Operational Bulletins 2011

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 373 – December 30, 2011 (Expired)
  Excessive Demand Cost Threshold for 2012
• OB 368 – December 30, 2011 (Expired)
  Centralized Intake of Applications for the Canadian Experience Class
• OB 371 – December 19, 2011 (Expired)
  Syria Voluntary Evacuation Procedures
• OB 370 – December 15, 2011
  Live-in Caregiver Class – Issuance of open work permits prior to eligibility determination as a member of the Live-in Caregiver Class
• OB 365 – December 6, 2011 (Expired)
  Economic Class Applications from Venezuela – Transfer from Caracas to Mexico City
• OB 291 – December 5, 2011 (Modified) (Expired)
  Transfer of Visa Services from Abidjan, Ivory Coast to Dakar, Senegal
• OB 352 – December 1, 2011
  Ending the printing and mailing of application forms and instruction guides (kits)
• OB 348 – December 1, 2011 (Modified)
  Elimination of Counterfoils for Approved Permanent Residence Applicants from Visa-Exempt Countries
• OB 357 – December 1, 2011 (Expired)
  Parents and Grandparents Extended Stay Temporary Resident Visa (Super Visa) and Authorized Period of Extended Stay
• OB 361 – November 23, 2011
  Sponsorship Bar for Violent Crime
• OB 360 – November 18, 2011
  Entrepreneur Terms and Conditions
• OB 299-B – November 15, 2011
  Return of incomplete Permanent Resident Card Applications
• OB 348 – November 14, 2011
  Elimination of Counterfoils for Approved Permanent Residence Applicants from Visa-Exempt Countries
• OB 358 – November 10, 2011
  Confirmation of Permanent Residence Document Amendments
• OB 300-B – November 8, 2011 (Expired)
  Return of Incomplete Citizenship Proof and Grant Applications
• OB 353 – November 7, 2011
  Change in Procedures for Processing Family Class Parent and Grandparent Applications
• OB 351 – November 4, 2011 (Expired)
  Fourth Set of Ministerial Instructions: New PhD Eligibility Stream under the Federal Skilled Worker Program
• OB 350 – November 4, 2011
  Fourth Set of Ministerial Instructions: Temporary Pause on Family Class Sponsorship Applications for Parents and Grandparents
• OB 354 – November 2, 2011
  Photo/Data Error Correction for the Confirmation of Permanent Resident Document
• OB 236 – October 14, 2011
  Officer Name Disclosure in Correspondence Abroad
• OB 347 – October 7, 2011
  Repeal of the Source Country Class of Humanitarian-protected Persons Abroad
• OB 349 – October 28, 2011 (Expired)
  Special Events – Visa Fee Exempt Special Events: October and November 2011
• OB 225-D – September 30, 2011 (Expired)
  Modified processing instructions for Information Technology work permit applications (software pilot) for British Columbia and Quebec
• OB 346 – September 19, 2011 (Expired)
  Temporary Foreign Worker Program—Intra-company transferees—Recaptured time
• OB 339 – September 15, 2011 (Expired)
  Change to the Custodianship Requirement for Minor Students
• OB 345 – September 6, 2011 (Expired)
  Extension of Haiti Special Measures for Work Permits
• OB 340 – August 19, 2011 (Expired)
  Mandatory Referral to Canadian Public Health Authorities for Complex Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Inactive and other Non-infectious Communicable Diseases Cases
• OB 341 – August 17, 2011 (Modified)
  Procedures for Requesting Police Certificates from Non-Singapore Citizens
• OB 337 – August 15, 2011
  Pilot Program for Spouses/Common-law partners and Working-Age Dependent Children of select Temporary Foreign Workers Destined to British Columbia
• OB 342 – August 12, 2011 (Expired)
  Implementation of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
• OB 343 – August 9, 2011
  Special Events – Visa Fee Exempt Special Events: September and October 2011
• OB 341 – August 8, 2011
  Procedures for Requesting Police Certificates from Non-Singapore Citizens
• OB 317-B – July 29, 2011
  Coming Into Force of Bill C-35, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Authorized Representatives)
• OB 332– July 29, 2011 (Expired)
  National Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Childminding Requirements – Provisions for Labour Market Access Participants
• OB 331– July 29, 2011 (Expired)
  National Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Childminding Requirements – Tuberculosis Tests for LINC Childminding Staff and Volunteers
• OB 330 – July 29, 2011 (Expired)
  National Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Childminding Requirements – Provision for Physical Activity Space
• OB 329 – July 27, 2011
  2 Dimension Bar Coded Temporary Resident Visa, Study Permit and Work Permit Applications
• OB 324 – July 19, 2011
  Instructions to officers on adding a co-signer to a family class sponsorship undertaking
• OB 327 – July 18, 2011
  Automated Correspondence in the Global Case Management System – Acknowledgment of Receipt for Permanent Residence Applications and Port of Entry Letters of Introduction
• OB 326 – July 18, 2011 (Expired)
  New Form for Permanent Residence Applications
• OB 325 – July 18, 2011 (Expired)
  New Sponsorship Form: IMM 1344
• OB 323 – July 15, 2011
  Overseas Selection and Processing of Refugees: Recommendations from the Privately Sponsored Refugee Quality Assurance Report
• OB 297 – July 14, 2011 (updated)
  Update of the Transit Without Visa Program (TWOV)
• OB 321 – July 13, 2011 (Expired)
  Procedures for the assessment of study permit applications from students destined to suspended or closed private career colleges in Ontario and British Columbia
• OB 311 – July 5, 2011 (Expired)
  Economic Class Applications from Haiti – Transfer from Port-au-Prince to Mexico City
• OB 316 – July 4, 2011 (Expired)
  Assessing Intra-Company Transferees under Specialized Knowledge
• OB 317 – June 30, 2011
  Coming Into Force of Bill C-35, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Authorized Representatives)
• OB 306 – June 29, 2011 (Expired)
  Long Term Multiple-entry Visas
• OB 320 – June 27, 2011 (Expired)
  Updated Ministerial Instructions: Centralized intake of applications under the federal Immigrant Investor Program
• OB 319 – June 27, 2011 (Expired)
  Updated Ministerial Instructions: Temporary Moratorium on Federal Entrepreneur Class Applications
• OB 318 – June 27, 2011 (Expired)
  Updated Ministerial Instructions: New Cap on Federal Skilled Worker Applications
• OB 293 – June 17, 2011
  Visa requirement for holders of passports issued by the United Kingdom to British subjects which contain the observation that the holder has the right of abode in the United Kingdom
• OB 313 – June 15, 2011 (Expired)
  Instructions on the entry of foreign airline personnel in response to the strike by certain Air Canada employees
• OB 279-B – June 8, 2011 (Expired)
  Alberta Pilot for Occupation Specific Work Permits
• OB 310 – May 31, 2011
  Changes to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s Labour Market Opinion Confirmation Letters
• OB 308 – May 24, 2011
  Closure of the visa section of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, Taiwan
• OB 287-B – May 12, 2011
  Processing of Work Permit Applications for Temporary Foreign Workers in Quebec
• OB 225-C – May 11, 2011 (Expired)
  Modified processing instructions for Information Technology work permit applications (software pilot) for British Columbia and Quebec
• OB 305 – May 6, 2011
  Processing Appeal Allowed Cases Pilot at Case Processing Pilot-Ottawa
• OB 297 – May 6, 2011 (Modified)
  Update of the Transit Without Visa Program (TWOV)
• OB 223-B – May 6, 2011 (Modified)
  Expansion of the China Transit Trial
• OB 283 – May 5, 2011
  Special Events – Visa Fee Exempt: May and June 2011
• OB 304 – May 2, 2011 (Modified)
  Launch of the Visa Exempt Study Permit Abroad (VESPA) Electronic Application Service for Select Countries
• OB 303 – May 2, 2011
  Fishing (or Hunting) Outfitters—Additional Guidance for Officers Processing Entries into Canada of Foreign Outfitters
• OB 290 – April 18, 2011 (Expired)
  Amendment to procedures related to the handling of the Single Journey Document for Resettlement to Canada (IMM 5485)
• OB 296 – April 15, 2011 (Expired)
  Operational instructions related to the participation of members of the Canadian Forces and veterans at citizenship ceremonies
• OB 301 – April 14, 2011 (Expired)
  Business Class Applicants: Proof of Language Proficiency
• OB 287 – April 14, 2011
  Processing of Work Permit Applications for Temporary Foreign Workers in Quebec
• OB 295 – April 13, 2011
  Change in Procedures for Processing Quebec Family Class Applications
• OB 302 – April 13, 2011
  Regulatory Change: Certificat de sélection du Québec Validity for Economic Class Applicants Selected by Québec
• OB 298 – April 13, 2011
  Foreign Freelance Race Jockeys
• OB 260-B – April 12, 2011
  Revised Salaries for Information Technology Workers Under the Software Development Pilot Destined to British Columbia or Quebec
• OB 225-B – April 5, 2011 (Expired)
  Modified processing instructions for Information Technology work permit applications (software pilot) received prior to October 1, 2010
• OB 275-C – April 1, 2011 (Expired)
  Temporary Foreign Worker Program – Operational Instructions for the Implementation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulatory Amendments
• OB 289 – March 24, 2011 (Expired)
  Royal Assent of Bill C-35, An Amendment to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Authorized Representatives)
• OB 286 – March 18, 2011 (Expired)
  Proposed Amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Authorized Representatives)
• OB 281 – March 15, 2011
  Special Events—Visa Fee Exempt: March 2011
• OB 244-B – February 25, 2011 (Expired)
  Amendment to Operational Bulletin 244—Amendments to the Citizenship Regulations and Updated Guidelines Regarding the Citizenship Test
• OB 276 – February 22, 2011
  Updated Medical Surveillance Handout
• OB 262-B – February 22, 2011
  Modification to the Pilot Program to Expand the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program for International Students Graduating from Designated Private Post-Secondary Institutions in British Columbia
• OB 268 – February 9, 2011
  Special Events—Specific Directives for Processing FMIOA Temporary Resident Visa Applications for the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the 26th Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) and the 4th Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean (A01/A06)
• OB 271 – February 9, 2011
  Special Events—Visa Fee Exempt Special Events: February and March 2011
• OB 263 – February 8, 2011 (Expired)
  Implementation of a New Mandatory Check in GCMS
• OB 270 – February 4, 2011
  New Overseas Temporary Resident Forms
• OB 267 – January 27, 2011 (Expired)
  Temporary Transfer of Visa and Immigration Services from the Canadian Embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to the Canadian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal
• OB 265 – January 21, 2011 (Expired)
  Interim Procedures for E-Mail Communication with Clients
• OB 264 – January 19, 2011 (Expired)
  Partial Reinstatement of Haiti Special Measures for Work Permits
• OB 261 – January 14, 2011
  Special Events – Visa Fee-Exempt Special Events: January and February 2011
• OB 260 – January 5, 2011
  Revised Salaries for IT Workers Under the Software Development Pilot (SDP) Destined to British Columbia or Quebec