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The Immigration Control (IC) Manual Chapter 1 - Security Screening
of
Permanent Residence
Applications and the Immigration Control (IC) Manual -
Chapter 2 -
Security Screening
of
Temporary Residence Applications were consolidated into an Immigration Control Process
Manual and an Immigration Control Indicator Manual.
This manual chapter, the Immigration
Control
(IC)
Manual-
Chapter
1 Security Screening
Process
Manual
provides procedural guidance on how to refer applications for temporary and
permanent residence to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and screening partners for
security screening pursuant to sections
34,35
and/or 37
of
the
Immigration
and
Refugee
Protection
Act
(IRPA).
The
Immigration
Control
(IC)
Manual-
Chapter
2 Security Screening
Indicator
Manual
provides guidance on
When
to refer applications to the CBSA and screening partners for
security screening and direction
on
the use
of
the screening indicators, lists
of
mandatory
screening countries,
indicators and general screening indicators.
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Table
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Contents
What is this chapter about?
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Program objectives
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5
The
Act and Regulations
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5
Supporting documents
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9
Official languages
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9
Instruments and Delegations
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10
Classification
of
information
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10
Classification
of
information received from screening partners
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10
Information
at
the Protected B Level.
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II
Information at the Secret LeveL
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Disclosure
of
information
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II
Information regarding the screening process
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II
Releasing Case Information to Applicants
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12
Releasing
Case
Information obtained from Partners.;
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12
Access to Information and Privacy Requests
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12
The security screening process
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13
What is security screening?
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What is a security screening request?
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Screening tools
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13
Security screening: roles and responsibilities
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14
Mandate: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
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14
Mandate: National Security Screening Division (NSSD) at the CBSA
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14
Mandate: Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
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14
Screening Guidelines - General
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15
Decision makers must explore all grounds
of
inadmissibility
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15
Mandatory screening referrals
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15
Discretionary screening referrals
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16
Minor
children
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17
Screening Guidelines for Temporary Resident Applications
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18
Security Screening Requests
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18
Where to send security screening requests during a
GCMS
outage
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19
Sending security screening requests to security screening partners
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19
Urgent Screening
RequestsNIP
Cases via GCMS
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19
Very Important Persons (VIP) -
Priority Security Screening Procedures
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20
Security screening request (VIT) after a
TRV
has been issued
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23
Service standards for screening temporary resident applications
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23
HOLD
on cases
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24
NIL response
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Interim Procedures for Cases that must be Expedited where the 10 Working Day Security Screening Service
Standard has been Exceeded
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Validity
of
screening results -
temporary resident applications
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26
Additional Information
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26
Multi-Entry Visas
(MEV)
versus Single-Entry Visas
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27
Screening Guidelines for Permanent Resident Applications
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27
Records check versus comprehensive check
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28
Sending security screening requests from visa offices and the case processing centre -
Onawa
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27
Sending applications for permanent residence for security screening from inland offices
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Service delivery standards for screening permanent resident applications
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30
Validity
of
screening results (permanent resident applications)
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30
Screening Guidelines for front end security screening
of
refugee protection claimants
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Front End Security Screening Background
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