This section contains policy, procedures and guidance that the staff of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) typically refer to. The authorities have placed this on the website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) as a courtesy to stakeholders.
Applicants would need to have commitment certificates on file, submitted directly to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) by the designated entity. The designated entity must have made these submissions either through Entrust or by e-mail attachment. Officers would need to check that the applicants’ files contain these commitment certificates.
In most cases, the Case Processing Centre – Ottawa (CPC-O) would receive these commitment certificates. On receiving these certificates, the Case Processing Centre – Ottawa (CPC-O) would need to make a note in the Global Case Management System (GCMS). This note would serve to indicate to other processing offices that the Case Processing Centre – Ottawa (CPC-O) has accepted a valid commitment certificate. In some cases, officers might find that section 8.0 of the certificate is complete. In this scenario, the officers would need to include this information in the Global Case Management System (GCMS). This would enable the officers to commence processing the temporary work permit applications for the applicants.
On going through the notes placed in the Global Case Management System (GCMS), the officers would note that the Case Processing Centre – Ottawa (CPC-O) has received a valid commitment certificate. In addition, the officers would see that the application has met the eligibility criteria in the Global Case Management System (GCMS) as well. This would indicate that the application is in process.
It is worth noting that officers would be processing a maximum of 2,750 complete applications in this class each year.
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)