the Act shall not be issued a permanent resident visa and shall not become a permanent resident.