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Overseas Processing (OP)

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OP 1 [-] Procedures
[size: 424 K]
OP 2 [-] Processing Members of the Family Class
[size: 473 K]
OP 3 [-] Adoptions
[size: 396 K]
OP 4 [-] Processing of Applications under Section 25 of the IRPA
[size: 145 K]
OP 5 [-] Overseas Selection and Processing of Convention Refugees Abroad Class and Members of the Humanitarian-protected Persons Abroad Classes
[size: 904 K]
OP 6 [-] Federal Skilled Workers
[size: 148 K]
OP 7a [-] Quebec Skilled Workers
[size: 240 K]
OP 7b   Provincial Nominees
[size: 93 K]
OP 8 [-] Entrepreneur and Self-Employed
[size: 682 K]
OP 9 [-] Investors
[size: 454 K]
OP 10 [-] Permanent Residency Status Determination
[size: 209 K]
OP 11 [-] Temporary Residents
[size: 307 K]
OP 12 [-] Students
[size: 202 K]
OP 14 [-] Processing Applicants for the Live-in Caregiver Program
[size: 440 K]
OP 15 [-] Medical Procedures
[size: 108 K]
OP 16/
ENF 32/
IP 12
[-] Passports and Travel Documents
[size: 306 K]
OP 17 [-] Loans
[size: 789 K]
OP 18 [-] Evaluating Inadmissibility
[size: 815 K]
OP 19 [-] Criminal Rehabilitation
[size: 520 K]
OP 20 [-] Temporary Resident Permits
[size: 278 K]
OP 21 [-] Appeals
[size: 161 K]
OP 22 [-] Judicial Review
[size: 187 K]
OP 24 [-] Overseas Processing of Family Members
[size: 224 K]