Ebola-related visa-processing ministerial instructions repealed
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Policy effect
On December 19, 2015, Canada repealed the October 31, 2014 ministerial instructions governing visa applications from people who had been in an Ebola-affected country. The repeal took effect on publication in the Canada Gazette. It applied to applications received on or before December 10, 2015 that had no final decision on that date, and to all applications received thereafter.
Conditions and exceptions
Validated condition or limit: It applied to applications received on or before December 10, 2015 that had no final decision on that date, and to all applications received thereafter.
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9, 2015 Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 149, Number 51: GOVERNMENT NOTICES December 19, 2015 DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT Ministerial Instructions to repeal the Ministerial Instructions established pursuant to section 87.3 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the management of applications for visas made by individuals who have been in an Ebola affected country Notice is hereby given, under subsection 87.3(6) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), that the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has made the followi … he Ministerial Instructions established pursuant to section 87.3 of the IRPA published in the Canada Gazette on October 31, 2014, for the management of applications for visas made by individuals who have been in an Ebola affected country are repealed. These new Ministerial Instructions come into force on their date of publication in the Canada Gazette. These new Ministerial Instructions apply to applications received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada on or before December 10, 2015, in respect of which a final decision has not been made on December 10, 2015, and, for greater clarity, to all …
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- 2015-02-21Employer compliance fee and direct job-offer submission introduced for LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permits
- 2015-02-21Separate open work permit privilege fee introduced
- 2015-05-25Investor-pilot intake switched from random selection to first complete applications
- 2015-06-10Prohibition of Non-Physically Present (Proxy, Telephone, Internet) Marriages and Raising Minimum Spousal Age
- 2015-06-10Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2015-138)
- 2015-06-11Order Fixing June 11, 2015 as the Day on which Certain Provisions of the Act Come into Force
- 2015-06-11Social insurance number collection and sharing authorised for citizenship eligibility verification
- 2015-08-01Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2015-77)
- 2015-12-01Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Administrative Monetary Penalties and Ineligibility System for Employers)