Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Issuance of temporary resident visa

• 193.3 (1) An officer may issue a temporary resident visa to a foreign national in respect of whom the information referred to in subsection 193.2(1) is received if, following an examination, it is established that the foreign national

  • (a) requires a temporary resident visa;

  • (b) will leave Canada by the end of the period authorized for their stay under Division 2 of Part 9;

  • (c) holds a passport or other document that they may use to enter the country that issued it or another country;

  • (d) is not inadmissible;

  • (e) meets the requirements of section 30; and

  • (f) is approved for accreditation by VANOC for the 2010 Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games.

• Marginal note:Period of entry

  (2) A temporary resident visa issued under subsection (1) shall authorize the foreign national to enter Canada during

  • (a) the period that begins on December 12, 2009 and ends on March 28, 2010, if the foreign national is approved for accreditation by VANOC for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games; or

  • (b) the period that begins on January 12, 2010 and ends on April 21, 2010, if the foreign national is approved for accreditation by VANOC for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.