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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Version of section 150 from 2009-06-04 to 2012-10-17:

  •  (1) An application for a permanent resident visa submitted by a foreign national under this Division must be made at the immigration office outside Canada that serves the applicant's place of residence and must be accompanied by either an undertaking or

    • (a) a referral from a referral organization;

    • (b) a referral resulting from an arrangement between the Minister and a government of a foreign state or any institution of such a government relating to resettlement; or

    • (c) a referal resulting from an agreement relating to resettlement entered into by the Government of Canada and an international organization or a government of a foreign state.

  • Marginal note:Exception — requirement for referral or undertaking

    (2) A foreign national may submit a permanent resident visa application without a referral or an undertaking if the foreign national resides in a geographic area that the Minister has determined under subsection (3) to be a geographic area in which circumstances justify the submission of permanent resident visa applications not accompanied by a referral or an undertaking.

  • Marginal note:Minister's determination

    (3) The Minister may determine on the basis of the following factors that a geographic area is an area in which circumstances justify the submission of permanent resident visa applications not accompanied by a referral or an undertaking:

    • (a) advice from referral organizations with which the Minister has entered into a memorandum of understanding under section 143 that they are unable to make the number of referrals specified in their memorandum of understanding for the area;

    • (b) the inability of referral organizations to refer persons in the area;

    • (c) the resettlement needs in the area, after consultation with referral organizations that have substantial knowledge of the area; and

    • (d) the relative importance of resettlement needs in the area, within the context of resettlement needs globally.

  • SOR/2004-167, s. 47
  • SOR/2009-163, s. 5(F)

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