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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
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
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
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
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
June 2020
Req # A-2019-00073
All correspondence, briefing materials, cabinet documents, e-mails, research papers, legal opinions, Orders in Council and oath documents relating to the identification, recognition and acclamation of a successor to Queen Elizabeth II, upon her death, on the part of the Privy Council and the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (from June 1, 1979 to June 1, 2019). Include any documents and materials with the wording of any official acclamation or proclamation which will be made in regards to a successor to Queen Elizabeth II. Exclude the correspondence from the public.Organization: Privy Council Office
June 2020
Req # A-2019-00385
Any records, including emails, that evaluate Liberal Party campaign promise to reduce cell phone/wireless bills by 25 per cent. Further, any records that discuss this same issue as described in the Minister's mandate letter: "Use all available instruments, including the advancement of the 2019 Telecom Policy Directive, to reduce the average cost of cellular phone bills in Canada by 25 per cent. You will work with telecom companies and expand mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) in the market. If within two years this price target is not achieved, you can expand MVNO qualifying rules and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission mandate on affordable pricing.". Time frame: September 22, 2019 to December 20, 2019. Please limit the search to records produced by PCO. Please exclude drafts.Organization: Privy Council Office
June 2020
Req # A-2019-00461
Copy of the briefing note entitled "Farewell Celebration for Mr. Michael Wernick," whose reference number is 2019-sps-00313.Organization: Privy Council Office
June 2020
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
Req # A-2019-95137
Please provide a list of how many spousal sponsorship applications are processed at each visa post globally. Do not include SCLPC, but do include Canada's processing centre (which does process out of Canada sponsorships). Also provide approval and denial rate. Timelines: January 1, 2014 until December 31, 2019. Please break out by year and visa post, and of course then by approval/denial rate.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
May 2020