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Req # 1A-2023-76455
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01290495 (SHP) Super Visa Ministerial Instructions.Please exclude cabinet confidences that would require consultation to confirm cabinet confidences.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
18 page(s)
April 2024
April 2024
Req # 1A-2023-76393
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01290495 (SHP) Super Visa Ministerial Instructions.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
18 page(s)
April 2024
April 2024
Req # 1A-2023-76397
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01249677 (SPPB) Amendments to Express Entry ministerial instructions and public policy to remove barriers to permanent residence for physiciansOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
20 page(s)
April 2024
April 2024
Req # 1A-2023-29696
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01280403 (PAB) Budget implementation act 2023 briefing documents.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
22 page(s)
April 2024
April 2024
Req # 1A-2022-73998
Copy of briefing note/memo. Please include those requiring consultation with PCO & DOJ. F-01236581(AFG)Memo on a decision regarding the USOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
22 page(s)
April 2024
April 2024
Req # 1A-2023-48668
Please provide all documents, memoranda, e-mails, correspondence, briefing notes, text messages, messages on Microsoft Teams or any other messaging platform, and any other records, including drafts, from August 1, 2021, respecting the use by Senator Marilou McPhedran of documents to facilitate travel from Afghanistan, including: (1) meetings of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on the subject-matter, (2) appearances and scheduling of witnesses before those committees, (3) preparations for and debriefs following those witness appearances, (4) the motion considered by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on February 8, 2023 that concerned a study of this subject-matter and the scheduling and summonsing of witnesses, (5) the adoption of the motion on March 20, 2023, and (6) the notice of motion given to the Immigration Committee on April 26, 2023, inviting George Young to appear as a witness. Please exclude (1) memoranda to Cabinet and aides-memoire for Cabinet consideration, (2) Treasury Board submissions, (3) speaking notes or decks for presentations to Cabinet or its committees, (4) copies of draft legislative texts, (5) briefing notes and covering memoranda concerning records in exclusions (1) to (4), (6) duplicate copies of e-mails (i.e., exclude earlier messages in a thread of e-mails if a later message contains the earlier message(s)), (7) publicly available versions of government documents (i.e., do not exclude drafts of those documents), (8) the French version of documents which are equally available in each official language, (9) off-topic information in otherwise responsive documents (e.g., news stories on other issues in a media summary), and (10) unannotated transcripts of parliamentary debates and committee meetings. Amended July 31, 2023: However, with respect to the matter of draft records, if you wish to consider an alternative proposal, I would suggest that draft records could be collected but set aside with only final versions being processed as an interim response; from there, I could isolate which specific documents I would also like to have released in draft form. August 15, 2023 - With regard to the timeframe, I wish to have records from August 1, 2021July 14, 2023 (date of request submission). With regard to the interpretation of phrases, I am referring, generally, to matters which include those which have been the subject of reporting by The Globe and Mail and investigation by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. With regard to the enumerated inclusions, those should be seen as elaborating upon the issue at hand, including particularly the matter that responsive records might also be found among those who handle communications, parliamentary affairs and issues management responsibilities. The exclusions are generally meant to facilitate and expedite the processing of responsive records.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
116 page(s)
April 2024
April 2024
Req # A-2021-37065
1) Please provide an organizational chart and list of all IRCC employees and contractors who are part of the Transformation and Digital Services Sector (TDSS) (most current one). 2. For each position please including their name, job/position title, and their email addresses. If email address is redacted, please provide an alternative individually identifiable information (such as employee number) to be able to file subsequent ATIPs on the contents of that person/position's email. 3) Please identify all branches that make up the TDSS as of January 8, 2022 Note: If corporate services - ATIP is unclear about the TDSS, please consult IIRCC Deputy Minister Transition Binder 2019 - Transformation and Digital Services Sector (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/transition-binders/deputy-minister-2019/transformation-sector.html).Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
461 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2021-19612
Up to date materials, on Study permit, Work permit and Visitor visa processing manuals/guidance of the Visa Office of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. original Current study permit, work permit and visitor visa processing manuals/guidance of the Visa Office of Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
182 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2022-01028
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01245588 (IB) Atlantic Immigration Program Transfer Allocation. Please exclude cabinet confidences that would require consultation to confirm cabinet confidences.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
5 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2022-26493
In 2020, Canada significantly limited opportunities for air travel to Canada as well as immigration services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the IRCC’s Ministerial Centre for MPs and Senators (MCMPS) temporarily interrupted its services in response to the humanitarian and migrant crisis in Afghanistan in order to reassign staff to these efforts. In 2022, the MCMPS again reassigned staff to special units to respond to the humanitarian and migrant crisis in Ukraine. We are requesting any documents from 2019 to date showing, for each of these three crises, the following information regarding the MCMPS: *The number of employees assigned to MCMPS services before, during and after the crises; *The call volumes received annually or monthly at the MCMPS before, during and after the crises;*The volume of emails received annually or monthly at the MCMPS before, during and after the crises. Following these crises, a number of reassignments and limits to accessing the MCMPS were implemented in order to manage case volumes. Without a doubt, the managers making these decisions had all the data available to them that we have discussed here in order to make the necessary administrative decisions. As a result, these documents containing this data have undoubtedly been discussed and shared.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
4 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023