Operational Bulletins 2010

In exceptional circumstances, operational bulletins may also be issued for one-time-only instructions or to provide urgent instructions to staff for a brief period while the relevant operational chapters are being updated.

• OB 184 – February 8, 2010 (Modified)
  Guidelines for Writing Part 2 Refusal Letters for Citizenship Adoption Application
• OB 256 – December 23, 2010 (Expired)
  Monitoring Conditions for Quebec-Selected Entrepreneurs
• OB 259 – December 21, 2010
  Temporary Resident Visa Application Form Transition Date
• OB 258 – December 16, 2010 (Expired)
  Guidelines Following the Recent Elections Results in Ivory Coast
• OB 252 – December 2, 2010
  Regulatory and Administrative Changes to the Federal Immigrant Investor Program
• OB 246 – November 30, 2010 (Expired)
  Implementation of the New Language Screening Tool in the Citizenship Process
• OB 254 – November 30, 2010
  Modified Temporary Resident Visa Application Form
• OB 229 – November 24, 2010 (Expired)
  Pilot Project for Foreign Spouses and Dependent Children of High-Skilled Canadians or Permanent Residents Returning to Work in Ontario
• OB 251 – November 24, 2010 (Expired)
  Examination of Members of the Provincial Nominee Class at Ports of Entry and CIC Inland Offices
• OB 253 – November 24, 2010
  Visa requirement for ordinary passport holders in Taiwan
• OB 250 – November 22, 2010 (Expired)
  Deeming Permanent Residence for Registered Indians Applying for Citizenship
• OB 194 – November 18, 2010 (Modified) (Expired)
  Clarification on the eligibility of combined programs for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program and the last semester of study
• OB 238 – November 18, 2010
  Amendment to Section 4 of the Regulations
• OB 249 – November 15, 2010
  End of Haiti Special Measures
• OB 242 – October 21, 2010 (Expired)
  Policy for Processing Extensions and/or Changes to Work Permit Conditions for International Experience Canada (IEC) and Participants in Other Youth Exchange Programs
• OB 244 – October 13, 2010
  Amendments to the Citizenship Regulations and Updated Guidelines Regarding the Citizenship Test
• OB 241 – October 12, 2010 (Expired)
  New Temporary Resident Visa Application Form
• OB 223 – October 8, 2010 (Modified)
  Extension of the China Transit Trial to September 30, 2012
• OB 243 – October 1, 2010
  Assessing Compliance with the Residency Obligation for Employment Outside Canada
• OB 240 – October 1, 2010
  Rehabilitation Applications — Change to Delegated Authorities for Decision Making
• OB 152A – September 30, 2010 (Expired)
  Limited Validity Period for Labour Market Opinions
• OB 225A – September 30, 2010
  Modified processing instructions for Information Technology work permit applications (software pilot) received prior to October 1, 2010
• OB 152 – September 17, 2010 (Expired)
  Limited Validity Period for Labour Market Opinions
• OB 222 – September 3, 2010
  Bill C-11 The Balanced Refugee Reform Act
• OB 231 – September 1, 2010
  Update to the Designated Country/Territory List
• OB 230 – September 1, 2010
  New Labour Market Opinion (LMO) Exemption – Foreign Medical Residents and Medical Research Fellows
• OB 226 – August 25, 2010
  Biometric Information Sharing Under the High Value Data Sharing Protocol
• OB 232 – August 20, 2010 (Expired)
  Live-in Caregiver Program: Revised In-Canada Medical Examination Procedures
• OB 228 – August 17, 2010
  Visa Office Referred (VOR) and Joint Assistance Sponsorships (JAS) for Refugees – New Templates and Instructions
• OB 225 – August 5, 2010 (Expired)
  Modified processing instructions for Information Technology work permit applications (software pilot) received prior to October 1^st, 2010
• OB 223 – July 30, 2010
  Extension of the China Transit Trial to September 30, 2010
• OB 221 – July 19, 2010
  Passport Requirements for citizens of Lithuania and Poland
• OB 179B – June 29, 2010 (Modified) (Expired)
  Special measures for Haiti: Permanent resident non-adoption cases
• OB 179A – June 29, 2010 (Expired)
  Special Measures in Response to the Earthquake in Haiti
• OB 219 – June 28, 2010 (Expired)
  Ministerial Instructions and Canadian Experience Class applications
• OB 218 – June 28, 2010 (Expired)
  Ministerial Instructions and Federal Skilled Worker Class Applications
• OB 213 – June 28, 2010 (Expired)
  Federal Immigrant Investor Program Applications: Administrative Pause
• OB 146 – June 28, 2010
  Alberta Pilot Project for Spouses and Common-Law Partners of Long-Haul Truck Drivers
• OB 123 – June 28, 2010
  Pilot Project for Working-Age Dependent Children of Workers Destined to Ontario
• OB 122 – June 28, 2010
  Pilot Project for Working-Age Dependent Children of Workers Destined to Alberta
• OB 217 – June 25, 2010
  Refugee Claim Ineligibility under Paragraph 101(1)(d) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
• OB 214 – June 23, 2010
  R186(s) – Work permit exemptions for vessel crew members
• OB 194 – June 11, 2010 (Modified)
  Clarification on the eligibility of combined programs for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program and the last semester of study
• OB 210 – June 4, 2010 (Expired)
  End of Simplified Entry Process for Information Technology (IT) specialists – Temporary Foreign Worker Program
• OB 212 – June 1, 2010
  New Version of IMM 1262 (Acknowledgement of Conditions)
• OB 194 – June 1, 2010
  Clarification on the eligibility of combined programs for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program and the last semester of study
• OB 179B –May 17 , 2010 (Modified)
  Special measures for Haiti: Permanent resident non-adoption cases
• OB 205 — May 10, 2010 (Expired)
  Processing applications submitted with the United States Passport Card
• OB 203 – April 26, 2010 (Expired)
  New Citizenship Test – Operational Instructions
  
• OB 201 – April 16, 2010 (Expired)
  Guidelines for individuals affected by the April 14, 2010 volcano
• OB 195 – April 16, 2010 (Expired)
  Emergency referrals to local offices for work permits
• OB 197 – April 12, 2010 (Expired)
  Establishing parentage for citizenship purposes where surrogacy/reproductive technology is involved
• OB 193 – April 12, 2010
  Application of the 90 day bridging period for study permits and off-campus work permits and clarification of full-time versus part-time studies in the final academic session before graduation for issuance of off-campus work permits
• OB 189 – April 9, 2010
  Access to Grant of Citizenship for Stateless Persons Impacted by Bill C-37
• OB 188 – April 9, 2010
  Use of Section 25(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act on sponsored applications of dependent children affected by the C-37 first generation limitation on citizenship by descent
• OB 198 – April 1, 2010 (Expired)
  Transfer of Economic Class Applications from Islamabad to London
• OB 192 – April 1, 2010 (Expired)
  Regulatory and administrative changes to the Live-in Caregiver Program
• OB 179B – April 1, 2010 (Expired)
  Special measures for Haiti: Permanent resident non-adoption cases
• OB 179C – April 1, 2010 (Expired)
  Special Measures for Haitian Adoptions
• OB 190 – March 12, 2010
  Unreliable Travel Documents
• OB 166 – March 10, 2010 (Expired)
  Administrative change in assessment of written evidence as proof of language proficiency
• OB 179 – March 5, 2010 (Expired)
  Special Measures in Response to the Earthquake in Haiti
• OB 187 – February 19, 2010
  Amendment of application forms for temporary and permanent residence to incorporate a question on official languages
• OB 183 – February 8, 2010
  Supplementary policy guidance on assessing the severing of a pre-existing legal parent-child relationship for grants of citizenship under A5.1(1) or A5.1(2)
• OB 180 – January 22, 2010 (Expired)
  Section 11 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) and applications for permanent residence in the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) class
• OB 182 – January 20, 2010
  Use of new citizenship promotional products and directive for destruction of all old promotional material
• OB 177 – January 18, 2010
  Democratic Republic of the Congo passports
• OB 173 – January 8, 2010 (Expired)
  Ministerial Instructions - Clarification on continuous full-time experience and break in continuity of employment
• OB 167 – January 5, 2010
  Procedures for transferring files for in-Canada applications for permanent residence