Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Year: 2021

Month: August

Request Number: 2A-2021-40673

Request Summary: Please provide all internal manuals, policies, procedures, memos, and instructions pertaining to: the creation, handling, and processing of "prospective applications"; how a "prospective" application differs from a non-"prospective" application; how and when a "prospective" application is converted to a non-"prospective" application; and how and when an Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR) is issued to the client. I am looking for information specific to the processing of Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class (also known as an "inland spousal sponsorship"). I seek to understand what steps take place, and in what order and time frame, from the receipt of the paper application in the mail room at CPC-M, to the opening of the application, the creation of the "prospective" application in the system, to the issuance of an AOR to the client. I would like this information as relevant to processing in the year 2021(until July 6, 2021), with a summary of any changes to this procedure compared to before COVID-19.

Disposition: All disclosed

Number of pages: 20

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