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 # 1A-2023-17300

Sections from the Standard Operating procedures in use between 2019 to 2022 from the Canadian visa office in Delhi (india) that relates to the assessment of family relationships (spouses, children, parents) as it relates to the assessment of these relationship in Temporary resident applications (study permit, work permit, TRV). For the purpose of efficiency you can exclude material that would require consultation for confirmation of a Cabinet confidence. Provide only final versions or latest versions (between 2019 to 2022) where no finals exist, remove all instances of duplicates, and remove all instances of non-relevant information where the context of the relevant information is not lost.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

29 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-24184

With respect to public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence to essential workers and international graduates for the period from Nov 5, 2021 to date when this request is completed, the following breakdown of principal applicants within each stream: (a) healthcare stream: work experience by NOC code; language proficiency benchmark; NOC code of occupation in which they were employed at the time of application; gender; province of residence; country of origin; (b) non-healthcare: work experience by NOC code; language proficiency benchmark; NOC code of occupation in which they were employed at the time of application; gender; province of residence; country of origin; (c) international graduates: level of study completed (ie, bachelor's, master's, PhD, skilled trades, multiple diplomas/attestations/etc); language proficiency benchmark; NOC code of occupation in which they were employed at the time of application; gender; province of residence; country of origin; (d) the total number of rejected and accepted applications per stream; (e) average processing time by stream; (f) number of cases rejected due to inadmissibility (with a breakdown by ground of inadmissibility) by stream; (h) number of cases rejected for reasons other than inadmissibility (with breakdown by reason) by stream. Note: a similar request was filed in 2022 (CR-22-0324 customized report) and I am looking for an update on that information

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

3 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-27532

Please provide an overview of how many UNPLANNED outages that have occurred with the Portal as found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/partners-service-providers/authorized-paid-representatives-portal.html Break out by how many minutes or hours each week. Timelines: January 1, 2015 until present, June 3, 2023

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

1 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-26134

I am requesting the most up-to-date Comprehensive PR Inventory Report on the Temporary public policy: Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway (TR to PR Pathway). If possible, please include the most up-to-date data until June 1, 2023. If the request is not clear, I am looking for an updated version of my previous ATIP request A-2022-81276 (please see attached document), that includes the most up-to-date data for the TR to PR Pathway.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

1 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-34052

Please provide all e-mails from Officer KL24742 (Hong Kong) which contain the word "misrepresentation" in November 2022.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

1 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-03424

I have heard that the IRCC, working with ESDC, has been working on the ePassport Next Generation Project since 2017, and such project would develop a more secure next generation Canadian passport that is redesigned and uses polycarbonate infographic page. However, although your public report stated that such project would be implemented by March 2023, it is still not implemented as of the time of this request (Apr 2023). As such, I would like your department, and if possible, ESDC, to provide me with the progress of such ePassport Next Generation Project, the current projected deployment date of such project (i.e. when the next version of passport would become available for applicants inside Canada, and for applicants applying at a Canadian office abroad), the planned application fees changes (if any), and the sample design of such new version of passport (if available). Remove materials that are an account of a possible or actual Cabinet confidence. I have heard that the IRCC, working with ESDC, has been working on the ePassport Next Generation Project since 2017, and such project would develop a more secure next generation Canadian passport that is redesigned and uses polycarbonate infographic page. However, although your public report stated that such project would be implemented by March 2023, it is still not implemented as of the time of this request (Apr 2023). As such, I would like your department, and if possible, ESDC, to provide me with the progress of such ePassport Next Generation Project, the current projected deployment date of such project (i.e. when the next version of passport would become available for applicants inside Canada, and for applicants applying at a Canadian office abroad), the planned application fees changes (if any), and the sample design of such new version of passport (if available).

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

22 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-04809

Requesting 4 emails of Hanna Foster for the period August 20, 2022 to October 23, 2022, excluding records requiring consultations with PCO and DOJ.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

23 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-22591

Requesting 1 email of Angela Papadakis that is contained in the To, From for the period of January 1, 2023 to March 21st, 2023. Please include whether or not there is an attachment to an e-mail, and the size of the attachment.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

4 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-18432

Please provide an overview of the staffing levels in each IRCC office in Canada, as well as each visa post abroad. List staffing levels (no need for job titles, just an overall #) as of January 2020, January 2021, January 2022 and January 2023 as well as any planned increases. Please ensure this is broken out by each location for each time frame.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

2 page(s)
June 2023

Req # 1A-2023-18363

Related to request CR-22-0680. The average and median time for application processing (from intake to approval/denial and then to issuing) of permanent resident and work visa applications under the caregiver programs from 2014-2019 and 2019-2023. Note the programs changed over in the two time periods. The most recent pilots (2019 onwards) are: (1) Home Child-care provider pilot, (2) home support worker pilot, (3) interim pathway for caregivers, (4) caring for children pilot, and (5) caring for people with high medical needs pilot

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

4 page(s)
June 2023
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