Mr. Chair, IRCC officers are highly trained officers who have an in-depth knowledge of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, as well as other acts, like the Citizenship Act and so on.
An important part is during the initial screening at the temporary resident stage. If a person is applying overseas for a visitor visa, an initial security screening is done along with different questions that are asked in our questionnaire. Supporting documents are seen. For any of those, if they ever actually raise a flag, we can then go to our security partners for enhanced screening.
Generally, if the officers, who are well trained in this—these are foreign service officers posted abroad—are satisfied with the information provided, then a temporary resident visa is actually given. For the permanent resident visa, there is a different procedure, although in the same case, the eligibility and the admissibility are always the backbone of our immigration system.