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Req # 2A-2020-85725
Copy of briefing note/memo F-1151178 (IPG) Two-Stage Processing of Study Permit ApplicationsOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-76344
I request the current IRCC policy on the portal time stamp in the context of temporary residence (work permits, study permits, and visitor records) extensions and restorations. Specific, which of the following is departmental policy: 1) the application must show that the date of receipt was the day of expiry or before in order to benefit from the automatic extension of status under R183(5). The Department uses Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) for the time and date of receipt of electronic applications. or 2) As time zone is not specified anywhere, for applications such as extension of temporary resident status or restoration, the client has until 11:59:59pm of their local Canadian time on the day the document expires to submit their application. That being said, the application will arrive in IRCC¿s systems in EST. Therefore, if there is a discrepancy of a couple of hours or minutes, the officer may manually check the local time the application was submitted.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-38428
Requesting 9 e-mails of the Nicolas Chan for the period May 1 2020 to July 25, 2020 excluding records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-93645
Requesting 4 e-mails of the Immigration program manager for Ankara that is contained in the To or From for the period March 1, 2020 to May 5, 2020, excluding records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-88789
A copy of the most recent policy, directive, guideline or other guidance documents in any format (including internal emails) relating to the federal Start-Up Visa program and the criteria for obtaining same, all explanations pertaining to peer reviews, and how IRCC officers are to exercise their discretion in this program. This also includes any guidelines pertaining to the work permit issuance while the permanent residence under the Start-Up Visa program is being processed.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-90749
We request a copy of the most recent policy, directive, guideline or other guidance document in any format (including internal email) relating to temporary resident permits (TRP) and the criteria for obtaining same, including how visa officers exercise their discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we would like any TRP Q&As, internal e-mails, or other guidance documents IRCC officers utilize in making their decisions on TRP applications.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-91472
Requesting an updated version of the attached report - specifically, updated numbers for 2019 and 2020. If there is data for 2021 up to February 24, 2021 please include.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-88375
Requesting 7 e-mails of Saravjit Dhami for the period January 1, 2020 to March 23, 2020 excluding records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-82204
Requesting 8 emails of James Seyler that is contained in the To or From for the period May 1, 2020 to November 16, 2020, including records requiring consultations with PCO and DOJ. Please include whether or not there is an attachment to an e-mail, and also, the size of the attachment.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021
Req # 2A-2020-80326
In what cities or municipalities did temporary foreign workers, including but not limited to workers in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, work in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in 2020? We request that the cities and municipalities be broken down by province, type of visa, type ofwork permit (e.g. open or closed work permit), immigration pathway (for example, Provincial Nominee Program, Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program, Agri-Food Pilot, etc.) and Temporary Foreign Worker Program Application (e.g. Agricultural, Caregiver, etc.).Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2021