Controlled Goods Regulations (SOR/2001-32)

18.1 (1) An application for exemption from registration shall be accompanied by the consent of the temporary worker, international student or visitor to a security assessment to be conducted in accordance with section 19, including their consent to the disclosure of their personal information to — and its use by — Canadian government entities for the purpose of the assessment, as well as a copy of their valid passport.

(2) In the case of a temporary worker or international student, the application shall also be accompanied by their consent to the disclosure of their personal information to — and its use by — credit reporting agencies for the purpose of the security assessment, as well as

• (a) copies of all identity documents issued to them by the Government of Canada or any province;

• (b) evidence that they are authorized to work or study in Canada, as the case may be, and, in the case of an international student, a document from the academic institution at which they are authorized to study indicating that the work they are doing for the registered person is integral to those studies;

• (c) personal references;

• (d) a description, in respect of the five-year period immediately before the day on which they consent to the assessment, of their

  • (i) criminal history,

  • (ii) places of residence,

  • (iii) education and employment history, and

  • (iv) history of international travel outside of Canada and the United States, including any denial of entry into another country; and

• (e) the original results of a country-wide criminal record check conducted by the relevant authorities in every country other than Canada in which they resided during the period referred to in paragraph (d).

(3) The temporary worker and the international student shall, on request, provide the designated official with any additional information or evidence that the designated official requires to verify the information provided under subsection (2).