Strategic Outcome and Program Activity Architecture

The image is a flow chart.

There are six boxes that illustrate how the five IRB program activities support the achievement of its strategic outcome.

The five boxes flow into the first box.

The first box at the top stretches the width of the diagram and describes the following:

Strategic Outcome
Resolve immigration and refugee cases before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law.

The boxes below describe the program activities, and are arranged as four wide boxes on the left, and one narrow box on the right.

The first box on the left describes the following:

Refugee Protection Program Activity

Renders quality decisions and otherwise resolves cases in a timely manner regarding:

• Refugee protection claims made by persons in Canada
• Pre-removal risk assessments (PRRA) of persons subject to a removal order (When transferred from CIC on June 29, 2013, or on any earlier day that may be fixed by order of the GIC, or as may be amended by the PCISA once it receives Royal Assent; see Refugee Protection section for more details).

Below that is the second box describing the following:

Refugee Appeal Program Activity (When relevant sections of the BRRA come into force on June 29, 2012, or as may be amended by the PCISA once it receives Royal Assent; see Refugee Appeal section for more details)

Renders quality decisions and otherwise resolves cases in a timely manner regarding:

• Appeals from RPD decisions concerning refugee protection claims.

Below that is the third box describing the following:

Admissibility Hearings and Detention Reviews Program Activity

Renders quality decisions and otherwise resolves cases in a timely manner regarding:

• Admissibility of foreign nationals or permanent residents who are alleged to be inadmissible to Canada under the IRPA.
• Detention reviews for foreign nationals or permanent residents who are detained under the IRPA.

Below that is the fourth box describing the following:

Immigration Appeal Program Activity

Renders quality decisions and otherwise resolves cases in a timely manner regarding:

• Family sponsorship applications refused by CIC.
• Certain removal orders made against permanent residents, Convention refugees and other protected persons, and holders of permanent resident visas.
• Permanent residents outside of Canada who have been found not to have fulfilled their residency obligation.
• Appeals by the Minister of Public Safety against a decision of the ID on admissibility.

The fifth narrow box on the right stretches the length of the other four program activity boxes, and flows back into them. It describes the following:

Internal Services Program Activity

Management and Oversight
Communications
Legal
Human Resources Management
Financial Management
Information Management
Information Technology
Procurement and Assets Management
Internal Audit and Evaluation