Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. It consists of three divisions: the Refugee Protection Division; the Immigration Division; and the Immigration Appeal Division. The Refugee Protection Division decides claims for refugee protection made by people already in Canada. Website: www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/

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Burma (Myanmar): Current information on the rights of ethnic Chinese in Burma 1 May 1992 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Myanmar: 1) Definition of three categories of citizens as designated by the 1982 citizenship law: (a) the true Burmese or members of native ethnic groups or those already registered under the 1948 legislation; (b) associate citizens and (c) naturalized citizens. 2) Requirement for children to confirm nationality at age of majority if both parents are nationals of Myanmar and leave Myanmar with their children. 3) Loss of citizenship by child born in Myanmar of foreign-born parents if s/he goes abroad and does not report to an Embassy of Myanmar and state his/her willingness to be a citizen. 4) Conditions under which Burmese citizenship can be lost or taken away 1 December 1991 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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