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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for matters dealing with immigration to Canada, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The department was established in 1994 following a reorganization.
The card was first proposed in 2001 as part of the Canadian government's overhaul of immigration and security laws following the September 11 attacks in the United States. [1] After the 2001 passage of the new Immigration and Refugee Protection Act , the first Canadian Permanent Resident cards were distributed on 28 June 2002.
Canada receives its immigrant population from almost 200 countries. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021, [1] while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.
Visa policy map. [edit] Canada. Visa not required; eTA not required. Visa not required; eTA required for travel by air, not required by land or sea. Visitors who held a Canadian visa within the last 10 years or currently hold a valid U.S. non-immigrant visa do not need a visa for air travel, but an eTA is required.
Immigration to Spain increased significantly in the beginning of the 21st century. In 1998, immigrants accounted for 1.6% of the population, and by 2009, that number had risen to over 12%. Until 2014, the numbers were decreasing due to the economic crisis, but since 2015, immigration to Spain has increased again, [2] especially after 2021.
A Canadian passport (French: passeport canadien) is the passport issued to citizens of Canada.It enables the bearer to enter or re-enter Canada freely; travel to and from other countries in accordance with visa requirements; facilitates the process of securing assistance from Canadian consular officials abroad, if necessary; and requests protection for the bearer while abroad.
A cruise ship reportedly carrying 1,500 passengers was stuck Wednesday in the Spanish northeastern port of Barcelona due to the visa problems of a group of Bolivian passengers who were due to ...
This would be the case until 2006, when the Government of Canada would approve of the CBSA Arming Initiative, [11] a 10-year strategy to arm and train Border Services Officers (BSOs). [ 12 ] One of the first significant policy changes to come to the agency was allowing CBSA officers to arrest and detain individuals at the border for non-customs ...