Citizenship and Immigration committee  As we got close to September, for example, we established a two-stage process for students, so that they could start their studies remotely. So the approval process was done in two stages. The first stage was to establish their eligibility to come to Canada. We sent more than 62,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, this really is a new area. We had to adapt very quickly to respond to the needs of the clients, while keeping in mind the health and safety of Canadians in this country. When people who want to come to Canada send their applications through the electronic form and are ready

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As my colleague mentioned, some Confirmations of Permanent Residence were processed about a year ago, or have expired. We want to make sure that the information supplied to us a number of months ago is still valid. Once again, we want to protect the health and safety of Canadians

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At the moment, about 40% of the applications are made here in Canada, while 60% are made from another country.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Ms. Dancho's figures are correct. However, the total number of expired Confirmations of Permanent Residence is about 14,000 at the moment

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, indeed, we would really like to have an integrated digital, electronic process at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. As Ms. Normandin mentioned, during the pandemic, having to handle a lot of documents and applications on paper did limit our capacity to process t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It means that IRCC officers will have made final decisions on 49,000 applications by December 31.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will have to confirm that information for the committee later, if I may, but, as I understand it, it means 40,000 decisions, either positive or negative.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I will answer the question. What made it possible for us to increase the processing capacity of our employees from 38% to 90%, is the fact that we provided them with all the equipment they need to work from home. As you know, at the beginning of the pandemic, our prio

Citizenship and Immigration committee  During the pandemic, we established various procedures so that we were not returning forms that were missing information. We don't return the forms and we don't reject any application because documents or pieces of information are missing. Certainly, processing deadlines will be—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, there were 60,000 applications, or actually, we received 60,000 emails. Some of those applications are duplicates or triplicates. Some others came from those who have already submitted an application but are providing information that was missing from their files. On average

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do not have the number of outstanding applications at hand, but I can confirm that we have received 60,000 requests. We estimate that this means about 40,000 individual applications. To date, we have approved 28,000 applications.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say we have between 8,000 and 10,000 applications still to process.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  All I can do is repeat my colleague's comments. We care very much about adoption. We learn lessons from each case we process. To answer your question, unfortunately—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I do not have the figures for October 8 and 9. However, I can tell you that, up to now, we have received more than 60,000 applications in connection with the travel restriction exemptions for members of the immediate or extended family, depending on the definition. In