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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for matters dealing with immigration to Canada, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The department was established in 1994 following a reorganization.
The Canada–United States Safe Third Country Agreement [a] (STCA, French: Entente sur les tiers pays sûrs, ETPS) is a treaty, entered into force on 29 December 2004, between the governments of Canada and the United States to better manage the flow of refugee claimants at the shared land border.
Designated foreign national (étranger désigné) — a foreign national who belongs to a group of persons who arrive in Canada together and are designated by the minister of public safety and emergency preparedness to be an "irregular arrival" (i.e., have illegally entered Canada). [29] s. 20.1.
has come to Canada from/through a designated safe third country in which a claim for protection was sought; has committed a crime against peace, war crime or crime against humanity , a serious non-political crime outside the country of refuge, or acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
On 31 December 2018, the requirement was expanded to citizens of Asian, Oceanian, North American and South American countries except for persons already in Canada. On 3 December 2019, the requirement was expanded to foreign nationals located within Canada , thus completing the expansion.
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Canada.. As of 2024, Canadian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 187 countries and territories, ranking the Canadian passport 7th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1]
Canada receives its immigrant population from almost 200 countries. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021, [1] while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.
This is a list of designated third country nationals that require advance authorization to access US military bases in Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It should be considered by prospective attendees of the various friendship festivals held at US bases around Japan.