One of the public education pieces I continue to work on is informing both the public and clients about how Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Our principal lawyer, Will Tao, has recently shared three currently unreleased peer reviews conducted as part of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Algorithmic Impact Assessments on
Will Tao, discusses IRCC’s recent transparent release of the automated decision-making (“ADM”) model for it’s International Experience Canada (“IEC”) eligibility model.
The Algorithmic Impact Assessment snapshot below explains how the Advanced Analytics model processes visitor record applications. Advanced Analytics Triage of Visitor Record Applications is one
This process flow from an IRCC internal memo is for in-Canada spousal/common-law partner sponsorship applications (FC1/FCC applications). It shows the triage system for processing in-Canada
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