Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Year: 2021

Month: May

Request Number: 2A-2020-57211

Request Summary: As per notice below, IRCC is gradually resuming in person citizenship services. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/gradual-resumption-in-person-services-sep-2020.html. For all the below Questions, please share documents/records/emails that were created or changed/exchanged after July 2020 till date. 1 - Please share any document or record that shows what activities, discussions and plans are ongoing in IRCC and in the ministry to resume in person services, specifically citizenship tests, in other locations, for example, GTA and Scarborough? 2 - If there are any considerations or plans to conduct virtual citizenship tests in future, can you please provide documents related to such plans and considerations discussed by the ministry and IRCC offices? 3 - Please share documents or records or emails that show the plans to reduce the backlog of tests built up in 2020 because of not conducting in person tests? What documents/emails show the plans to ramp up testing capacity in various locations? 4 - Can you please provide information or documents related to the prioritization of citizenship tests and citizenship processing amongst other programs run by IRCC 5 - Has there been any discussions with the Honourable Minister Mr. Mendicino on citizenship tests, and has there been discussions with the Prime Minister on this topic. Please provide documents or references to any discussions/meetings on this topic at the minister and prime minister levels? 6 - Please share any document or record that shows the time frame for the testing phase as mentioned in the above internet link notice, i.e. which shows from what date till what date is the testing phase timeline. 7 - Please share any document or record that shows what is the locational scope of the testing phase, is it only restricted to the Vancouver Expo location, and what other locations are planned to be covered shortly. 8 - Please share any document or record that shows whe

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