Indian Registry System (IRS) / Certificate of Indian Status (CIS)

Achievements

As part of Stage 1, a pilot was conducted in partnership with the Treaty 7 First Nations in Alberta to evaluate the new on-line (CIS) issuance process available to IRAs in First Nation membership offices.

Future Plans

The following development work is required to complete this on-line service, but the details, timing and resourcing are uncertain at this time:

Modernize the (IRS) and re-engineer the business process to enable on-line access to, and update of, Registry information by IRAs in First Nation membership offices.

• Develop and issue a more dignified and secure identification card to minimize the misuse of the existing (CIS).



• National deployment of IRS in regional offices and First Nation membership offices.



• Phased national deployment of the enhanced (CIS).

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