Program delivery update: File transfers to the Centre of Expertise in Security Cases for in-Canada temporary residence applications

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

July 27, 2021

The instructions have been updated to instruct stage 2 decision makers to transfer applications to the Domestic Network’s Centre of Expertise in Security Cases if an application has passed eligibility but results from partner agencies have raised admissibility concerns under one of the following sections of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA):

This procedure only applies to applications submitted in Canada, where the applicant or dependant of concern is in Canada.

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