Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Humanitarian-protected persons abroad

• 146 (1) For the purposes of subsection 12(3) of the Act, a person in similar circumstances to those of a Convention refugee is a member of one of the following humanitarian-protected persons abroad classes:

  • (a) the country of asylum class; or

  • (b) the source country class.

• Marginal note:Classes

  (2) The country of asylum class and the source country class are prescribed as classes of persons who may be issued permanent resident visas on the basis of the requirements of this Division.