How Canada uses personal information collected at the border on immigration applications The Entry/Exit program allows Canadian border services to communicate traveller information with Immigration Canada. IRCC expects overstay indicators for temporary residents will begin appearing in Entry/Exit search results in November 2022, once enough air carriers are on-boarded. Since February 2019, the Entry/Exit Program has allowed the Canadian border to collect basic traveller information and share it with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). By Shelby Thevenot
Canada releases new details on how traveller information is collected at the border Canada adds more details to Entry/Exit program delivery, procedures, and policy. Canada recently released more details on what information border officers collect from travellers, who can access the information, and more on data protection and rules for disclosure. By Shelby Thevenot
Canadian government can now verify how many days immigrants and visitors stay in the country The Entry/Exit Program may have implications affecting permanent residency and citizenship applications Canada’s federal immigration ministry has been able to track the movements of travellers entering and leaving the country by land since February 2019. By Shelby Thevenot
