Glossary - Immigration Law
A departure order is a type of removal order. If you get a departure order, you have to leave Canada within 30 days. You must tell Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) when you leave. This is called “confirming your departure”. If you don’t leave within the 30 days, or don’t confirm that you’re leaving, the order can become a deportation order.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada considers your spouse, common-law partner, or dependent child to be your dependant.
A dependent child is a child who depends on their parent or parents because they’re either:
- under the age of 22 and not married or in a common-law relationship, or
- 22 or older and financially dependent on their parents since before they were 22 because they have a physical or mental condition that stops them from supporting themselves.
The rules about who is a dependent child were different before August 1, 2014, and between that date and October 23, 2017. For some people, previous rules will apply.
A dependent child can be biological, which means born to their parents, or adopted.
In Criminal Law, Immigration Law, Refugee Law
A deportation order is a type of removal order, an order which requires someone to leave Canada. If you’re deported, you can’t return to Canada unless you get permission in writing from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. This is called an Authorization to Return to Canada (ARC).
In Immigration Law, Refugee Law
Being deported means having to leave Canada because of a deportation order. A deportation order is a type of removal order. If someone is deported, they can’t return to Canada unless they get permission in writing from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. This is called an Authorization to Return to Canada (ARC).
Designated foreign nationals are members of a group of people who:
- arrive in Canada together, and
- are called an “irregular arrival” by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
This can happen, for example, if the Minister suspects that they have been brought to Canada through human smuggling or trafficking with the help of a criminal organization or terrorist group.
Designated foreign nationals have fewer rights than other foreign nationals.
