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Canadian Immigration and
Citizenship Indexing Terms

December 2002


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IAD
  USE:  Immigration Appeal Division

ID
  USE:  Immigration Division

Identity
  FRA:  Identité

Identity documents
  FRA:  Pièce d'identité
  UF:   Identity papers

Identity papers
  USE:  Identity documents

Ideology
  FRA:  Idéologie
  SN:   Use to describe a body of doctrines or concepts,  
        especially about social, political, or economic   
        systems.                                          

IFHP
  USE:  Interim Federal Health Program

Illegal immigrants
  FRA:  Immigrant non autorisé
  SN:   Use for a person who has entered a country without
        a valid temporary resident visa or who has        
        overstayed a temporary resident visa.             
  UF:   Undocumented migrants

Illegal immigration
  FRA:  Immigration illégale

Illiteracy
  USE:  Literacy

IMM 0056
  USE:  Certificate of departure

IMM 1000
  USE:  Immigrant visa and record of landing

IMM 1346
  USE:  Visa counterfoil

IMM 5292
  USE:  Confirmation of permanent residence

Immigrant impact
  FRA:  Répercussions des immigrants

Immigrant Investor Program
  FRA:  Programme d'immigration des investisseurs
  UF:   IPP

Immigrant Loans Program
  FRA:  Programme des prêts aux immigrants
  SN:   Use to describe loans approved according to each  
        applicant's needs and ability to repay.  Loans,   
        mostly to refugees and other protected persons,   
        are made for permanent residence, to cover the    
        costs of medical examinations abroad, travel      
        documents, transportation to Canada and the right 
        of permanent residence fee.                       

Immigrant minors
  FRA:  Mineur immigrant
  SN:   Use for children and adolescents who immigrate    
        with their parents or legal guardians.            

Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program
  FRA:  Programme d'établissement et d'adaptation 
        des immigrants
  UF:   ISAP

Immigrant visa and record of landing
  FRA:  Visa d'immigrant et fiche relative au droit
        d'établissement
  SN:   As of June 28, 2002 this document, under IRPA, has
        been eliminated.  The permanent resident visa has 
        been  replaced by a visa counterfoil affixed in   
        the passport of each permanent resident for travel
        purposes, and the Confirmation of Permanent       
        Residence which will serve as the record of       
        permanent residence inland.  The latter will also 
        be used in the Permanent Resident Card application
        process.                                          
  UF:   IMM 1000
        Immigration landing record
        Record of landing

Immigrant visas
  USE:  Permanent resident visas

Immigrant women
  FRA:  Femme immigrante

Immigrants
  FRA:  Immigrants

Immigrants' rights
  FRA:  Droits des immigrants

Immigration
  FRA:  Immigration

Immigration Act, 1869
  FRA:  Loi sur l'immigration de 1869

Immigration Act, 1906
  FRA:  Loi sur l'immigration de 1906

Immigration Act, 1910
  FRA:  Loi sur l'immigration de 1910

Immigration Act, 1952
  FRA:  Loi sur l'immigration de 1952

Immigration Act, 1976
  FRA:  Loi sur l'immigration de 1976

Immigration agents
  FRA:  Intermédiaire

Immigration and Refugee Board
  FRA:  Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié
  UF:   IRB

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
  FRA:  Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés
  UF:   Bill C-11

Immigration Appeal Division
  FRA:  Section d'appel de l'immigration
  UF:   IAD

Immigration categories
  FRA:  Catégorie d'immigration
  UF:   Immigration classes

Immigration classes
  USE:  Immigration categories

Immigration clearances
  FRA:  Vérification en matière d'immigration

Immigration consultants
  FRA:  Consultant en immigration

Immigration control officers
  FRA:  Agent de contrôle de l'immigration

Immigration Division
  FRA:  Section de l'immigration
  SN:   Under IRPA the previous 'Adjudication Division'   
        has been renamed the 'Immigration Division'.      
  UF:   Adjudication Division
        ID

Immigration experience
  FRA:  Expériences liées à l'immigration
  SN:   Use for the overall experience of immigration,    
        including problems, expectations and impressions  
        made by immigrants prior to arrival and during the
        initial stages of settlement.                     

Immigration guidelines
  USE:  Immigration regulations

Immigration history
  FRA:  Histoire d'immigration

Immigration impact
  FRA:  Répercussions de l'immigration
  SN:   Use for the overall social, economic and cultural 
        effects of immigration on the receiving country.  
        For items dealing with only one aspect of such    
        effects use the more specific term, eg 'Social    
        change', 'Economic development'.                  

Immigration landing record
  USE:  Immigrant visa and record of landing

Immigration levels
  FRA:  Niveau d'immigration

Immigration officers
  FRA:  Agent d'immigration

Immigration policy
  FRA:  Politique d'immigration
  SN:   Use for a course or method of action deliberately 
        chosen that guides or influences decisions on     
        immigration matters.  Use for outlining,          
        discussing or proposing changes to policy.  For   
        actual statements issued by political parties or  
        governments, use both this heading and 'Policy    
        documents'.                                       

Immigration Query Response Centre
  FRA:  Centre des demandes de renseignements
  SN:   The Query Response Centre responds to requests for
        verification of immigration and visitor admission 
        records. This includes verifying landing records  
        of those who wish to become Canadian citizens.    
  UF:   QRC
        Query Response Centre

Immigration regulations
  FRA:  Règlement sur l'immigration
  UF:   Immigration guidelines

Immigration research
  FRA:  Recherche sur l'immigration

Immigration selection
  FRA:  Sélection des immigrants
  SN:   Use to describe the process and criteria by which 
        countries choose the people they will accept as   
        immigrants.  For items on particular selection    
        categories use the specific category.             

Impact studies
  FRA:  Étude d'impact
  UF:   Regulatory impact analysis statement

Imperial Act
  FRA:  Loi impériale
  SN:   In effect from January 1, 1915 until December 31, 
        1946. Local certificates were issued in some cases
        up until December 31, 1917.                       

Imperial certificates
  FRA:  Certificat impériale

Imperial Naturalization Act
  USE:  Naturalization Act

Implied status
  FRA:  Statut implicite

In-Canada landing class
  FRA:  Catégorie des demandeurs au Canada

In-Canada Service Provider
  FRA:  Fournisseur de services au Canada
  UF:   ISP

In-transit adjustment assistance
  FRA:  Aide de transition aux immigrants

Inadmissibility
  FRA:  Non-admissibilité
  SN:   Applicants may be determined to be inadmissible   
        based on grounds of health, security, violating   
        human or international rights, serious criminality
        or organized criminality.                         

Inadmissibility categories
  FRA:  Catégorie de personnes non admissibles

Income
  FRA:  Revenu
  UF:   Earnings

Income security
  FRA:  Sécurité du revenu
  UF:   Income support

Income support
  USE:  Income security

Income tax
  FRA:  Impôt sur le revenu

Independent class
  FRA:  Catégorie des immigrants indépendants
  UF:   Independent immigrants

Independent immigrants
  USE:  Independent class

Index check
  FRA:  Vérification dans le répertoire

Indexes
  FRA:  Index

Indictable offences
  FRA:  Acte criminel

Infants
  FRA:  Nouveau-né
  SN:   Aged from 0-24 months.                            
  UF:   Babies
        Newborns

Infectious diseases
  FRA:  Maladie infectieuse
  UF:   Communicable diseases
        Contagious diseases
        Transmittable diseases

Information
  FRA:  Information

Information management
  FRA:  Gestion de l'information
  SN:   Use to describe the development, implementation,  
        maintenance of information technology services,   
        and the management of an organization's core      
        information resources.                            

Information services
  FRA:  Services de l'information

Information sharing
  FRA:  Échange de renseignements

Information technology
  FRA:  Technologie de l'information

Information technology security
  FRA:  Sécurité informatique

Injunctions
  FRA:  Injonction

Inservice training
  FRA:  Formation en cours d'emploi
  SN:   Use for courses or programs provided by employers 
        and designed to provide employees with job related
        competencies.                                     

Instructional materials
  FRA:  Matériel didactique
  UF:   Learning kits
        Learning materials

Integration
  FRA:  Intégration
  UF:   Acculturation
        Assimilation
        Cultural assimilation

Intelligence
  FRA:  Renseignement
  SN:   Use to describe any activities which relate to    
        information collection in order to develop an     
        integrated strategic direction for an             
        organization's programs.                          

Intercultural communications
  FRA:  Communications interculturelles
  UF:   Cross-cultural communications

Intercultural differences
  FRA:  Différences interculturelles
  UF:   Cross-cultural differences
        Cultural differences

Intercultural studies
  FRA:  Études interculturelles
  SN:   Use for comparisons of sociological,              
        psychological, anthropological and other aspects  
        of two or more cultural groups, either within the 
        same country or in different countries.           
  UF:   Cross-cultural studies
        Cultural comparisons
        Ethnic studies

Interdiction
  FRA:  Interception
  SN:   Use to describe the process and activities        
        associated with preventing illegal immigrants from
        reaching Canada.                                  

Interest groups
  FRA:  Groupe d'intérêt

Intergovernmental affairs
  USE:  Intergovernmental relations

Intergovernmental relations
  FRA:  Relations intergouvernementales
  UF:   Intergovernmental affairs

Intergovernmental transfers
  USE:  Transfer payments

Interim Federal Health Program
  FRA:  Programme fédéral de santé intérimaire
  UF:   IFHP

Internal documents
  FRA:  Document interne
  SN:   Use for communications such as newsletters, memos,
        bulletins etc. for CIC staff only.                

Internal migration
  USE:  Population movement

International adoption
  FRA:  Adoption internationale

International agencies
  USE:  International organizations

International agreements
  FRA:  Accord international
  UF:   International conventions

International conventions
  USE:  International agreements

International development
  FRA:  Dèveloppement international

International organizations
  FRA:  Organisme international
  UF:   International agencies

International students
  USE:  Foreign students

Internees
  FRA:  Interne

Internet
  FRA:  Internet

Interpretation
  FRA:  Interprétation

Interpreter's oath
  FRA:  Serment de l'interprète

Interprovincial cooperation
  USE:  Interprovincial relations

Interprovincial relations
  FRA:  Relations interprovinciales
  UF:   Interprovincial cooperation

Interviewing
  FRA:  Entrevue

Intra-regional budget adjustment
  FRA:  Ajustement budgétaire intrarégional
  UF:   IRBA

Intranets
  FRA:  Intranet

Inuit
  FRA:  Inuit
  UF:   Eskimos

Investors
  FRA:  Investisseur

IPP
  USE:  Immigrant Investor Program

IRB
  USE:  Immigration and Refugee Board

IRBA
  USE:  Intra-regional budget adjustment

ISAP
  USE:  Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program

ISP
  USE:  In-Canada Service Provider

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