AMENDMENTS

1. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (see footnote 1) are amended by adding the following after section 193:

PART 10.1

2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES

Definition of “VANOC”

193.1 In this Part, “VANOC” means the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games that was incorporated under the laws of Canada on September 30, 2003.

Deemed application

193.2 (1) For the purpose of facilitating the entry of foreign nationals described in this Part for the 2010 Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games, a foreign national in respect of whom an officer has received the following information from VANOC is deemed to have made an application in accordance with subsection 11(1) of the Act:

(a) the person’s surname, first name and any middle names;

(b) the person’s gender;

(c) the person’s date and place of birth;

(d) the person’s country of citizenship;

(e) the person’s place and country of residence;

(f) the person’s passport number, the passport’s date of expiry and the country of issue or, if the person does not have a passport, the number on the travel document that identifies the person, the travel document’s date of expiry and the issuer of the travel document;

(g) the person’s intended function at the 2010 Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games, as the case may be; and

(h) confirmation that the person is registered as an Olympic or Paralympic family member by VANOC.

Deemed application for temporary resident visa

(2) If an officer determines that the foreign national requires a temporary resident visa, the foreign national is deemed to have applied for a multiple-entry temporary resident visa.

Deemed application for work permit

(3) If an officer determines that the foreign national requires a work permit to perform their intended function at the 2010 Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games, the foreign national is deemed to have applied for a work permit to perform that function in accordance with Division 2 of Part 11.

Deemed application for temporary resident permit

(4) If an officer determines that the foreign national is inadmissible or does not meet the requirements of the Act and these Regulations, the foreign national is deemed to have applied for a temporary resident permit.

Issuance of temporary resident visa

193.3 (1) An officer may issue a temporary resident visa to a foreign national in respect of whom the information referred to in subsection 193.2(1) is received if, following an examination, it is established that the foreign national

(a) requires a temporary resident visa;

(b) will leave Canada by the end of the period authorized for their stay under Division 2 of Part 9;

(c) holds a passport or other document that they may use to enter the country that issued it or another country;

(d) is not inadmissible;

(e) meets the requirements of section 30; and

(f) is approved for accreditation by VANOC for the 2010 Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games.

Period of entry

(2) A temporary resident visa issued under subsection (1) shall authorize the foreign national to enter Canada during

(a) the period that begins on December 12, 2009 and ends on March 28, 2010, if the foreign national is approved for accreditation by VANOC for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games; or

(b) the period that begins on January 12, 2010 and ends on April 21, 2010, if the foreign national is approved for accreditation by VANOC for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Work permits — Olympic Games

193.4 (1) A work permit authorizing a foreign national to perform a function at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games shall not be issued further to an application referred to in subsection 193.2(3) unless the foreign national is approved for accreditation for those Games.

Work permits — Paralympic Games

(2) A work permit authorizing a foreign national to perform a function at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games shall not be issued further to an application referred to in subsection 193.2(3) unless the foreign national is approved for accreditation for those Games.

Requirements not applicable

193.5 Sections 10 to 12 and subsections 296(1), 297(1), 298(1) and 299(1) do not apply to an application that is deemed to be made under this Part.

2. Part 10.1 of the Regulations, as enacted by section 1, is repealed.

COMING INTO FORCE

3. (1) These Regulations, except section 2, come into force on the day on which they are registered.

(2) Section 2 comes into force on April 22, 2010.