Short title: Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1
[...] Division 23 of Part 5 amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to, among other things, (a) authorize the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to give instructions establishing categories of foreign nationals for the purposes of determining to whom an invitation to make an application for permanent residence is to be issued, as well as instructions setting out the economic goal that that Minister seeks to support in establishing the category; (b) prevent an officer from issuing a visa or other document to a foreign national invited in respect of an established category if the foreign national is not in fact eligible to be a member of that category; (c) require that the annual report to Parliament on the operation of that Act include a description of any instructions that establish a category of foreign nationals, the economic goal sought to be supported in establishing the category and the number of foreign nationals invited to make an application for permanent residence in
[...] (résident permanent) prescribed means prescribed by regulation.
[...] face shortage conditions, as well as on how categories can be formed to meet economic goals.Advice and recommendations (2) The advice and recommendations from the public consultation process must be based on written submissions provided by relevant industry members and stakeholders.Report (3) The Minister shall cause to be tabled before each House of Parliament, not later than the fifth sitting day of that House after January 31 following the end of each fiscal year, a report containing the list of the categories of eligible foreign nationals established in an instruction made under paragraph 10.3(1)(h.1) and the selection criteria and the process applied for the establishment of those categories.Referral (4) After it is tabled, the report stands referred to the committee of the Senate, the House of Commons or both Houses of Parliament that may be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing the report.378 (1) Subsection 11.2(1) of the Act is replaced by the following: Visa
[...] or other document not to be issued 11.2 (1) An officer may not issue a visa or other document in respect of an application for permanent residence to a foreign national who was issued an invitation under Division 0.1 to make that application if — at the time the invitation was issued or at the time the officer received their application — the foreign national (a) did not meet the criteria set out in an instruction given under paragraph 10.3(1)(e); (b) did not have the qualifications on the basis of which they were ranked under an instruction given under paragraph 10.3(1)(h) and were issued the invitation; or (c) did not meet the criteria for membership in a category that was established in an instruction given under paragraph 10.3(1)(h.2), if they were issued an invitation on the basis that they were eligible to be a member of that category.(2) Paragraph 11.2(2)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following: (a) the foreign national did not meet the criteria set out in an
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