Filipiniana News – October 2019 by Maria Deanna P. Santos Regardless of the outcome of the Federal elections, we will most likely see further changes to Canada’s immigration policies in the months and years ahead. Among others, we hope that these changes will include further reforms that will facilitate family reunification and remove unjust laws such as section 117(9)d of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. For those who do not already know what section 117(9)d of the IRPA Regulations is all about, this law provides that if a person failed to declare an immediate family member or qualified dependent in their own permanent residence application, the undeclared family member can never be sponsored for permanent residence under the family class by the non-declarant. Many prospective sponsors have been shocked to learn of the harsh impact of section 117(9)d, especially if the non-disclosure was inadvertent or was based on erroneous advice. Since thi