Program delivery update: Exemption for nationals of Sudan to the bar on applying for a pre-removal risk assessment

This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.

August 28, 2023

Nationals of Sudan are exempt from the 12-month bar if their Immigration and Refugee Board or previous pre-removal risk assessment decision was made between August 23, 2022, and August 22, 2023, inclusively. Nationals of Sudan with a decision made after August 22, 2023, are subject to the 12-month bar.

Updated instructions

Processing pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA) applications: Intake

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