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Citizenship and Immigration committee The honourable member is right to raise this point. We are looking hard at those provisions for vulnerable workers and trying to make sure that those time frames are brought down.
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee I believe that an extension is automatic for the 90 days. Dan, do you want to comment on that?
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee Madam Chair, we're happy to check into the language on the website. It's a pretty automatic extension, so let us check into that language.
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee I'd be happy to do that.
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee That's fine.
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee As you know, budget 2019 announced funding to enhance the integrity of Canada's border and asylum system, and this included information technology system interoperability. This is not a new system. It is a system that will be built off our existing platform, but we're really exci
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee We expect additional funding requests around further digital modernization of our IT system, but with regard to additional monies related to this particular project in terms of system interoperability, we don't anticipate additional funding.
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee This is making sure that files are able to move smoothly for asylum claimants between ourselves, the Immigration and Refugee Board, and the Canada Border Services Agency. Each of us has a role to play as those files come forward. Being able to do that in a far more efficient way
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee That would be a question best addressed to my colleagues at the Immigration and Refugee Board. It pertains to the operations in their jurisdiction, and I think it would be best left for them.
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you.
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee First, on in-Canada biometrics collection, as the honourable member has indicated, we have given an extension from 30 days to 90 days for people to get their biometrics. We have these numbers constantly under review, depending on the situation and what's happening. We're working
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee Oh. Thank you for that. Sorry. We have implemented a number of measures for overseas visa processing. I'll speak first about seasonal agricultural workers and a number of the things we've done to ensure their safe passage to Canada. The first area is biometrics. For many peopl
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee COVID-19 has impacted our processing times quite differently, depending on the lines of business. For many in the temporary foreign worker lines of business, our processing times have actually improved during this period. For other parts of our application process, particularly
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee Once the border restrictions ease, we'll go back to our normal processing times, we hope, or back to our service standards, and make sure that processing happens within service standards. Again, it will be different depending on the type of application. For students, when we've
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley
Citizenship and Immigration committee I think there are really two or three parts to this question. The first is preparing ourselves for additional applications that will come in. Mr. Kent had part of that question in his question. We're looking at our IT systems and being able to accommodate additional applications
June 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Catrina Tapley