Completed Access to Information Requests

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Search the summaries of completed Access to Information (ATI) requests to find information about ATI requests made to the Government of Canada after January 2020. If you find a summary of interest, you can request a copy of the records at no cost using the form below each summary. Requests made through this form are considered informal requests and are not subject to the same requirements as requests under the Access to Information Act (ATIA).

If you don’t find what you are looking for you can request additional government records under an institution’s control by contacting the institution’s Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator or by submitting a formal access to information request.

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Req # A-2021-21933

I am respectfully requesting a report for the number of application refusals for all types of PR applications by application type from 2016 to December 2021.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

422 page(s)
January 2022

Req # A-2021-22409

I would like to know from January 1, 2018 until current available information (2021-12-08) for countries (India and Pakistan) individually by each year (possible by month ) and types of Visa1. How many application for Student Direct Stream (SDS) and normal student Visa have been applied from India and Pakistan 2. Where (as example: Pakistan, Dubai, Warsaw, Ottawa, or other provinces in Canada e.t.c), Pakistani student Visa under Student Direct Stream application have been processed 3. Status of those visa application (e.g; number of refusal, acceptance, average time to complete the process, pending cases) by each VISA type 4. Reason for refusal or pending cases by each VISA types 5. How many staff members who are dealing Pakistani Visa application are Canadian or Non-Canadian?

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

17 page(s)
January 2022

Req # A-2021-25912

I would like to know how many applicants applied for permanent residency under the Start-up Visa ("Démarrage d'entreprise") economic immigration program in 2019, 2020, and 2021, with a breakdown by countries of origin and the outcome (accepted or denied). In addition, please provide the number of applications filed under the Start-Up Visa program with a breakdown by type of designated entity (Angel Investor, Venture Capital, or Incubator), the number of accepted applications, the number of denied applications, and the number of peer reviews all on an annual basis for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021. Please also share the number of work permit applications filed by Start-Up Visa applicants based on the results of their work permit applications and their permanent residence applications, all on an annual basis for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Please share the number of applications in process by the number of months since filing to inform us of current processing times. Please provide information on the industry sector of the start-ups and the profile of the applicants (age, gender, education level, etc.).

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

47 page(s)
January 2022

Req # A-2021-00653

Briefing Note: 51314349 - Annual Reports to Parliament on the Administration of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act for Fiscal Year 2020–2021