CIMM – Q-162 – IRCC Response – February 8, 2023

Inquiry of Ministry

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Question No. : Q-162

By: Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East)

Date: December 6, 2021

Reply by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Print name of Signatory: L’hounorable Sean Fraser

Signature, Minister or Parliamentary Secretary

Question

With regard to the government’s response to the crisis in Afghanistan: (a) under the special measures for people in Afghanistan, broken down by month, how many people have (i) applied, (ii) been provided with a Canadian visa or confirmation of Canadian citizenship, (iii) received invitations to go to an airport, (iv) been approved to be a permanent resident; (b) under the special measures for Afghan nationals outside of Afghanistan and their dependents, broken down by inland and outland origin of requests and by month, how many applications have (i) been received, (ii) been approved, (iii) resulted in the applicant landing in Canada; (c) what are the details of any briefing notes on Afghanistan provided to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship since 2019, including the (i) title, (ii) author, (iii) date prepared, (iv) internal tracking number; (d) what are the details of any briefing notes on Afghanistan provided to the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2019, including the (i) title, (ii) author, (iii) date prepared, (iv) internal tracking number; (e) what are the details of any briefing notes on Afghanistan provided to the Minister of National Defense since 2019, including the (i) title, (ii) author, (iii) date prepared, (iv) internal tracking number; and (f) what are the details of any responses to the briefing notes in (c), (d) and (e), including the (i) title, (ii) author, (iii) date prepared, (iv) recipient, (v) internal tracking number?

Reply

Insofar as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is concerned:

As of December 8, 2021, Canada has received 14,692 applications under the Special Immigration Measures (SIMs) for Afghanistan program, of whom 9,627 have arrived in Canada.

The progression of the implementation of the SIMs program, between July 2021 and December 8, 2021 is detailed in the table below. To date no SIMs have been granted Canadian citizenship.

Sub question A: Special Immigration Measures for Afghanistan - Monthly Progression^{Footnote *}
	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
Number of Applications Received (in people)	1,635	9,960	2,645	505	125	5	14,880
Number of Canadian Visas Issued	130	5,950	3,300	90	140	220	9,830
Number of Invitations (to go to an airport)	This data is not accessible.
Number of Approved Permanent Resident Applications^{Footnote **} (GAR only)	-	-	35	15	35	10	95

Footnotes

Footnote 1

As the security of applicants remains a priority for the Government of Canada, numbers equal to or lower than 5 are recorded as “--” to prevent individuals from being identified when IRCC data is compiled and compared to other publicly available statistics. Additionally, all other values are rounded to the closest multiple of 5 for the same reason. As a result of rounding, data reported in these tables may not sum up to the overall totals.

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Footnote 2

The reported data reflects Government Assisted Refugee (GAR) applications that are approved for permanent residency. Excluded are other cohorts approved for permanent residency, applicants with an approved Temporary Resident Permit (TRP), and those who became permanent residents through SIMs.

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The country from which a GAR application is sent is considered the client’s country of residence. Of the 14,880 applications for heads of families and their dependents received, 11,260 or 76% were sent from within Afghanistan.

Sub question B: Special Immigration Measures for Afghanistan – Country of Residence^{Footnote *}
		July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
Number of Applications by origin	Inland	1,350	7,310	2,065	435	105	-	11,260
Number of Applications by origin	Outland	285	2,650	580	70	20	-	3,620
Number of Approved Applications	Inland	130	4,440	2,405	30	-	15	7,020
Number of Approved Applications	Outland	-	1,510	895	60	135	205	2,810
Number of Approved Applications Resulting in the Applicants’ Landing in Canada	Inland	-	775	1,185	210	95	-	2,260
	Outland	0	30	60	150	505	125	870

The releasable details of briefing notes on Afghanistan provided to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada since January 1, 2019, may be found at: https://search.open.canada.ca/en/bn/. Some information may have been withheld under the applicable exclusions of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.

All key statistics, updated regularly, may be found on IRCC’s website at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/afghanistan/key-figures.html.

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