Audit of the Immigration Program at the Canadian Mission in Port-au-Prince
Executive Summary
The Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) risk-based audit plan for 2009-2012 provides for audits of missions abroad. The Immigration Program at the Canadian High Commission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti was selected for audit in consultation with the International Region (IR) at CIC National Headquarters (NHQ). The on-site fieldwork was conducted from November 9 to 13, 2009.
The Port-au-Prince mission is a full-service centre (FSC) visa office in Canada’s overseas network of visa offices. According to IR data, the mission has 20 full-time equivalents (FTE). As an FSC, Port-au-Prince processes the full range of immigration applications from residents of the Dominican Republic, French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and St. Martin.
The audit objectives were to assess the adequacy of the mission’s:
- governance framework for administering the Immigration Program;
- risk management processes and practices for supporting the program’s objectives; and
- internal control framework governing operational, administrative and financial activities.
The criteria used in the audit are based on applicable Treasury Board and CIC legislation, policies and directives.
We found that:
- The governance framework partially met our expectations, because improvements were required in the areas of human resources and performance management;
- The risk management processes and practices partially met our expectations, because improvements were required in the area of risk monitoring practices; and
- The internal control framework partially met our expectations, because improvements were required in the areas of operational activities and administrative controls.
This audit report sets out our recommendations for addressing these observations, as well as the mission’s responses and action plans for following up on our recommendations.
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