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Req # 2A-2019-15357
Please provide all materials, including the entire briefing note and any supplementary data, given to whoever was designated to receive the briefing note from 2020-01-22, carrying the following title and tracking number: Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Originating in China, Ref # 2020-01093654Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10 page(s)
June 2020
June 2020
Req # 2A-2020-02520
Final, English-language version of the following briefing materials, including any attachments: Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Originating in China 2020-01-22 Ref # 2020-01093654 Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Sector: Operations Addressee: Deputy head (including a person appointed to a position of an equivalent rank)Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10 page(s)
June 2020
June 2020
Req # 2A-2020-05719
This request is with reference to the express entry draw #145 - April 29, 2020, for Provincial Nominee class. The CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited was 692. I would like to know the general details of the candidate profile at 692 points. I would like to know the CRS break down of the lowest-ranked candidate in the aforesaid draw for each of the selection factors under the express entry system.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
1 page(s)
June 2020
June 2020
Req # 2A-2020-00253
The number of work permits that have been issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada since November 2019 that are not extensions of previous work permits and/or that do not state "status maintained." Of these, the number of work permits that have been issued that are not extensions of previous work permits and/or that do not state "status maintained," for each month (November and December 2019, and January, February and March 2020). Of these, the number of work permits that have been issued that are not extensions of previous work permits and/or that do not state "status maintained," for each month, for each Canadian province and territory of destination and/or place of work. Of these, the number of work permits that have been issued that are not extensions of previous work permits and/or that do not state "status maintained," for each month and for each Canadian province and territory, broken down by employment category, following the National Occupation Classification (NOC) codes. If this last set of data is not available for a certain number of permits issued, please indicate the reason why (e.g. open work permit, no related NOC code).Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
5 page(s)
June 2020
June 2020
Req # 2A-2020-02226
Please provide the contents of the briefing document titled "Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Originating in China" and associated with the following reference number: Ref # 2020-01093654.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10 page(s)
June 2020
June 2020
Req # 2A-2020-04595
Requesting information on the processing of child adoption visas for Canadian families adopting a child from west Africa and processing the application through the High Commission office in Ghana. I will like the information over the period of the last 5 years that indicates the country the child is adopted from, the ethnicity of the adopting family (sponsor), date of application, how long it took for the application to be assigned to an officer, how long it took for the visa to be issued/declined, if the application was incomplete, if the application was fraudulent. This essence is to determine the average processing time for adoption visa application by ethnicity of adopting parents. Note that we do not need the names, or age of the child and families.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
8 page(s)
June 2020
June 2020
Req # 2A-2020-02250
I'd like a copy of the request for assistance #2020-01093654, titled "Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Originating in China" and dated January 22, 2020. Please send in electronic format by email. If there is no final version, please send the last draft.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10 page(s)
June 2020
June 2020
Req # 2A-2020-11489
I wish to please request documents regarding the closure of the visa office in Buffalo, New York, in 2012. If possible, I would be thankful to access information that might offer transparency on the process and reasoning behind its closure, which could range from memos and reports compiled to justify ceasing physical operations in Buffalo. My request also includes email correspondence from key immigration personnel in Buffalo (e.g. Burke Thornton and Catherine Bailey); Ottawa HQ; and other key posts such as Washington, D.C (future CIC Area Office for the United States and the Caribbean). My overall date range could range from 2009 to 2013Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
2 page(s)
June 2020
June 2020
Req # A-2019-92214
Requesting all e-mail subject headers of Program manager for Hong Kong that is contained in the To or From for the period October 22, 2019 to January 5, 2020 excluding records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ. Please include whether or not there is an attachment to an e-mail, and the size of the attachmentOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
1 page(s)
May 2020
May 2020
Req # 2A-2020-04569
For the period Jan 1, 2017, to April 30, 2020, and regarding Study Permit applications to IRCC, please provide the following information for all of the applications received i.e. one row per application : Date of application, Status i.e. approved or refused, country of citizenship, along with the following for each applicant, IELTs academic score where available, amount of funds mentioned by the applicant, program of study, duration of program, educational institution, age of applicant. Please do not aggregate the data, rather provide information for each application separately i.e. one row per application with the above mentioned information in columns. I am attached a sample blank excel sheet, so a similar format can be used to provide this information. For refused applications, please also provide a short description of the reason of application refusal. I do not require names of the applicants , neither their complete DOB, but age is required as mentioned. Please provide the information in excel/xlsx or a similar format. Feel free to use more than on sheet if required. Remove all instances of non-relevant information and identify as such. Omit records and portions thereof that would require confirmation of a Cabinet confidence.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
43 page(s)
May 2020
May 2020