Program delivery update: Immigration and Refugee Board reopening Ottawa location

September 17, 2018

Due to the volume of applications, the Immigration and Refugee Board is reopening an Ottawa office for refugee hearings. The new office address is

Minto Place, Canada Building
344 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K1

Officers must manually add this address to the Confirmation of Referral document, until Global Case Management System Release 18, in October 2018.

Updated instructions

• Interim measures: Issuing a Confirmation of Referral to refugee claimants in lieu of a Notice to Appear at the time the claim is referred to the Refugee Protection Division