Overseas Processing (OP)

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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Note: This manual is not yet complete. New chapters will be posted on this site as they become available.

OP 1 — Procedures
[PDF, size: 464 KB]

OP 2 — Processing Members of the Family Class
[PDF, size: 473 KB]

OP 3 — Adoptions
[PDF, size: 141 KB]

OP 4 — Processing of Applications under Section 25 of the IRPA
[PDF, size: 140 KB]

OP 5 — Overseas Selection and Processing of Convention Refugees Abroad Class and Members of the Humanitarian-protected Persons Abroad Classes
[PDF, size: 780 KB]

OP 6 — Federal Skilled Workers
[PDF, size: 280 KB]

OP 7a — Quebec Skilled Workers
[PDF, size: 240 KB]

OP 7b — Provincial Nominees
[PDF, size: 80 KB]

OP 8 — Entrepreneur and Self-Employed
[PDF, size: 378 KB]

OP 9 — Investors
[PDF, size: 203 KB]

OP 10 — Permanent Residency Status Determination
[PDF, size: 209 KB]