This is a preliminary record, please consult the linked accessions. Sub-series consists of case files from the Department of External Affairs' overseas posts. There were approximately 140 to 143 posts abroad which fit into this category in December 1986.
All remaining records in this subseries were created by overseas posts which had immigration ("JID") units, delivering Immigration program services and carrying out Immigration policy under the Immigration Act. Such policy and procedures were, however, developed by Employment and Immigration Canada. The posts (a) process immigration applications, (b) process applications to visit Canada (in those cases where we require a visitor visa), (c) issue visas to successful applicants, (d) administer the first stage of immigrant assistance services, notably transportation loans, and (e) distribute general information on the Immigration program. There were 63 to 66 overseas posts with immigration (JID) sections in December 1986.
Included in the sub-series are approximately 377 reels of microfilmed copies of case files from the Asian or Pacific posts of: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Manila, New Delhi, Seoul, and Signapore (see the linked accessions with BAN no 116-000062-3, 117-000107-2, 120-000156-7, 120-000231-8). The outside dates of these records range from 1973 to 1990, and it is assumed that a portion of the records are in in languages other than English or French.
Also included in the sub-series are ca. 4.41 m of case files selected because the surname of the individuals concerned began with the letter F ("F sample") or because the case files measured one inch or more in thickness ("fat files.") Case files in this sub-series were created between 1979 and 1990 in Cairo, Damascus, Dublin, London, Moscow, Port of Spain, Pretoria, Rome, Stockholm, and Warsaw (for further detail, see the linked accessions with BAN 117-000106-7, 118-000028-5, 120-000005-6, 120-000010-2, 120-000058-7, 120-000204-0).
Documentation contained in the case files in this sub-series includes but is not limited to: (a) the four-page IMM 8 form (formerly O.S. 8 form) in which applicants for immigration to Canada give details on identification, including a photograph, and family, work, and personal history; (b) notes and internal reports on an individual's personal history, suitability and status as observed by a visa officer; (c) various correspondence. Some files may also contain business plans for entrepreneurial applicants, as well as a copy of the IMM 1000 form, the "Immigrant Visa and Record of Landing", and IMM 1343, the "Immigrant Assessment Record - Abroad."