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).

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Req # 2A-2021-84511

Requesting 17 emails of Julia Gurr-Lacasse that is contained in the To or From for the period August 1, 2020 to November 7, 2020, excluding records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

56 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-85769

For the period January 1, 2020 to October 3, 2021, relating to the processing of C42 and C41 work permits for spouses of students and skilled workers, including but not limited to IRCC's program delivery update dated 27 September 2021 titled Program delivery update: Public policy, competitiveness and economy [R205(c)(ii) C41, C42, C43, C44, C45] Canadian interest, International Mobility Program, please provide the following: 1. All memorandums to the Minister. 2. Operational manuals. 3. Training guides. 4. Program delivery instructions (PDI). 5. Guidance. 6. Reports. Provide only last version or latest version of records. Remove all non-relevant information without exemptions, by identifying non-relevant at each instant. Provide only guidance, training guides, PDI's, and manuals that currently in use. Provide only last e-mail chain where applicable. Provide only English versions where versions are available in both official languages. Omit all instances of an actual or possible Cabinet confidence.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

27 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-85767

For the period January 1, 2011 to October 3, 2021, and regarding IRCC's Visa-Exempt Study Abroad ("VESPA") Project, please provide the following: 1. All memorandums to the Minister. 2. Operational manuals. 3. Training guides. 4. Program delivery instructions (PDI). 5. Guidance. 6. Reports. Provide only last version or latest version of records. Remove all non-relevant information without exemptions, by identifying non-relevant at each instant. Provide only guidance, training guides, PDI's, and manuals that are currently in use. Provide only last e-mail chain where applicable. Provide only English versions where versions are available in both official languages. Omit all instances of an actual or possible Cabinet confidence and legal opinions.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

14 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-86449

Requesting 8 emails of Umit Kiziltan that is contained in the To or From for the period May 1, 2021 to July 22, 2021, excluding records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

40 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-92859

I would like to receive electronic copies of the following: 1. List of reports generated on daily, weekly, monthly or annual basis for managers responsible for, or otherwise stakeholders in, IRCC website's feedback page --secure.cic.gc.ca/feedback-retroaction. If no list exists, a sample of an annual and regularly monthly report will do.(For the time frame of the reports, annual reports for 2019 and 2020 will do, and for the monthly reports I would request one or more reports from Jan-Dec 2019 and one or more reports from Jan-Dec 2020, and one or more from Jan-Sep 2021.) 2. A copy of the 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021-to-date (2021-10-18) reports on the number, types and disposal of feedback received via the IRCC website's feedback page -- secure.cic.gc.ca/feedback-retroaction -- including statistical reports with breakdowns pointing to country of origin, for the past 5 years. 3. A copy of the procedure document detailing the handling or process flow or workflow of feedback forms received via the IRCC secure.cic.gc.ca/feedback-retroaction page. 4. The name of the division(s) and branch(es) responsible for the IRCC secure.cic.gc.ca/feedback-retroaction page. 5. The job description of the divisional director(s) responsible for the IRCC secure.cic.gc.ca/feedback-retroaction page.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

1220 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-96529

Requesting 2 emails of Scott Paterson that is contained in the To or From for the period May 1, 2021 to July 22, 2021, excluding records requiring consultations with PCO and DOJ.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

4 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-84440

Please provide the number of asylum seekers (number of persons) deemed ineligible to claim refugee status in Canada pursuant to section 101(1)(e) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, in conjunction with section 159.3 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (STCA ineligibility), for each calendar year starting in 2004. For the year 2021, please provide partial data up to the date of this request (2021-10-01). A similar request was previously submitted to CBSA. I received the reply The STCA database and dataset is a program in which IRCC is the owner.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

1 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-94134

How many temporary resident visa applications were processed, approved, and refused by each IRCC visa office between January 2016 and July 2021, divided by the self-identified sex of the applicant and the year. For example: - how many temporary resident visa applications did Ankara process between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016 from females? How many of the processed applications from females were approved? How many of the processed applications from females were rejected? - how many temporary resident visa applications did Ankara process in 2016 from males? How many of the processed applications from males were approved? How many of the processed applications from males were rejected? Provide raw numbers and percentages. The 2021 number should be from January 2021 and July 2021. All other years should be the calendar year. Exclude all records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

2 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-94135

How many study permit applications were processed, approved, and refused by each IRCC visa office between January 2016 and July 2021, divided by the self-identified sex of the applicant and the year. For example: - how many study permit applications did Ankara process between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016 from females? How many of the processed applications from females were approved? How many of the processed applications from females were rejected? - how many study permit applications did Ankara process in 2016 from males? How many of the processed applications from males were approved? How many of the processed applications from males were rejected? Provide raw numbers and percentages. The 2021 number should be from January 2021 and July 2021. All other years should be the calendar year. Exclude all records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

12 page(s)
November 2021

Req # 2A-2021-86382

Statistics from January 2018 to August 2021 (or whatever is last available for 2021) 1) How many cases of immigration fraud (broken out by category, if there are categories - for ex. country of origin)? 2) # of cases of fraudulent asylum seekers 3) # of asylum claims 4) Rate of denial of asylum claims at 1) a border and 2) in immigration court

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

4 page(s)
November 2021
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