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IMMIGRATION LAW

Misrepresentation

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) sets out that a foreign national or permanent resident is inadmissible for misrepresentation:

1. for directly or indirectly misrepresenting or withholding material facts relating to a relevant matter that induces or could induce an error in the administration of this Act;
2. for being or having been sponsored by a person who is determined to be inadmissible for misrepresentation;
3. on a final determination to vacate a decision to allow their claim for refugee protection or application for protection; or
4. on ceasing to be a citizen under:
   1. paragraph 10(1)(a) of the Citizenship Act, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 8 of the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, in the circumstances set out in subsection 10(2) of the Citizenship Act, as it read immediately before that coming into force,
   2. subsection 10(1) of the Citizenship Act, in the circumstances set out in section 10.2 of that Act; or
   3. subsection 10.1(3) of the Citizenship Act, in the circumstances set out in section 10.2 of that Act.