Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Year: 2021
Month: March
Request Number: 2A-2020-69961
Request Summary: On July 14 2020 IRCC announced a new 2 stage study permit approval system to cope with COVID 19 backlog. Please provide all stats related to stage 1 (approval in principle) such as number of study permits approved at stage 1 (AIP) , the number of applications received and number of applications refused. Please provide stats related to reasons for refusal of stage 1. Please do note I am not seeking data on stage 2 decisions (approval or refusal of study permit) - ONLY seeking data on the approval in principle stage.
Disposition: Disclosed in part
Number of pages: 21