Better information enables CIC to account for permit issuance. It is especially useful when the Minister makes the annual report to Parliament on the number of permits we issued. This OM is addressed to immigration and visa officers, as well as persons in positions listed in Instrument IL - 1. It is effective immediately. They were no longer required to obtain concurrence from regional headquarters before issuing permits to temporary entrants.
Delegated authorities can still issue permits without first obtaining concurrence from headquarters.
The present OM simply requires them to report each permit issued. BCD will summarize the individual reports. The reports must contain specific information about the offence, equivalent offence in Canada and sentence. If the sentence included imprisonment, the time served must also be in the report. Reports must also show why the delegated authority issued the permit.