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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for matters dealing with immigration to Canada, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The department was established in 1994 following a reorganization.
Patients, ill-prepared for the journey to Canada arrived with frostbite. [8] In 2018, the centre struggled to keep up with the demand for its services and made a public call for more nurses and doctors to volunteer. [9] In 2020, while providing COVID-19 vaccines, the center was running out of personal protective equipment. [3]
The Agency was created on 12 December 2003, by an order-in-council that amalgamated the customs function of the now-defunct Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, the enforcement function of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (now known as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), and the port-of-entry examination function of the Canadian Food ...
Canada is signatory to the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and within Canada, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) is the legislation that governs the flow of people. The IRPA, established in 2003, outlines the ruling, laws, and procedures associated with immigrants in Canada.
Canada receives its immigrant population from almost 200 countries. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021, [1] while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.
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Pursuant to the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act (S.C. 2019, c. 29, s. 292) the College Act, the opening of the College was established by a Ministerial Order, which approved the previous regulator, the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council ICCRC, to continue as the College. The College officially opened on ...
Applicants for a visitor visa, a study permit, a work permit or permanent residence after the relevant dates must submit their biometrics at one of the VACs if outside Canada and the United States, at one of the Application Support Centres (ASCs) staffed by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) if in the United States ...