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Req # 2A-2020-16275
Please provide information related to applications for the Federal Self-Employed Program from 2015- to July 6 2020, in Excel/CSV format, with the following information for all applications received during this period: 1) 4 digit NOC code of the applicant 2) Status e.g. approved, refused, cancelling, pending/in progress etc 3) Application received date 4) Final decision date 5) Country of citizenship of applicant 6) Points out of 100 7) Net worth shown 8) If refused, the reason code for refusal/comment 9) Visa office 10) Any Canadian experience (Yes or No) 11) Business plan shared (Yes or No) Exclude records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-16742
The number of requests Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has received from law enforcement agencies for help identifying a suspect using Passport Canada's facial recognition software since 2010 to July 7, 2020. Please break it down by year, and identify the requesting agencies. Please indicate which of the requests were granted, which were denied, and why. Please provide a copy of all production orders received by IRCC requesting assistance to identify a suspect through facial recognition software since 2010 to July 7, 2020Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-23016
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01114594 (SPP) Deputy Ministers' Advisory Council - Agenda excluding cabinet confidences that would require a consultation to confirm the cabinet confidence.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-16761
IRCC Conditions: Study Permits. Please provide a complete list of possible conditions to be added to study permits of foreign nationals. Please also provide officer guidelines on how/when particular conditions are administered. I have attached a previous list of these, with instructions to officers (from OP 12) this list is now outdated - we now see a large number of new conditions being issued.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-23169
Copy of briefing note/memo F-1114547 (CEB) Employee Idea Fund - Small Scale Investment Fund to Promote Innovation through Experimentation excluding cabinet confidences that would require a consultation to confirm the cabinet confidence.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-05583
Copy of briefing note/memo F-1085954 (R&E) Statistics Canada Release: Over-Education Among University-Educated Immigrants in the United States and Canada excluding cabinet confidences that would require a consultation to confirm the cabinet confidenceOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-17385
Please provide all records related to IRCC performance in administering requests as per Access to Information Act. Please provide summaries of performance (last two reports on this issue) date range January 1 2018- 2020-07-09. To be clearer what I am looking for is data that relates to how many ATIPS request IRCC is receiving and how the department is performing (in terms of compliance with timelines) and also number of OIC complaints and also number of violations on record (in terms of non-compliance with ATIA). I would assume there are annual reports (or similar) that provide that data.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-21788
Provide all final versions of agreements and memoranda of understanding between IRCC and non-government agencies participating in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot as of July 1, 2020. Please exclude Cabinet Confidential material. original Provide all agreements and memoranda of understanding between IRCC and non-government agencies participating in the Rural and Northern Immigration PilotOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-21781
Please send me a list of all immigration programs in the economic stream currently offered in Canada, including every permanent residency program available through provincial nominee programs, pilots, regional programs, federal programs and all other programs. I recognize that these programs change frequently. Please provide whatever is your most current list, with the date it was compiledOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020
Req # 2A-2020-16879
I would like to know from January 1, 2005 until current available information for countries (India, Bangladesh, China, and Pakistan) individually by each year (possible by month or quarter or six month) and types of Visa 1. How many application for VISA have been applied in Canadian Embassy by each type of VISA (e.g.; student visa, visitor visa, business visa, TRV, immigration) 2. Status of those visa application (e.g.; number of refusal, acceptance, average time to complete the process, pending cases) by each VISA type 3. Reason for refusal or pending cases by each VISA types 4. How many staff members you have in each embassy 5. Number of embassies or offices deals with the types of visa application in each countriesOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
August 2020