US EditionImmigration minister wants department to track exits of temporary residents
Minister Diab aims to implement digital tools to track departures of nearly 1.9 million temporary visa holders this year to improve immigration management and deter misuse.
- Tthe immigration minister wants her department to track how many temporary residents are leaving Canada, as reported by The Canadian Press.
- IRCC data shows more than 2.1 million temporary visas expired last year and 305,000 workers and students arrived between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, 2025.
- Operationally, Canada Border Services Agency can track departures, transport methods, birth dates and travel documents but must manually check expired visas, a process described by Aaron McCrorie as "very labour-intensive".
- Under current plans, bill C-12 aims to deter asylum claims after a year in Canada, critics argue it curbs rights, despite Ottawa's goal to restore confidence.
- Officials emphasize transparency, noting Diab said modernizing IRCC is a huge, cautious undertaking and officials aim to restore control and return the system to sustainability.
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Ottawa Seeks to Track Exit of Temporary Visas Holders
Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she wants her department to start tracking the number of people on temporary visas departing Canada. Diab said there is currently no simple way for federal bodies such as the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to monitor the number of temporary residents leaving the country. She said she wants to change that with the help of digital tools. “There’s a nu…
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OTTAWA—The Federal Minister of Immigration, Lena Diab, wishes her department to have the capacity to verify the departures of temporary visa holders. In an interview with La Presse canadienne, she states that such a measure would be part of a digitization campaign within the Department of Immigration. Canadian border authorities do not have the capacity to verify the departures of temporary visa holders.
Winnipeg Free Press
Immigration minister wants department to track exits of temporary residents
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Federal Minister of Immigration Lena Diab wants her department to have the capacity to verify the departures of temporary visa holders. Ms. Diab said that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship are able to track certain information about specific individuals and groups, but that there is no simple way of knowing how many temporary residents left Canada after the expiry of their visa. …
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