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Q-305
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Monday, September 15, 2025 |
With regard to the temporary public policy announced by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship on November 20, 2023, to reunite previously resettled Yazidis and other survivors of Daesh in Canada with their family members in northern Iraq, excluding any applications received before October 31, 2023:
(a) how many applications have been received under this specific public policy since November 20, 2023, broken down by month and by the location of the processing office;
(b) how many applications (i) have been accepted, (ii) have been rejected, (iii) have been withdrawn, (iv) have been deemed incomplete, (v) are still in process;
(c) how many principal applicants and how many dependents are included in each of the categories listed in (b);
(d) what is the average and median processing time for complete applications under this public policy, including those that were rejected or withdrawn; (e) what were the five most common grounds for rejection under this public policy;
(f) how many times has the department used its discretion to waive documentation or admissibility requirements due to the applicant's circumstances under this public policy, and in what types of cases or contexts were these waivers applied; (g) how many applications under this policy have either been (i) voluntarily withdrawn by the applicant, (ii) closed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, (iii) abandoned by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada;
(h) for each case in (g)(i) to (g)(iii), what were the reasons or grounds cited by the department;
(i) how many of the 400 allocated spots under the policy have been filled to date, and does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada anticipate filling all 400 before the expiry date of December 31, 2026;
and (j) has Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada communicated any eligibility criteria, quotas, internal directives, or guidance to visa officers or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada staff related to prioritizing, triaging, or refusing certain types of applicants under this public policy, and, if so, what are those instructions? |
Answered |
Friday, October 31, 2025 |
