Pathway to permanent residence: Outside-of-Canada families of Canadian victims of air disasters – Making a final decision

This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.

This section includes information on finalizing the application.

Approving the application

When all requirements are met, IRCC will do the following:

ensure that medical results and background checks that made the officers to conclude that the applicant and their family members were not inadmissible are still valid
verify that the right of permanent residence fee (RPRF) has been paid
enter a final decision in the Global Case Management System (GCMS)
issue an approval letter
generate a Confirmation of Permanent Residence Visa and a Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) document for the applicant and accompanying family members

If the officer determines that the applicant has not met all the eligibility or admissibility requirements, the officer should refuse the case.

All refused applicants must be provided with a formal refusal letter. When a case is refused, the processing office must do all of the following:

enter a final decision in GCMS
send a letter to the principal applicant explaining the reasons for the refusal
inform applicants who paid the RPRF that they are entitled to a refund
inform the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) that the application was refused, if a Certificat de sélection du Québec was issued.

In cases where an applicant requests to withdraw their application under the public policy, IRCC will:

send a letter to inform the applicant when the withdrawal of the application is accepted
inform MIFI that the application has been withdrawn, if applicable