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1945-1967: Introduction / Post-war Years / 1952 Immigration Act / Policy Practise
Policy Practise: Applicants
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Portuguese Immigrant with Immigration Officer, Montreal, QC, 25 March 1957. Immigrants from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa -- together comprising the "White" Commonwealth -- France, and the United States could come to Canada as independent immigrants, according to the Immigration Act of 1952. Prospective immigrants from other countries, including Portugal, often had to be sponsored by family members -- husbands, wives, or unmarried children -- who were Canadian citizens to be accepted as newcomers to Canadian society. |
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The 1952 Act separated immigrants into two classes: independent applicants and sponsored, or dependent, classes. Independent applicants fell into three categories. The first category comprised those who were born in, and citizens of, the
United Kingdom, France, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, or the United States. Applicants from these countries had to prove that they could support themselves financially until they could find employment in Canada.
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