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Completed access to information requests – December 2011

Request # Summary of Request Disposition Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2010-11310 Any and all documents created in 2010 related to plans to change the way the federal government administers the student visa program and/or the work permit for students program. Disclosed in part 121
A-2010-16628 Copies of Quality Assurance Exercises from January 1, 2010 to February 24, 2011. Disclosed in part 321
A-2011-02093 Copies of all transition documents, briefing notes, memos, binders, etc., prepared on the New Democratic Party (NDP) platform and policy from March 25, 2011 to May 12, 2011. Disclosed in part 20
A-2011-02961 All policy documents, briefing materials (for the Minister and others) regarding the Quebec Special Measures for Haiti, as well as all documents and correspondence surrounding the expansion of Quebec’s family sponsorship criteria for Haitian applicants following the Haitian earthquake from January 11, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Disclosed in part 139
A-2011-03523 All memos, reports and briefing notes prepared for the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada relating to the MV Sun Sea, which arrived in British Columbia on August 13, 2010, carrying 492 migrants from June 1, 2010 to June 2011. Disclosed in part 113
A-2011-06887 Electronic copies of all manuals used at Citizenship and Immigration Canada. All disclosed 1,117
A-2011-06888 Copies of the following memoranda to Minister:
1. Intercountry Adoptions: Location of the Intercountry Adoption Services;
2. Mandate Letter Response;
3. Release by the United States of its Annual Trafficking in Persons Report;
4. The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration;
5. Update to CIC Designation and Delegation Instrument;
6. Update Briefing Note Visa Requirements for the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association.		 Disclosed in part 18
A-2011-06897 Copies of the following memoranda to Minister:
1. Additional Questions for the Citizenship Test;
2. Citizenship Public Opinion Research: Focus Groups on the New Citizenship Test Questions.		 Disclosed in part 5
A-2011-07284 All briefing notes, memos, reports and media lines, including drafts of the media lines, which refer to the MV Alicia ship that was stopped in Indonesian waters in July 2011. All disclosed 18
A-2011-50227 List of telephone numbers, fax numbers, and titles of overseas visa officers and Canada Based Officers (CBO). Disclosed in part 15
A-2011-50683 Information on all Transfer Payments (grants, contributions, and/or other transfer payments) for the 2010-2011 reporting period (Q1 to Q4) awarded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, including the recipient’s name and location. All disclosed 13
A-2011-51135 All briefing, memos, correspondence etc., prepared in response to the Minister’s reappointment on May 18, 2011; the release of wanted war criminals names; the launch of “Wanted by CBSA – War Crimes” website; and preparing the Minister for July 21, 2011 announcement. Disclosed in part 65
A-2011-51279 Copy of all the GCMS Newsletters for 2011. All disclosed 23
A-2011-51342 Copies of the most recent marriage of convenience reports in Excel. Disclosed in part 33
A-2011-51350 All e-mail subject headers of Nicole Hull from May 1, 2011 to October 11, 2011. Disclosed in part 64
A-2011-51353 All e-mail subject headers of Alicia Simms from May 1, 2011 to October 11, 2011. Disclosed in part 99
A-2011-51588 All correspondence exchanged between the New Delhi CIC office and any other CIC office, draft operational instructions, commentaries, memos, policy and operational bulletins, instructions, and guidelines related to the treatment, interpretation or use of the decision by the Indian High Court of Delhi (W.P.(C) 12179/2009), dated December 22, 2010, named Namgyal Dolkar v. Ministry of External Affairs (India), beginning December 2010 to November 3, 2011. Disclosed in part 7
A-2011-51792 Any information, briefing reports, memos, correspondence, on the subject of the pursuit of Nazis and war criminals in Canada since February 2010 to the present (October 18, 2011). Disclosed in part 5
A-2011-52077 All investigation reports from January 1, 2010 to October 14, 2011 concerning investigations against staff for a number of wrongdoings that are founded and unfounded. All disclosed 2
A-2011-53070 The number of asylum applications (in cases and persons) received in Canada from January 1, 2006 to October 1, 2011, including the number from each country and the number (and country) that were abandoned, withdrawn, approved, and refused within this time. All excluded 0
A-2011-53960 Copies of lists for all employees, their telephone numbers, as well as corresponding names and positions including electronic and non-electronic records, in possession of all Citizenship and Immigration Canada offices in British Columbia. Disclosed in part 3
A-2011-54231 1. Annual cost associated with language training;
2. Number of staff on part-time language training in a given year;
3. Cost of replacing staff on full-time language training in a given year;
4. Statistics on the various classifications of staff on full time language training. 		All disclosed 1
A-2011-54338 Titles of all pages that are currently on Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s wiki site. All disclosed 114
A-2011-54562 All “first stage” decisions on Applications for Permanent Residence on Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds rendered within Canada in 2010 by officers of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Please include the country of origin of the principal claimant; the decision (accepted/refused); the date of decision; the gender of the principal claimant; and the name of the officer who rendered the decision. All disclosed 203
A-2011-54583 Information regarding the immigration backlog, such as how long it takes to come to Canada, in particular from India, as well as the number of immigrants submitting applications for permanent residence each year, and the number of applications that are processed from the backlog each year. All excluded 0
A-2011-55049 Data on cases flagged to Citizenship and Immigration Canada as possibly involving human trafficking in 2009, 2010 and 2011, including dates, locations, countries of origin, and any follow-up actions including but not limited to charges and convictions. All excluded 0
A-2011-55051 A complete departmental casual employee appointment listing, within the National Capital Region, effective September 1, 2011 to December 1, 2011, as well as copies of all call-ups/contracts issued from September 1, 2011 to December 1, 2011, providing the following information: employee name, branch, telephone number, start date, end date, classification, supervisor name and supervisor telephone number. All disclosed 2
A-2011-55266 All records in possession of Case Processing Centre Vegreville regarding the processing of applications of extension of status in Canada of people present in Canada as “Intracompany Transfers” from June 1, 2011 to November 28, 2011. Does not exist 0
A-2011-55306 Copy of the Permanent Resident Overseas Inventory Report for July 2011 with a new field within “Selection Decision” to report whether or not there is representation. All excluded 0
A-2011-55307 Copy of the Applications Processed Abroad Report for Q2 2011 with a new field within “Cases Passed” and “Cases Refused” to report whether or not there is representation. All excluded 0
A-2011-55403 Documentation which indicates all appointments term and casual employees by Citizenship and Immigration Canada in the National Capital Region under the terms of the Public Service Employment Act during November 2011. Please include the following details for each appointment:
name of the person appointed, job class, rank, level, date of appointment, term of appointment or completion date and any extensions.		 All disclosed 1
A-2011-55406 All local purchase orders processed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada in the National Capital Region for the procurement of Temporary Help Services during November 2011 Does not exist 0
A-2011-55729 Number of Temporary Resident Visa applications submitted at Chandigarh and New Delhi, India CIC offices under different sub-categories (visitors, study visa and work visa) and number of visas issued from both CIC offices in India in the year of 2010 and 2011 until December 1, 2011. All excluded 0
A-2011-56249 All records from March 2009 until August 31, 2009 including but not limited to briefing notes, memos, handwritten notes, meeting minutes, etc., relating to the decision to reinstitute visa requirements for Czech travellers in July 2009. All disclosed 131

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