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2000 April Report of the Auditor General of Canada

April 2000 Report—Chapter 3

Appendix A—Network of Offices Abroad

The 81 offices abroad include the following:

  • 9 Regional Program Centres (RPCs)
  • 20 RPC satellite offices
  • 26 full-service centres
  • 7 specialized offices
  • 19 other information offices

RPCs, satellite offices and full-service centres provide services to immigrants and non-immigrants (visitors, temporary workers and students). RPCs work together with satellite offices, which provide information requested by the RPCs and, in some cases, finalize applications. Specialized offices deal mainly with illegal immigration and refugees. The following table presents a list of Citizenship and Immigration Canada offices abroad, by geographic region and by type of office.

Other information offices not listed below are offices where employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade provide answers to certain information requests.

Types of Office

The Americas

Europe

Africa - Middle East

Asia - Pacific

Regional Program Centres (RPCs)

Satellites

Buffalo *
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York **
Seattle **

London*
Abu Dhabi

Paris*
Rabat
Rome
Tunis

Vienna
Prague

Accra
Abidjan

Damascus*
Amman
Beirut
Tehran

Manila
Seoul*
Tokyo

Singapore*
Bangkok
Dhaka
Djakarta
Taipei

Beijing*
Shanghai

Full-Service Centres

Bogota
Buenos Aires **
Guatemala
Havana
Kingston
Lima
Mexico City
Port-au-Prince
Port of Spain
Sao Paulo

Ankara
Belgrade
Bonn*
Bucharest
Kiev
Moscow **
Warsaw

Cairo
Nairobi
Pretoria
Tel Aviv

Colombo
Hong Kong*
Islamabad
New Delhi
Sydney

Specialized Offices

Caracas
Miami
Washington
Santiago

Geneva
The Hague
(Specialized satellite of Bonn)

 

Canberra

 

*Nine offices, designated Business Immigration Centres, deal with immigration applications of investors, entrepreneurs and self-employed.

**After initial review, Business Immigration Centres have the option of forwarding business applications to one of the four visa offices for interview and finalization.

Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada