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

Marginal note:Deposit or guarantee required on entry

• 45 (1) An officer can require, in respect of a person or group of persons seeking to enter Canada, the payment of a deposit or the posting of a guarantee, or both, to the Minister for compliance with any conditions imposed.

• Marginal note:Amount

  (2) The amount of the deposit or guarantee is fixed by an officer on the basis of

  • (a) the financial resources of the person or group;

  • (b) the obligations that result from the conditions imposed;

  • (c) the costs that would likely be incurred to locate and arrest the person or group, to detain them, to hold an admissibility hearing and to remove them from Canada; and

  • (d) in the case of a guarantee, the costs that would likely be incurred to enforce it.