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<%=news_details(request("id"))%>| 加拿大联邦移民申请重大变更（20060711） | | 发布时间：2006-7-15 18:14:28 | Subject: Simplified Application Process / Processus de demande simplifi茅
> CICIP Members: The following message about the entry into force of the new
> Simplified Application Process (as discussed at our most recent meeting)
> was sent to all visa offices last week. The materials will be available on
> the CIC main web site in coming days.
>
> Membres du CICIP: Le message suivant au sujet du nouveau Processus de
> demande simplifi茅, discut茅 脿 notre r茅union, a 茅t茅 envoy茅 aux bureaux de
> visa la semaine pass茅e. Les trousses de demandes, etc, seront disponible
> sur le site-web bient么t.
>
> David Manicom
> Director / Directeur
> Operational Coordination / Coordination des op茅rations
> International Region -- R茅gion Internationale
>> National Headquarters / Administration centrale
> Citizenship and Immigration Canada | 365 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa ON K1A
> 1L1
> Citoyennet茅 et Immigration Canada | 365, avenue Laurier Ouest Ottawa ON
> K1A 1L1
> Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada
>
>
> *****************************************************************************
>
> Le fran莽ais suit l'anglais.
>
> Operational Instruction:聽 06-055 (RIM)
> Date:聽 June 28, 2006
> Author:聽 David Manicom
> Approval:聽 R. Burke Thornton
> Category:聽 Procedures
> Subject:聽 Simplified Application Process for Federal Economic Classes:
> Operational Instructions
>
> 1. Definition
>
> The 鈥淪implified Application Process鈥?for Federal Economic Classes means
> that applicants will provide only fees plus a modified IMM8 at time of
> initial application, and will be asked to provide supporting documentation
> only when the visa office is ready to assess.
>
> 2. Entry into Force
>
> The new procedure is an administrative, not regulatory change, and will
> come into effect 1 September 2006.
>
> 3. Applicability
>
> The Simplified Application Process will apply to most applicants in all
> Federal Economic Classes (Skilled Workers, Investors, Entrepreneurs,
> Self-Employed).聽 It will not apply to applicants in any other class at
> this time.聽 It will not apply to Economic Class immigrants destined to
> Quebec and holding CSQs, and will not apply to Provincial Nominees.聽 These
> applications continue to use the regular process, and must include CSQs
> and PN certificates respectively.聽 Exception: Federal SW applicants with
> Arranged Employment Opinions should always be processed as a priority
> (proceeding immediately to selection assessment) on timeframes consistent
> with the processing of Provincial Nominees and Quebec cases.聽 These
> applicants should submit regular Skilled Worker applications, with
> supporting documentation.
>
> 4. Where
>
> By policy, the Simplified Application process will be the norm at all visa
> offices except Buffalo.聽 The regular application process will be the norm
> at Buffalo.聽 Supporting documentation submitted with regular forms after 1
> September is to be returned to applicants until such time as it is
> requested by the processing office.聽 However, since both the regular and
> the Simplified Application forms constitute legal applications per R. 10,
> either must be accepted at any visa office.聽 See below for procedures to
> follow if a regular application, with documents, is received.
>
> 5. Background and Context
>
> At the present time, the inventory in the Federal Economic Classes
> (Skilled Workers and Business) is over 500,000 persons.聽 This is
> equivalent to about 4 years of processing at current Levels targets.聽 The
> majority of all applications in these classes are received at visa offices
> with inventories equivalent to 3 years or more at their current rates of
> processing.
>
> In the past, it was considered most efficient to require a complete
> application with all supporting documentation.聽 CIC currently asks
> applicants to submit a full set of forms about all family members, and
> supporting documents necessary to demonstrate that selection and
> admissibility criteria are met.聽 These documents include: police
> certificates, employment histories and references, marriage and birth
> certificates, financial and business documentation, diplomas and degrees,
> evidence of abilities in English and French, and so forth.聽 Many files are
> 100 pages or more, as applicants or their representatives seek to provide
> all possible information to strengthen their case.
>
> However, in the current context, this approach has become frustrating for
> clients, and inefficient for the Department, as visa offices store
> multi-year queues of increasingly dated documents.聽 The shelving space
> used to store this inventory is expensive and adds to space constraints in
> many offices.聽 Applicants update files during the years their application
> waits to reach the front of the queue, sending CIC information on new
> jobs, new diplomas, births, marriages, divorces and so forth.聽 Each time,
> CIC staff must pull the physical file from the shelf to add the document,
> and update the electronic record.聽 The time spent by visa office staff
> updating files in this queue is ineffective.
>
> By the time the visa office is able to review the file, much of the
> documentation is so dated that it cannot be used for a comprehensive and
> legally valid decision.聽 The office must frequently ask for most or all
> documents to be updated.
>
> In response, and while continuing to pursue solutions to the current
> inventory situation, the Department has introduced a Simplified
> Application.聽 A three-page form, plus fee, will secure a place in queue.
> All supporting documents will be requested later, 鈥渏ust in time鈥?for
> assessment.聽 An enhanced acknowledgement of receipt letter will provide
> advice on labour-market preparation to encourage prospective immigrants to
> make maximum use of this waiting period.聽 Application materials, guides,
> and instructions about the new process will be posted on the internet
> approximately 1 July, 2006.聽 At the same time, the umbrella organizations
> of immigration representatives will be advised that the new process (on
> which they were consulted in March) has now been approved and will enter
> into force in September, 2006.
>
> 6. Procedures
>
> These procedures apply to all visa offices except Buffalo. Procedures for
> Buffalo are below, at item 6.9.
>
> 6.1 Receipt of a Simplified Application and Acknowledgement of Receipt:
> When a Simplified Application is received, a standard Simplified
> Application Acknowledgement of Receipt letter must be sent to the
> applicant, using the template text in Annex A below. Minor local
> modifications are permitted where needed, but the text must otherwise
> closely follow the standard.
>
> 6.1.1. Electronic Acknowledgement of Receipt Letters: where an applicant
> has provided an e-mail address, visa offices may wish to send the AOR
> letter by e-mail. When doing so, the standard AOR below must be modified
> to include prominent text at the beginning of the letter which indicates,
> 鈥淭his letter serves acknowledgement of receipt of your application and the
> correct fee.鈥?The cost-recovery receipt should be retained on file, and
> provided to the applicant at time of final decision.
>
> 6.1.2 Acknowledgement of Receipt Letter--Waiting Time: The Simplified
> Application AOR must indicate an approximate time frame as to when the
> applicant should expect to next hear from the visa office.聽 This is
> 鈥渨aiting time,鈥?not 鈥減rocessing time,鈥?since no processing of the
> application will normally take place during this period.聽 This time frame
> should be expressed as a 6-month range (e.g. 鈥渨ithin 24-30 months of date
> of receipt of application鈥?.聽 At most visa offices, the time at which an
> applicant's file is assessed and given a selection decision is similar to
> their median processing time to final decision.聽 This is a somewhat
> shorter period of time than overall processing time, as it is the period
> between application receipt and selection assessment.聽 So, for example, at
> the present time the CIC web site, based on recent decisions, lists the
> processing time for Federal Skilled Workers in Nairobi as a median of 24
> months, with 80% finalized within 44 months.聽 In advising applicants when
> they will be asked to provide documents for selection assessment, it will
> often be reasonably accurate to use the current median processing time as
> the lower end of a six month range. Nairobi therefore would normally
> advise new applicants that they will be asked to provide documents in
> 鈥?4-30鈥?months.
>
> Visa offices should normally use the currently posted median processing
> time as the starting point for their six-month range, unless they have
> clear indicators within their office that a shorter or longer timeframe is
> desirable.聽 It is understood that due to changing intake and target
> trends, some visa offices will not correctly estimate the approximate
> waiting times.聽 The objective should be to provide an accurate picture for
> applicants to enable them to plan, but to err on the side of caution so as
> not to raise unreasonable expectations.聽 The letter also advises
> applicants that during this waiting period they may withdraw their
> application and receive a fee refund.
>
> 6.2 Acknowledgement of Receipt Letter: Documents to be submitted: The
> Acknowledgement of Receipt letter must also indicate to applicants the
> documentation they will subsequently be asked to supply in support of
> their application.聽 Alternatively, visa offices may wish to provide a link
> to their website where an up-to-date list of required supporting documents
> is maintained.聽 Visa offices are strongly encouraged to review their
> standard request lists at this time, for completeness, but also to ensure
> they are not requesting unnecessary documents or unnecessary
>聽 鈥渘otarization鈥?of documents.聽 The Simplified Application AOR should
> clearly indicate to applicants that, once these documents have been
> requested and the time provided has elapsed, their application will be
> assessed based on the documentation on file and without further
> correspondence.
>
> 6.3 Acknowledgement of Receipt Letter: Standard Text: See Annex A, below.
>
> 6.4 Documents Received During the Waiting Period.聽 The standard letter
> advises applicants not to update their file during this period with the
> exception of a change in address or change in representative, and not to
> send documents.聽 When visa offices receive such documents, they should be
> returned immediately to the applicant with a brief standard letter saying:
> 鈥淒ocuments in support of your application should not be submitted at this
> time.聽 We are returning the documents to you.聽 When supporting
> documentation is requested for your application, all pertinent documents
> you submit will be considered by the visa officer at that time.鈥澛?Visa
> offices must consistently convey the message that they are not refusing to
> consider documentation in support of an application; rather, the visa
> office will not store such documentation, and will take into account any
> and all pertinent documentation provided by the applicant, as requested at
> the next stage of processing, prior to rendering a decision.
>
> 6.5 The Processing Stage: Visa offices must put into place bring forward
> systems so as to identify needed Federal Economic cases 4-6 months before
> the visa office will assess the case.聽 At that time, the applicant is to
> be sent a standard request for all supporting documentation, that is, a
> list similar to that sent with the Simplified Application Acknowledge of
> Receipt, plus, if necessary, an updated IMM8 and any needed schedules.
> The applicant should be provided with 4 months to submit the supporting
> documentation, and the file marked to be brought forward in 4-5 months.
> Because visa offices will therefore be able to manage the volume of
> incoming 鈥渃ompleted鈥?applications, it is reasonable for applicants to
> expect assessment to begin immediately.聽 It is expected that visa offices
> will normally approve (pending any needed verifications), refuse, or
> convoke to interview within several weeks of the end of the 4-month
> document request period and/or of receiving the supporting documentation.
> If the office finds it is unable to do so, they should reduce the volume
> of cases being asked to provide supporting documents, until the correct
> flow is established.
>
> 6.6 Handling of 鈥淪implified Applications Received Before1 September鈥?
> Application kits, guides and press releases will indicate 1 September as
> the start date.聽 However, some applicants may submit Simplified
> Applications prior to 1 September.聽 Visa offices should accept such
> applications and process as indicated above.
>
> 6.7 Handling of 鈥淩egular鈥滱pplications, and supporting documentation,
> received after 1 September.聽 In this situation, visa office should retain
> the IMM8 plus schedules on file, and return all supporting documentation
> to the applicant, along with the standard Simplified Application
> Acknowledgement of Receipt letter.
>
> 6.8 Language Test Results: as per OP6, language test results must not be
> more than one year old at time of application (not at time of document
> submission).聽 An applicant who submits a language test result where the
> test was taken 8 months prior to (simplified) application, and who submits
> supporting documentation to this effect 3 years later at our request, has
> submitted a valid test result.
>
> 6.9 Special Instructions for Buffalo and the US Network: The US network
> processes primarily Economic class applications from persons meeting a
> current labour market need in Canada.聽 As a policy objective, given the
> labour market situation within Canada, the US network will attempt to
> process its economic class caseload promptly.聽 Thus the US network will
> continue to use the regular application process at this time.聽 NHQ will
> work with the US network to ensure adequate resources and target space to
> meet this policy objective, and will review the continued use of the
> regular application process from time to time to ensure it remains
> appropriate.聽 When Buffalo receives a Simplified Application, they must
> accept it.聽 They should promptly send a modified Acknowledgement of
> Receipt letter requesting all needed supporting documents within 4 months.
>
> ANNEX:
>
> SAMPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECIEPT LETTER:
> FEDERAL ECONOMIC CLASSES, SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION PROCESS
>
> Dear __________________.
>
> We have received your application for permanent residence in Canada in the
> Federal Skilled Worker [Investor] [Entrepreneur] [Self-Employed] Class on
> [date of application].聽 We have created a file with the file number pasted
> above. You must quote this file number in any future correspondence.聽 A
> receipt for application fees submitted is also enclosed.聽 If you submitted
> additional supporting documents, these are being returned to you and are
> enclosed.聽 We will request supporting documents at a later date.
>
> This letter explains our procedures for your case and gives information on
> what you can do to prepare yourself for immigration to Canada while your
> case is in process.聽 At the present time there is a queue of applications
> in this category.聽 We regret the delay.聽 If you wish to withdraw your
> application during this waiting period, you may obtain a full refund of
> fees paid.聽 Once documents have been requested and the assessment of your
> application has begun, no fee refund is available.
>
> No processing will occur on your file for approximately XX months.
> [estimated range as currently appears on CIC web site for your office: eg.
> 42-48 months].聽 This is our current estimate; however, circumstances may
> change.聽 Please consult the CIC website for up-to-date information on
> processing time at our office:
>
> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/times-int/menu-perm.html
>
> You may also check basic case status on-line at the Citizenship and
> Immigration website (http://www.cic.gc.ca) using the 鈥渆-Client Application
> Status鈥?function that is found in the 鈥淥nline Services鈥?section of the
> website.
>
> Next Steps
>
> When our office is ready to assess your file, we will send you a complete
> list of required documents.聽 You will be provided with 4 months to prepare
> and submit this supporting documentation.聽 A list of documents that we
> currently request is attached at the end of this letter for your reference
> as to the type of documents needed.聽 Do not send these documents now.聽 If
> you send these documents now, they will be returned to you.
>
> Documents must be submitted in a single package.聽 Do not submit any
> documents until you have prepared the entire package.聽 We will make a
> decision on your application on the basis of the documents you provide at
> that time.
>
> Until we request your supporting documents, we will not accept, respond
> to, or attach to your file any interim correspondence, except:
> - Change of address or contact information, including change of e-mail
> address;
> - Change of immigration representative;
> - Request for withdrawal of your application and refund of fees;
> - Submission of an Arranged Employment Opinion approved by Human Resources
> Development Canada.
>
> We strongly recommend that during this time you prepare yourself for
> immigration to Canada.聽 You should learn about living and working in
> Canada so you can decide where to live and prepare yourself and your
> family for life in Canada.聽 For example, Canada has two official
> languages, English and French.聽 Depending on where you want to live in
> Canada, you will need excellent speaking, reading and writing skills in
> one of these languages. If you do not have strong English or French
> skills, study the language before coming to Canada and learn the
> vocabulary of your profession or trade.聽 Remember: you will be competing
> against many native speakers of English and French for any available jobs.
>
> Please note: just prior to assessment, the visa office will require third
> party language test results, or other written evidence of your language
> ability as part of your supporting documentation.聽 If you submit the
> results of an authorized language test, the visa officer will accept these
> results as determinate.聽 Because authorized test results are independent
> and verifiable, cases for which authorized language test results are
> submitted are likely to be processed more quickly than those that rely on
> a written submission regarding language ability.聽 In either case, as the
> visa officer will make a decision based on the language documentation you
> submit, it is recommended that you undertake an authorized language
> examination in order to provide the visa officer with definitive,
> verifiable results.聽 In addition, while your file is in queue, you may
> wish to take courses, try practice examinations, and otherwise improve
> your language ability. Information on the IELTS test in English can be
> found at www.britishcouncil.org.聽 Information on the French language test,
> Test d'茅valuation de fran莽ais (TEF) is available at http://www.fda.ccip.fr
>
> Finding work is a challenging process for Canadians and for immigrants. It
> is essential that you prepare to work in Canada before you move.聽 Even if
> you have many years of work experience in your home country, you may not
> be able to work in your trade or profession in Canada.聽 There are many
> things you can do in your home country to prepare for working in Canada
> and make your job search easier.
>
> One of your first steps should be to prepare for an assessment of your
> professional qualifications. Many employers will require you to have your
> credentials assessed and accepted before they will hire you.聽 These
> assessments measure how your training, education, and experience compare
> to Canadian standards.聽 They may also indicate what further training may
> be needed before qualifying to work in Canada in your occupation.聽 As
> well, most regulated occupations do not permit persons to practice their
> professions without a license.聽 If you plan to practice your profession in
> Canada, you should first determine whether you will be eligible for a
> license to practice and, if so, what you must do to become licensed.
>
> You should also use this time to begin researching potential employment in
> Canada.聽 There are a number of electronic job banks which you can access
> for information and job postings.聽 For more information about living and
> working in Canada, including language skill and credential assessment,
> visit the Going to Canada website at: http://www.directioncanada.gc.ca/
>
> Sincerely, Counsellor, Immigration
>
> Document Checklist
>
> [mission specific, based on application kits]
>
> This list gives you general information about the type of documentation
> you will have to provide at a later date.聽 Do not send any documents now.
> We will request documents later, and provide you with four months to send
> them to us.
>
> Immigration Forms
>
> - An updated application form (IMM008) for yourself, your spouse, and each
> of your children over age 22
> - Schedule 1 for each person
> - Additional Family Information form (IMM5406)
> These forms are available at:
> http://www.cic.gc.ca.english/applications/skilled.html
>
> Civil Documents
>
> The following documents will be required, if applicable, for yourself,
> your spouse, and for each of your dependent children/
>
> - Birth certificates
> - Marriage certificates
> - Divorce certificates
> - Child custody orders
> - Adoption decrees
> - Death certificates
>
> Education
>
> The following documents are required, as applicable, for your self, your
> spouse, and for each of your dependent children over age 22.
>
> - Official transcript(s) for secondary and post-secondary courses.
> - Diploma(s) for secondary and post-secondary courses.
>
> Work History
>
> - Appointment/confirmation letters.
> - Pay slips issued from your present employer.
> - Detailed description of your job responsibilities (past and present).
>
> If you are self-employed, you must provide:
> - Copies of business registration.
> - Proof of business conducted with clients, such as invoices/bills.
> - Balance sheets.
> - Income tax returns.
> - Proof of your license to practice (if you are a private practitioner)
>
> Proof of Funds
>
> - Bank statements and passbooks.
> - Fixed deposit receipts.
> - Securities (shares, debentures, bonds)
>
> Other Documents
>
> - Authorized language test results (IELTS, TEF, etc) or a written
> submission providing evidence of your language ability.
> - Passport photocopies.
> - Proof of relationship to your relative in Canada. (Self-sworn affidavits
> do not constitute satisfactory proof of relationship.)
> - Recent original Police Clearance Certificates for you or your dependents
> aged 18 years and above, issued by the police authorities for each country
> in which you or your dependants have resided for six months or more since
> you turned 18 years, except for Canada.
> - Photographs as per attached specifications, height and eye colour
> information for principal applicant and all dependents. |
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