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Req # 1A-2023-89921
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01292006 (STM)Post-Graduation Work Permit Program and Distance Learning Facilitation Measure. Please exclude cabinet confidences that would require consultation to confirm cabinet confidences.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 1A-2023-91460
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01292006 (TPB) Post- Graduation Work Permit Program and Distance Learning Facilication MeasuresOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 1A-2023-91550
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01296629 (CMB) Negative Discretion Under 22.1(1): Authority for Issuing a Declaration Based on Public Policy ConsiderationsOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 1A-2023-91573
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01292006 (STM) Post-Graduation Work Permit Program and Distance Learning Facilitation Measures.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 1A-2023-95630
I would like to request the following: i) how many data-matching requests did Canada make to each of its M5 partners per year 2015, 2018 and in the last 12 months? (October 2022 to October 2023), ii) Documents entitled: a.Data Sharing Working Group - Vision and Strategy and Biographic Querying Pilot Date: October 2017 b. The Strategic Vision 2025 iii), Copy of Data Sharing Working Group Meeting agenda and minutes for 2016 and 2017, iv) Agenda and minutes from the Five Country Conference meetings 2015 onwards. Please release documents as they become available and call or email me if any clarification is required. Provide only English versions where multiple languages are available. Include only final versions or latest drafts of documents. Remove non-relevant records and identify them as such. Also remove materials that are an account of a possible or actual Cabinet confidence.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
204 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 1A-2023-97787
Contract of the Enhanced Language Training Program (ELT Program) 6464 Yonge Street, 2nd fl, Toronto, Ontario M2M3X4 for the years, 2022, 2023, 2024 (if available), 2025 (if available). This program is funded by Citizenship, Immigration, Refugees Canada - 55 St. Clair Avenue East, suite 200 M4V 1N3 Contract to include: number of employees, inc. duties of supervisors, instructors, job developers, and consultant; also proposal(s) submitted to Citizenship, Immigration Refugees from ELT Program for years 2024, 2025; correspondence from Funder May Massijah or Joy to ELT Program management (Garry, Sevgul, Andrea, Pallavi,or Cyril) that indicate changes, recovery plans that need to be made.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
285 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 2A-2021-28077
All final versions of documents, including but not limited to memos, operational instructions, directives, instructions, emails, notes to file or text messages, concerning the additional exemption added to Orders in Council after the March 2020 Order in Council relating to the Canada-U.S. land border, regarding persons permitted to enter Canada under the Safe Third Country Agreement. clarification All documents, including but not limited to memos, operational instructions, directives, instructions, emails, notes to file or text messages, draft versions, concerning the additional exemption added to Orders in Council after the March 2020 Order in Council relating to the Canada-U.S. land border, regarding persons permitted to enter Canada under the Safe Third Country Agreement. original All documents, including but not limited to memos, operational instructions, directives, instructions, emails, notes to file or text messages concerning the additional exemption added to Orders in Council after the March 2020 Order in Council relating to the Canada-U.S. land border, regarding persons permitted to enter Canada under the Safe Third Country Agreement.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
30 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 2A-2021-45619
On July 26 2021 IRCC announced via their Twitter account (see attached) that work permits would be issued/could be applied for on the basis of having submitted a TR-PR (one of three streams, International Graduates, Essential Workers Non-Health Care, Essential Worker Health Care. Previously IRCC had been clear that "bridging open work permits" would NOT be issued for applicants of those streams. So this was a sudden reversal of policy. Looking for corporate records, including emails, policy planning documents, directives related to this CHANGE in policy to allow (suddenly) for work permits to be issued under these circumstances (Until July 19, 2021). Please exclude cabinet confidencesOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
64 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 2A-2023-00136
Please provide copies of internal memos, wikis, information sheets, cheat sheets, manuals and guides, specifically obtained from visa offices and processing centres, and that are pertinent to the processing of C-10 work permit applications. Please ensure that only English versions are provided where multiple languages exist, and include only final versions or the latest drafts of documents, along with the last complete email chains. Kindly remove any non-relevant records and clearly identify them as such. Additionally, please exclude materials that pertain to or could potentially disclose Cabinet confidence.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
247 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024
Req # 2A-2023-05736
Please provide all documents, training materials and manuals related to initial immigration check in the GCMS -please provide all documents, training materials and manuals, and policies related to immigration clearance in GCMS grants - in the GCMS notes that gets sent to citizenship applicant. Under "Paper File" section, there are three subsections (Office,#,Location). Please provide me with all entries that can go under "location" field, Please provide me with the meaning of each entry into the "location" field, Please provide me with all documents and training materials, manuals, and policies related to the entries of the "location" filed, please provide me what application status and activities triggers each entry into the "location" field, Please provide me with all activities and sub activities that will start once an application assigned a specific entry under "location" field, please provide me with any time line that an application can stay under for each entry of "location" field. Clarify further: 1- a list of all locations that can be assigned to the paper file of citizenship grant application. for example (e-grant PR status, e-grant DF...) 2-The meaning for each entry into the location field of the paper file. for example (e-grant PR status) what does PR means, (e-grant DF) what does DF means 3- All documents and training materials, manuals and policies, and instruction related to each entry to the location field of the paper file. for example (what policies and processes applies when a citizenship grant application assigned E-grant PR status 4-What application status or criteria, or activities causes a citizenship grant application to be assigned a specific location for the paper file. For example, what causes an application to get assigned "e-grant PR status" or "e-grant DF" 5- All activities and subactiviest that will start once an application is assigned a specific location under the paper file. For example what activities and sub activities will start once the application is assigned location of "E-grant PR status" or "E-Grant DF" 6- Any timeline or time limit that can a citizenship grant application stays under a specific location for the paper file. For example, is there a time limit for a citizenship grant application to have location of "e-grant PR status" 7-Please provide all documents and training materials and manuals related to initial immigration check in GCMS for citizenship grant application 8-Please provide all documents, training materials and manuals, and policies related to immigration clearance in GCMS for citizenship grant applicationOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
28 page(s)
May 2024
May 2024