Operational bulletins

In exceptional circumstances, operational bulletins may also be issued for one-time-only instructions or to provide urgent instructions to staff for a brief period while the relevant operational chapters are being updated.

• OB 094 – January 20, 2009
  Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program
• OB 092 – January 15, 2009
  New Directives on Implied Status
• OB 093 – December 29, 2008
  Ministerial Instructions — Frequently Asked Questions
• OB 075 – December 19, 2008
  Post-Taylor Appeal Decision with Bill C‑37 Consideration – Instructions
• OB 090 – December 15, 2008
  Streamlining the refugee intake process
• OB 089 – December 2, 2008
  Ministerial Instructions
• OB 087 – November 30, 2008
  Separation of Processing Streams at CPC-V – New vs. Existing Employer Applications
• OB 086 – November 30, 2008
  Temporary Foreign Workers – Strike Situations
• OB 085 – December 15, 2008
  Extensions of NAFTA Professional Work Permits
• OB 084 – November 7, 2008
  Petro-Canada Group of Employers: Use of Temporary Foreign Workers to Meet Labour Market Demands for the Petro-Canada Oil Sands Project
• OB 083 – October 30, 2008
  Guidelines for Priority Processing in the Event of Disaster Situations
• OB 080 – October 2, 2008
  Regulatory Amendments – Provincial Nominee Program
• OB 079 – September 26, 2008
  Regulatory Amendments: Order of Admission for Permanent Resident Applicants and their Accompanying Family Members
• OB 077 – September 19, 2008
  Processing Canadian Experience Class Applications
• OB 076 – September 17, 2008
  Regulatory Changes to the Landing of Permanent Residents
• OB 071 – August 5, 2008
  Live-in Caregiver Program Applicants and Official Languages
• OB 069 – July 21, 2008
  Real Time Identification Project (RTID) / Digital Fingerprinting
• OB 063 – September 24, 2008
  Assessing Excessive Demand on Social Services
• OB 060 – June 16, 2008
  Regulatory amendments – Elimination of the guarantor requirement from the Permanent Resident Card application process
• OB 058 – April 22, 2008
  Recent Changes to the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) Program
• OB 056 – April 15, 2008
  Revised Security Screening Data Requirements
• OB 055 – April 9, 2008
  End of transition period for Unauthorized Immigration Consultants
• OB 054 – March 20, 2008
  Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) – Facing the Death Penalty – Referral of cases when the issue of assurances is not resolved
• OB 041 – March 31, 2008
  Update to departmental position on non-machine readable Czech passports
• OB 049 – February 12, 2008
  Implementation of additional Temporary Foreign Worker Units in Ontario and Atlantic Regions
• OB 043 – December 19, 2007
  End of interim measure on adoption
• OB 037 – September 7, 2007
  Assessing excessive demand on social services for business class applicants
• OB 036 – August 8, 2007
  Determining equivalencies in the field – inland and overseas
• OB 035 – July 23, 2007
  Expansion of the Off-Campus Work Permit Program to include private institutions as a pilot project
• OB 032 – July 6, 2007
  Remission of Citizenship Fees
• OB 031 – May 28, 2007
  Handling Special Cases of Certain People Living in Canada Without Status
• OB 030 – May 28, 2007
  Interim Instructions on Handling Cases on Hold Pending the Taylor Appeal
• OB 028 – April 19, 2007
  The following provides guidance on how to proceed in cases for landing citizens of India who are unable to obtain a valid passport and/or police certificates
• OB 025 – January 3, 2007
  Instructions to CIC officers concerning the validity period of Live-in Caregiver work permits as well as family members of Live-in Caregivers
• OB 022 – August 2, 2006
  Assessing declared residence
• OB 021 – June 22, 2006
  Interim Instructions to CIC officers concerning the examination of H&C applications (in Canada)
• OB 020 – March 28, 2006
  Amendment to Section 11 of the Citizenship Act