Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:General requirements

• 47 (1) A person who pays a deposit or posts a guarantee

  • (a) must not have signed or co-signed another guarantee that is in default; and

  • (b) must have the capacity to contract in the province where the deposit is paid or the guarantee is posted.

• Marginal note:Requirements if guarantee posted

  (2) A person who posts a guarantee must

  • (a) be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, physically present and residing in Canada;

  • (b) be able to ensure that the person or group of persons in respect of whom the guarantee is required will comply with the conditions imposed; and

  • (c) present to an officer evidence of their ability to fulfil the obligation arising from the guarantee.

• Marginal note:Money illegally obtained

  (3) If an officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a sum of money offered by a person as a deposit was not legally obtained, or that a sum of money that a person may be obliged to pay under a guarantee would not be legally obtained, the officer shall not allow that person to pay a deposit or post a guarantee.