Glossary - Immigration Law
In Immigration Law, Income Assistance
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) manages the income tax process. The CRA sends out a Notice of Assessment each year to everyone who files their tax return. The CRA is also responsible for some social benefits, like the Goods and services tax/Harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) credit, Canada child benefit, and child disability benefit.
In Immigration Law, Refugee Law
The Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board makes a cessation order if it decides that a protected person no longer needs Canada’s protection. A cessation order can lead to a protected person being ordered to leave Canada.
If Canada Border Services Agency applies to the RPD for a cessation order, the protected person has the right to a hearing.
Most people who apply to become Canadian citizens have to show that they have enough knowledge of Canada and what it means to be a Canadian citizen. They usually do this by passing a written test that’s called the citizenship test.
Canadian immigration law has its own definition of common-law partner. It’s someone who you’ve lived with, for at least one year, in a conjugal or marriage-like relationship. It does not matter what their sex or gender is.
It also includes a conjugal partner, if you could not live together because of laws that would punish you for it, or because you’d be persecuted.
For example, you might come from a country where your relationship is against the law.
Getting a conditional sentence means that you don’t serve your sentence in custody, for example, in jail. You serve your sentence in the community and there are strict conditions that you must follow. Some people call this “house arrest”.
A conjugal partner is someone who you’ve had a conjugal or marriage-like relationship with for at least one year. It does not matter what their sex or gender is.
A conjugal relationship does not have to include living together. But if you could have lived together and chose not to, it can be difficult to convince Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada that your relationship is conjugal.
In Immigration Law, Refugee Law
A Convention refugee is someone who is outside their country and not able or not willing to return. This is because they have good reason to fear that they’ll be persecuted because of:
- race,
- religion,
- nationality,
- political opinion, or
- being a member of a particular social group.
