Citizenship and Immigration committee  Canada issues multi-entry visas, temporary resident visas that can last for 10 years, so we would have to keep the information for at least as long as the visa or the document for which it is issued. Then we would keep it for some period of time after that to be able to, at least

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, that's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The fingerprints we collect on applicants for temporary resident visas and student and work permits will be sent to the RCMP for checks against the prints the RCMP holds on people who have been convicted of criminal crimes in Canada; former applicants for temporary resident visas

Citizenship and Immigration committee  From what I understand of the text, it will not.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're collecting two types of biometric information: fingerprints and live digital photos. The fingerprints, along with some basic tombstone biographical data, will be stored by the RCMP. They will keep that information for whatever retention period we set.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're considering a retention period of about 15 years. Then it would be a longer retention period for people who are found inadmissible under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for some of the serious inadmissibility provisions like terrorism, national security, war crim

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The intention of the clause is to give the Government of Canada the ability to enter into agreements or arrangements with foreign governments to collect information on behalf of the foreign governments. For example, the United Kingdom and Australia partner on some of these appli

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. With the references to verifying identity and national security, the reasons we would use and disclose biometric information are narrowed. We collect biometric information to support the two aspects of immigration decision-making. One is identity and the ot