This instrument contains only the authorities that are within CIC’s mandate.The authority under IRPA that are now under the mandate of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness are listed in a separate instrument signed on behalf of the Minister of PSEP by the President of CBSA.
Through this instrument the CIC Minister is delegating most of the powers that are vested in him by the IRPA in relation to the application of the law. The CIC Minister is also designating in this instrument the “officer” that could carry out the authority vested to them by IRPA and describe the duties and powers they can exercise.
While most of the authorities under the IRPA are given to officers of the Department, many duties and powers are actually carried out by persons outside the Department such as locally-engaged persons working overseas, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) or RCMP officers. This instrument also indicates the authorities that have been given to them.
The text of the Designation of Officers and Delegation of Authorities Instrument is available through the link below.
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| Dates | Main Changes |
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| July 4, 2011 | Item 8: Replaced "Designated Medical Practitioner" title with that of "CIC-Designated International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Medical Adjudicator" Misc. items: PRRA Officers are now described as Senior Immigration Officers (Domestic Region) |
| May 30, 2011 | Item 8: Added the following officials for designation:
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| March 22, 2011 | Items 13 and 14: Designate Director General of Case Management Branch (Application for permanent residence visa; Application for temporary resident visa) |
| February 10, 2011 | Item 41: Designate Director General of Case Management Branch to authorize the return to Canada of a foreign national |
| November 15, 2010 |
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| September 22, 2010 |
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| September 1, 2010 | A new delegated authority added to facilitate the entry of a foreign national whose temporary entry is desirable to maintain or strengthen relations with international partners in furtherance of Canada’s national and international objectives (item 62). |
| April 1, 2010 | A new annex has been added to the D&D for functions related to the Case Processing Pilot-Ottawa office (CPP-O). |
| January 22, 2010 | Titles were added to existing delegation to exempt fees where justifiable to do so by a temporary public policy established in response to a humanitarian crisis (item 33). |
| January 22, 2010 | New delegated authority added to designate, individually or by class, passports or travel or identity documents that do not constitute reliable proof of identity or nationality (item 75). |
| August 10, 2009 | Minister’s signature page, paragraph 5- Added definitions of groups of titles Annex B – Added an annex regarding processing of applications for the 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Winter Games Column 4 – Updated titles listed throughout the Instrument to reflect operational updates and the hierarchical link notion as per paragraphs 2a and 4a of the Minister’s signature page. Items 4, 6 and 68 (column 3) – Updated designated CBSA Officer authorities Item 16 (column 3) – Clarification to include authority to process both overseas and inland family class applications Item 17 (column 2) – replaced reference to repealed sections R86(4) and R87(8) with reference to R71.1 |
| September 19, 2008 | Item 14 – Item added to permit an officer to designate organizations or institutions to assess language proficiency for the purposes of the Canadian Experience Class. Item 9 – Update officers who have the authority to assess a foreign national’s ability and willingness to defray health and social services costs when making a decision on excessive demand. |
| July 18, 2006 | Item 31 – Temporary public policy established in response to a humanitarian crisis and Delegation of authority to waive applicable immigration fees |
| February 10, 2006 | Item 34 and 34.1 – Permanent resident travel documents Items 35.1, 35.2 – outside of Canada, Humanitarian and Compassionate considerations (H&C) Item 44.1 – Temporary resident permits fore foreign nationals inadmissible for security reasons, violations of human or international rights or linked to organized |
| December 12, 2005 | All authorities belonging to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PSEP Minister) have been removed from the document of authority last signed in February 2005. |
| October 26, 2005 | Item 45.2 – Temporary public policy for persons affected by the Earthquake in South Asia of October 8, 2005 and Delegation of authority to waive immigration fees. |
| June 9, 2005 | Items 28, 96, 103, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114 – Expand the group of officers that could make a danger opinion in the context of eligibility to refugee determination, PRRA and Non Refoulement provisions (sections 101, 112 et 115 of IRPA); Withdraw officers transferred to CBSA from these decision-making authorities. |
| April 22, 2005 | Quebec Region – Withdraw “Assistant Director”; Add “Manager”. Items 20, 32, 34, 43, 59, 62, 79, 82, 197, 245 – adjustment following the reclassification exercise affecting Immigration Advisors. Items 79, 82, 161, 162, 164, 202 – detention and border activities, withdraw of CIC Inland Officer. The annexes for the Atlantic, Quebec, Prairies and Northern Territories Regions, as well as the annexes for the International Region and the Departmental Delivery Network, have been updated to include the new national titles introduced by CIC Human Resources Branch in the Fall of 2002. |
| January 13, 2005 | Item 45.1 – Temporary public policy for persons affected by the Tsunami and earthquake disaster of December 26, 2004. |
| October 8, 2004 | Entire new document signed by the Minister of CIC and the Minister of PSEPC following the transfer of POE to CBSA and the retransfer of PRRA to CIC. |
| October 7, 2004 | Item 48, 60, 61, 67, 173 and 188 – Add “Deputy Program Manager” and the “Operations Manager” |
| June 17, 2004 | Item 93 – Designate HRSDC officials operating in SIN Centre in Bathurst to examine application for SIN from temporary resident. |
| April 26, 2004 | Items 43.1, 45, 47 – Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations for applicants inadmissible under sections 34, 35, 36(2), 37 and 38 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). |
| February 10, 2004 | Item 249 – enter into a memoranda with third parties acting as referral organizations in the context of refugee protection. |
| December 12, 2003 | Entire new documents signed by the Minister of CIC and the Minister of PSEP following the creation of the Canada Border Services Agency. |
| September 2, 2003 | French / English adjustments |
| July 4, 2003 | Items 2, 11, 21 – Family class sponsorship Items 104, 108 – Pre-removal risk assessment Item 137 – Non-refoulement |
| January 30, 2003 | Ajout de huit points d’entrée à la région de Québec |
| February 5, 2003 | item 81 – Identify opinion item 88 – Non-disclosure of information item 73 – Arrest without a warrant item 196 – Designation of work that could be performed by foreign nationals |
| July 31, 2002 | Ontario Region: Replace Security agent (Group 4) by those of the Wackenhut Security Agency; modification of the powers given to Regional Manager, Enforcement Assistant, Expulsion officer |
| July 25, 2002 | Item 36, 73 – Arrest without a warrant Item 74 – Search and Seizure – Peace Officer under the Criminal Code Item 62 – Prairies Region, A44 Reports |
| July 16, 2002 | Item 174 – Designated organization – Language proficiency Item 37 and 38 – Temporary residents permit Item 96, 105, 108 – Application for protection and PRRA |