Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations — 132
Undertaking — duration 132 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the sponsor’s undertaking obliges the sponsor to reimburse Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province for every benefit provided as social assistance to or on behalf of the sponsored foreign national and their family members during the period (a) beginning (i) if the foreign national enters Canada with a temporary resident permit, on the day of that entry, (ii) if the foreign national is in Canada, on the day on which the foreign national obtains a temporary resident permit following an application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident, and (iii) in any other case, on the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident; and (b) ending (i) if the foreign national is the sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, on the last day of the period of three years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident, (ii) if the foreign national is a dependent child of the sponsor or of the sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, or is a person referred to in paragraph 117(1)(g), and is less than 22 years of age on the day on which he or she becomes a permanent resident, on the earlier of (A) the last day of the period of 10 years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident, and (B) the day on which the foreign national attains 25 years of age, (iii) if the foreign national is a dependent child of the sponsor or of the sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner and is 22 years of age or older on the day on which he or she becomes a permanent resident, on the last day of the period of three years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident, (iv) on the last day of the period of 20 years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident, if the foreign national is (A) the sponsor’s mother or father, (B) the mother or father of the sponsor’s mother or father, or (C) an accompanying family member of the foreign national described in clause (A) or (B), and (v) if the foreign national is a person other than a person referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), on the last day of the period of 10 years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident. Undertaking to province — duration (2) In the case of an undertaking to a competent authority of a province referred to in paragraph 131(b), the period referred to in subsection (1) shall end not later than (a) if the foreign national is a sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, on the last day of the period of three years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident; (b) if the foreign national is a dependent child of the sponsor or of the sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, or is a person referred to in paragraph 117(1)(g), and is less than 22 years of age on the day on which he or she becomes a permanent resident, the later of (i) the day on which the foreign national attains 22 years of age, and (ii) the last day of the period of 10 years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident; (c) if the foreign national is a dependent child of the sponsor or of the sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner and is 22 years of age or older on the day on which he or she becomes a permanent resident, on the last day of the period of 10 years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident; (d) on the last day of the period of 20 years following the day on which the foreign national becomes a permanent resident, if the foreign national is (i) the sponsor’s mother or father, (ii) the mother or father of the sponsor’s mother or father, or (iii) an accompanying family member of the foreign national described in subparagraph (i) or (ii); and (e) if the foreign national is a person other