Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Suspension during proceedings against sponsor or co-signer

• 136 (1) If any of the following proceedings are brought against a sponsor or co-signer, the sponsorship application shall not be processed until there has been a final determination of the proceeding:

  • (a) the revocation of citizenship under the Citizenship Act;

  • (b) a report prepared under subsection 44(1) of the Act; or

  • (c) a charge alleging the commission of an offence under an Act of Parliament punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.

• Marginal note:Suspension following proceeding

  (2) In respect of a proceeding to which subsection 63(4) of the Act applies, the sponsorship application shall not be processed until the later of

  • (a) the period for making an appeal under that subsection has expired, and

  • (b) if an appeal is made, the final determination of the appeal.