Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Year: 2020

Month: January

Request Number: A-2019-64739

Request Summary: First question: Copies of emails, correspondence and documents relating to PRRA applications under paragraph 101(1)(c.1) of the IRPA and more specifically: 1. The procedures guide for PRRA applications pursuant to paragraph 101(1)(c.1) of the IRPA. 2. Discussions regarding the implementation, paragraph 101(1)(c.1) of the IRPA. 3. Names of PRRA officers who will be reviewing the files covered by paragraph 101(1)(c.1) of the IRPA: English/French/bilingual officers. 4. The exact procedures for holding a hearing (location, videoconferences). 5. Rules/guidelines for interviews (interpretation, recording, role of the lawyer, examination allowed by the lawyer, final observations allowed...). 6. Directives for vulnerable persons, cases of incompetent persons, unaccompanied minors, detained individuals. 7. To what extent is the ineligibility under paragraph 101(1)(c.1) of the IRPA communicated with refugee claimants and the IRB? What are the expected interactions with the IRB? 8. What is the likely duration of PRRA hearings? 9. Will the IRB's national documentation packages be used systematically in the context of PRRA hearings? 10. Rates of acceptance and refusal of PRRA applications by country and by officer. Of this number, which files involved a claim for refugee protection before vs. files that never involved refugee protection. 11. Percentage of people represented by a lawyer, consultant and who were not represented. 12. Procedures for people who are not represented. 13. Procedures for minors. 14. Procedures for cases involving people who are incompetent under the law due to mental health issues. 15. Procedures for cases where asylum requests for the United States were withdrawn or cancelled. Second question: Statistics on the percentage of TRV applications and super visas issued to Syrians without any other nationality by Canada’s embassies in Beirut or Amman?

Disposition: All disclosed

Number of pages: 1

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