Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:When removal order is enforced

• 240 (1) A removal order against a foreign national, whether it is enforced by voluntary compliance or by the Minister, is enforced when the foreign national

  • (a) appears before an officer at a port of entry to verify their departure from Canada;

  • (b) obtains a certificate of departure from the Department;

  • (c) departs from Canada; and

  • (d) is authorized to enter, other than for purposes of transit, their country of destination.

• Marginal note:When removal order is enforced by officer outside Canada

  (2) If a foreign national against whom a removal order has not been enforced is applying outside Canada for a visa or an authorization to return to Canada, an officer shall enforce the order if, following an examination, the foreign national establishes that

  • (a) they are the person described in the order;

  • (b) they have been lawfully admitted to the country in which they are physically present at the time that the application is made; and

  • (c) they are not inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality or organized criminality.