Citizenship and Immigration committee  With the border closures and resulting slowdown in the line of business that processes visitor and temporary resident applications, we reallocated those resources to other key priorities and business lines. You asked where the processing would take place. Currently, applications are being processed in Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll have to get that information to the committee. I know that we sent out over 12,000 amended acknowledgements in the fall and late December, but I don't know if any files have changed category since then. I'll be pleased to provide the committee with the information.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In terms of acknowledgements, I'm very proud to say that the team has worked very hard over the last few months. We still have some paper inventory for certain business lines, such as the provincial nominee program, or PAP, as well as permanent resident and citizenship cards. However, for skilled workers in Quebec, for instance, we have eliminated any backlog.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In the case of skilled workers in Quebec, it's an amended acknowledgement that we've received their application. That doesn't mean it's complete. At this point, we're in the process of checking that. Individuals will receive a second notification once their application has been processed.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  For New Delhi or India, about 65% of our staff is back on site. However, it's important to note that there are vacancies because of the evacuation that took place in the region. So people have come back to Canada. Work is being done in other regions, not necessarily India. Our offices are currently at 65% capacity for our Canadian officers.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In terms of renewing permanent resident cards, it currently takes about 130 days to process and about 115 days to issue new cards.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We currently have a backlog of 49,000 renewal applications for permanent resident cards. There are about 50,000 applications for new cards.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Deputy Minister. Actually, you probably answered the question. We are monitoring the situation closely. We communicate frequently with our clients to ensure they have received the necessary information. However, I agree with you that the situation has been going on for almost a year now.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are actually over 15,000 expired permanent residence confirmations, and we have contacted over 13,000—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have the details with me to determine whether it's the client's medical certificate or passport. I'll have to get that information to the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for your question. Currently, more than 15,000 permanent resident confirmations received before March 18 have expired. We contacted over 13,000 of those 15,000 people to find out whether they wanted to come to Canada or not. Of that number, over 4,500 people have expressed interest in coming to Canada, and over 3,300 have been admitted and are already in Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd like to thank the hon. member for his question, Madam Chair. I think he's referring to what the minister mentioned about the 2021 intake, which would be 30,000 sponsorship applications. We're currently reviewing the various processes that will be in place to support this new launch.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Let me expand on one of the points my colleague has just mentioned by telling you about the citizenship test, which is now administered online. We launched it only about a week ago and the results are excellent. It will be more practical for people, because they will no longer need to appear in person to take the citizenship test.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will be very honest with you, I am not aware of cases like that. I hope that it's an isolated case, but I will be happy to follow up on it. According to our process, each time that an application is approved, we communicate with the applicant to inform them about the situation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, indeed, with the Confirmations of Permanent Residence, we had to react quickly during the pandemic and adapt our various processes. First, in April and May, we reviewed the Confirmations of Permanent Residence for which the medical exams were about to expire. We looked at the various files and we proactively extended the validity period of some medical exams by 6 to 12 months, so that those permanent residents could travel to Canada.