因刑事定罪而喪失加拿大公民身份

因刑事定罪而喪失加拿大公民身份
Loss of Canadian Citizenship Due to Criminal Convictions

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背景
• 申請人為香港居民，於2001年申請加拿大公民身分。
• 2002 年，他被指控犯下五項涉及搖滾古柯鹼的可起訴罪行。 2003年，他被判有罪並被判處18個月有條件監禁。
• 2002 年7 月，在被定罪之前但被指控之後，他參加了公民身份測試。他沒有準確回答該測試中有關刑事指控或定罪的問題。在獲得公民身份之前，他也沒有告知加拿大移民部關於其案地資料
• 根據當時的《公民身份法》RSC 1985, c C-29 第 22 條的規定，在指控懸而未決期間或定罪後至少三年內，他不應被授予公民身份。儘管如此，他還是在 2002 年 10 月獲得了公民身份。
• 2012 年 6 月，加拿大移民部通知申請人他的公民身分可能會被撤銷。
• 2015年4月23日，他的公民身分被取消

加拿大聯邦法院的評論
• 如果申請人在國外旅行並且其公民身份被撤銷，他仍然有權以永久居民身份重新進入加拿大，除非移民局就移民法第 2(1) 條、19(2)、27( 1)、31(3)、44、45、46(1)(c)、46(2)(a) 對他發出驅逐令。
• 司法復核申請被駁回

總結
• 如果在申請公民過程中犯罪，公民身分可能會被撤銷。

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Background
• The applicant, resident of Hong Kong, applied for Canadian citizenship in 2001.
• In 2002, he was charged with five indictable offences involving rock cocaine. He was convicted of the charges in 2003 and received a conditional sentence of 18 months.
• In July 2002, before his convictions but after being charged, he wrote the citizenship test. He did not accurately answer a question on that test about criminal charges or convictions. He also did not inform the Minister about his charges prior to receiving citizenship
• By operation of section 22 of the Citizenship Act, RSC 1985, c C-29, as it then read, he should not have been granted citizenship while the charges were pending or for at least three years after his conviction. Nonetheless, in October 2002, he obtained his citizenship.
• In June 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada [CIC] advised applicant that his citizenship might be referred to the GIC for revocation.
• On April 23, 2015, his citizenship was revoked

Comments from the Federal Court of Canada
• The applicant also has not shown that irreparable harm will occur to him prior to the resolution of the underlying application or that a refusal to grant the temporary stay is required to prevent an irreparable harm. If the applicant does travel and his citizenship is revoked while abroad, he will still have the right to re-enter Canada as a permanent resident unless and until a removal order is made against him by the Immigration Division: IRPA, ss 2(1), 19(2), 27(1), 31(3), 44, 45, 46(1)(c), 46(2)(a).
• Judiciary review is dismissed

Lesson Learned
• Citizenship can be revoked if committed a crime during the application process.

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