Last Updated on March 22, 2016

Citizenship & Immigration Canada frequently publishes operational bulletins for its personnel to provide guidance in the exercise of their functions.  Below we include summaries of CIC Operational Bulletins.

• Processing of Confirmation of Permanent Residence Documents
• Guidance for Officers on Assessing Labour Market Opinion (LMO) Exemption and Work Permit Exemptions under the Canada Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
• Guidance for Officers on Assessing “Reciprocal Employment” and Entries via “Wet Lease”
• Measures in Response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
• Ministerial Instructions for Canadian Experience Class Applications
• Standardising the Preparation of Citizenship Grant Applications
• An Overview of the Transfer of the International Experience Canada (IEC) Program
• Work Permits for Start-up Business Class & Canadian Permanent Resident Visa Applicants
• Obtaining Passports for Landing from the Canada Border Services Agency and Waiver of the Passport Requirements Based on the Officer’s Discretion
• Biometrics Mandatory Coming Into Force
• Procedure to Rectify the Loss of an Application for Permanent Residence for Humanitarian or Compassionate Reasons
• International Experience Canada Work Permit Application Processing
• Amendments to the Sponsored Spouse/Partner (IMM 5490) and Spouse/Common-Law (IMM 5285) Questionnaires
• The Processing of Confirmation of Permanent Residence Documents (CoPRs)
• Potential Claims Under Article 1(F) (a) of the Refugee Convention and Potential Cases of Persons Described Under Paragraph 35(1) (a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
• The Global Electronic Applications (e-Apps) for Temporary Residents
• Amendments in Appeal Rights to the Canada Immigration Appeal Division (Resulting from Bill C-43 – the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act)
• Interim Global Case Management System (GCMS) Biometric Exemption Codes and the Places Where Missions Could Deposit the Biometric Fees
• The Settlement Program – The Changes to the Settlement Cost Allocation Matrix and Funding Codes
  
• Specific Directives for Processing Temporary Resident Visa Applications under the Foreign Missions and International Organisations Act for Spouses, Common / Civil Law Partners and Dependent Children Under 22 Years of Age Accompanying Representatives
• Applications for Canadian Citizenship: File Splitting for Applicants who Require a Hearing
• The Process for Retesting and Communicating Results of the Citizenship Knowledge Test
• Biometric Information Collection from Temporary Residence (TR) Applicants Outside Canada
• Extension of Haiti Special Measures for Work Permits
• Extensions to Letters of Acceptance for Study Permit Applications
• Processing of Applications for Displaced Tibetans in the State of Arunachal Pradesh in India
• Clarifying the Responsibilities of Service Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency in regard to Assessing a Temporary Foreign Worker’s Eligibility to Work in Alberta in a Compulsory Certification Trade Position
• How to Process a Humanitarian and Compassionate Application when an Applicant is a Protected Person or is an Applicant who Submitted a Spousal Sponsorship Application in Canada
• Process for Referring a Refused Application for Permanent Residence on H&C Grounds from an SIO to a C&I Officer when there is Possibly an Unreported Inadmissibility or when the Person may Hold no Legal Status in Canada and has no Removal Order
• Special Events – The Specific Directives Given for Processing Foreign Missions and International Organisations Act (FMIOA) Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) Applications for Participants to Meetings in Canada Hosted by the Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat
• The Changes to Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations – Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act
• The Destruction of Visa Security Seals
• Verification of Permanent Resident Photos at Visa Offices
• Abandonment of Citizenship Grant Applications where Applicants have not Provided Proof of Residence and Closure of Applications Because of Test or Interview No-Shows
• Yukon Temporary Foreign Worker Annex Pilot Projects – Labour Market Opinion-Exempt Work Permits for Occupations Destined to the Oil, Gas, Mineral Exploration and Mining Industry or the Tourism/Hospitality Industry
• Inland Citizenship and Immigration Canada Offices Urgent Processing of Confirmation of Permanent Residence Documents
• Residency Determination Processing for Applicants Outside of Canada Referred by the Sydney Case Processing Centre’s Permanent Resident Card Centre
• Extension of Alberta Pilot for Occupation-Specific Work Permits
• Guidelines for Individuals Affected by the Train Derailment in Lac Mégantic, Quebec
• Guidelines for Individuals Affected by the Flooding in Alberta in June 2013
• Pilot Project for Working Age Dependent Children of Skilled Workers Destined for Alberta
• Pilot Project for Working Age Dependent Children of Skilled Workers Destined to Ontario
• Alberta Pilot Project for Spouses and Common-Law Partners of Long-Haul Truck Drivers
• Procedures for Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications as a Result of Lifting the Temporary Suspension of Removals on Burundi, Liberia and Rwanda
• The Coming into Force of Bill C-43 – Inadmissibility on Security Grounds
• The Coming into Force of Bill C-43 – Obligations for Certain Persons Making an Application Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
• In-Canada Itinerant Services – Procedures and Parameters
• Processing Work Permits for Designated Country of Origin and Non-Designated Country of Origin Refugee Claimants
• Temporary Foreign Worker Program – Four-Year Maximum (Cumulative Duration)
• LMO-exempt work permit renewals/extensions for certain CSQ holders currently in Quebec (Revised)
• Processing Immigration Applications where Ministerial Relief Has Been Requested
• Pilot Project for Foreign Spouses and Dependent Children of Highly Skilled Canadians or Permanent Residents Returning to Work in Ontario
• Transition to National Occupational Classification 2011 for the Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Worker Class
• Processing of Refugee Claims by CIC under the New Legislation
• Revised Process for Dissemination of Notification of Arrival Transmissions (NATs) for Privately Sponsored Refugees (PSRs)
• Centralised In-Canada Processing of Private Sponsorship of Refugee sponsorship applications at Centralized Processing Office-Winnipeg (CPO-W)
• Settlement Program Pending Replacement of Data Collection Tool (DCT) by iCARE / iCAMS
• Introducing Portfolio-Based Language Assessment as a Standard Feature of Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) and the Cours de Langue pour les Immigrants au Canada (CLIC)
• Crisis Counselling Within Support Services
• Settlement Program Support Services Provisions for Care for Newcomer Children
• Settlement Program Expenditure Control Policy for Support Services
• Confirmation of Permanent Residence Document
• Processing Relinquishment of Permanent Resident Status 
• Inland CIC Processing of Confirmation of Permanent Residence Documents Originating from Visa Offices
• Settlement Program: Implementation of the Annual Performance Report for Community Partnerships
• Amendment to the Return of Incomplete Citizenship Applications Submitted by Minors who Became Permanent Residents Under the Refugee Category
• Changes to the Pilot Program for Spouses/Common-law Partners and Working-Age Dependent Children of Select Temporary Foreign Workers Destined to British Columbia
• Determining the Ability of Provincial Nominees to Economically Establish in Canada
• Closure and Transfer of Visa and Immigration Services of the Canadian Embassy in Caracas
• Changes to the United States of America (U.S.) Processing Network
• Disposition of the IMM 1442 Generic Document – Page 2
• Closure and Transfer of Visa and Immigration Services of the Canadian Embassy in Caracas
• Mailing Canada Permanent Residence Cards to Representatives