The provisions specified in A6 provide the Minister with various authorisations. In particular, they authorise the Minister to designate officers for carrying out specific duties and power, in addition to delegating certain authorities. These provisions state those ministerial authorities that the Minister cannot delegate as well. Such ministerial authorities would typically relate to national interest or security certificates.
Pursuant to the provisions specified in A6 (2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (IRCC) has delegated powers and designated certain officials to carry out any purpose of any provisions legislative or regulatory in instrument IL 3 – Delegation and Designation.
For more details on delegated / designated authorities pertaining to sponsorship applications, officers would need to go through section 4 of OP 2.
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The Delegated Powers
The provisions specified in IL 3 tend to organise powers by modules. Thus, each module typically comprises columns including:
- Column 1 – that provides an item number for the described powers
- Column 2 – that provides a reference to the sections or subsections of the Act and the Regulations that the described powers cover and,
- Column 3 – that provide a description of the delegated powers
Officers would be able to find the duties and powers specific to this chapter in the modules listed below:
- Module 1 – Permanent Residence and the Sponsorship of Foreign Nationals
- Module 11 – Bonds, Fees, Loans and Debt Collection
The Delegates / Designated Officers
The provisions specified in column 4 of Annexes A to H (specified in IL 3) authorise the delegates or designated officers to carry out the powers specified in column three of each module. The authorities have organised the appendices by region and by module. As such, the officers would need to verify the list below for the appendix specific to their region.
The Appendix | The Region |
Appendix A | The Atlantic Region |
Appendix B | The Quebec Region |
Appendix C | The Ontario Region |
Appendix D | The Prairies / The Northwest Territories Region |
Appendix E | The British Columbia Region |
Appendix F | The International Region |
Appendix G | The Departmental Delivery Network |
Appendix H | The National Headquarters (NHQ) |
Chapters
- What This Chapter is About
- The Program Objectives
- The Instruments and Delegations
- The Departmental Policy
- The Definitions
- The Roles and Responsibilities
- The Overview of the Case Processing Centre (CPC) Activities Pertaining to Sponsorship Applications
- The Procedures for Reviewing Sponsorship and Permanent Residence Applications for Spouses, Common-Law Partners, Conjugal Partners and Dependent Children
- The Guidelines for Reviewing Sponsorship Applications for Other Members of the Family Class
- The Procedures for Processing Sponsorship Applications by the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC-V) for Spouses or Common-Law Partners in Canada
- The Procedures for Handling a Discontinued or Withdrawn Undertaking
- The Guidelines for Assessing a Sponsor’s Eligibility
- The Guidelines for Assessing Bars to Sponsorship
- The Guidelines Pertaining to Undertakings
- The Guidelines Concerning the Sponsorship Agreement
- The Guidelines for Applying the Financial Test
- The Procedures for Processing Sponsorships Involving Adoptions
- The Guidelines for Referring Sponsorship Applications for Investigation to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
- The Procedures in Case the Applicant is Not a Member of the Family Class
- The Guidelines for Assessing Additional Family Members
- The Procedures for Dealing with Changes in Circumstances
- The Guidelines for the Suspension of Processing
- The Guidelines for Applications from Sponsors in Quebec
- Appendix A – The Eligibility Check for the Sponsor and the Co-Signer
- Appendix B – The Sample Letter to the Provincial / Territorial Adoption Authority to Request for the Issuance of the No Objection / No Involvement Letter or Notification of Agreement
- Appendix C – The Sample of Sponsorship Approval Letter for Adoption Cases from the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) to the Sponsor
- Appendix D – The List of Offences Under the Criminal Code that Could Equate to Offences of a Sexual Nature and Offences Concerning Violence Against a Family Member
- Appendix E – The Low Income Cut Offs (LICO) and the Quebec Income Scale – 2011