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2000 April Report of the Auditor General of Canada

April 2000 Report—Chapter 3

Exhibit 3.10—Immigration Applications for Economic Component in Some Offices Abroad (1998)

Office

Applications received*

Origin of Offshore Applications

Number of
Countries

Principal Countries

Number of
Applications

%

Buffalo

Total

9,603

100%

 

 

 

 

 

Applications within territory

732

8%

 

 

 

 

Applications offshore

8,871

92%

160

People's Republic of China

2,388

27

India

1,126

12

Pakistan

697

8

England

257

3

Others

4,403

50

Total

8,871

100

Hong Kong

Total

14,968

100%

 

 

 

 

 

Applications within territory

585

4%

 

 

 

 

Applications offshore

14,383

96%

39

People's Republic of China

12,190

85

Pakistan

1,053

7

Taiwan

301

2

India

279

2

Others

560

4

Total

14,383

100

London

Total

6,878

100%

 

 

 

 

 

Applications within territory

5,133

75%

 

 

 

 

Applications offshore

1,745

25%

75

India

437

25

Pakistan

417

24

Bangladesh

93

5

Philippines

91

5

Others

707

41

Total

1,745

100

Singapore

Total

1,931

100%

 

 

 

 

 

Applications within territory

1,421

74%

 

 

 

 

Applications offshore

510

26%

32

People's Republic of China

177

35

India

123

24

Pakistan

84

16

Philippines

62

12

Others

64

13

Total

510

100

Warsaw

Total

1,577

100%

 

 

 

 

 

Applications within territory

111

7%

 

 

 

 

Applications offshore

1,466

93%

42

Ukraine

486

33

Albania

312

21

Russia

287

20

Belarus

72

5

Others

309

21

Total

1,466

100

 

* Applications within territory represent immigration applications submitted by residents of countries for which the office is responsible. Offshore applications represent immigration applications submitted to an office that is not responsible for the applicant's country of residence.

Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Database of Computer-Assisted Immigration Processing System