Program delivery update: Identity management – Updates to naming procedures
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
April 29, 2021
The Biometrics and Identity Management Operations (BIMO) Unit has updated the overview pages for biometrics and identity management, as well as the guidance provided in the program delivery instructions (PDIs) related to naming procedures.
Updated instructions
- Biometrics and identity management: Overview
- Identity Management
- Establishing name records in IRCC systems
- Documents used to establish name records by line of business
- How to read travel documents
- Names structures and how to record them in Global Case Management System (GCMS)
- Duplicate records or 2 clients associated to the same unique client identifier (UCI)
- Exceptions to change of name requirements
Deleted instructions
- Order of priority
- Existing client names
- Two clients associated to the same unique client identifier (UCI)