{"id":14031,"date":"2026-01-09T14:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nsira-ossnr.gc.ca\/investigations\/investigation-summaries\/allegations-against-csiss-role-in-delaying-security-assessment-regarding-immigration-or-citizenship-applications\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:19:06","slug":"allegations-against-csiss-role-in-delaying-security-assessment-regarding-immigration-or-citizenship-applications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nsira-ossnr.gc.ca\/en\/investigations\/investigation-summaries\/allegations-against-csiss-role-in-delaying-security-assessment-regarding-immigration-or-citizenship-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegations against CSIS\u2019s role in delaying security assessment regarding immigration or citizenship applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"gm2f0d9ce\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4 section-gm2f0d9ce gutentor-module gutentor-advanced-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gm143fd0\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4-col col-gm143fd0 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm143fd0\" class=\"section-gm143fd0 gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Allegations against CSIS\u2019s role in delaying security assessment regarding immigration or citizenship applications <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--  \n * Locate code in WPCode Snippets - title:  Investigations Summaries - NSIRA number from tags\n * Shortcode: [nsira_files]\n * Description: Extracts tags following the pattern '00-00' or '00-00-00' \n * and displays them with the \"NSIRA file:\" label.\n-->\n\r\n    <style>\r\n        .nsira-file-inline {\r\n            margin: 15px 0;\r\n            font-family: inherit; \/* Uses your theme's existing font *\/\r\n            line-height: 1.6;\r\n        }\r\n        .nsira-file-label {\r\n            font-weight: 700;    \/* Bold \"NSIRA file:\" *\/\r\n            color: #333;\r\n            display: block;      \/* Label stays on its own line *\/\r\n            margin-bottom: 2px;\r\n        }\r\n        .nsira-file-data {\r\n            color: #000;\r\n            display: block;      \/* Numbers appear on the line below the label *\/\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"nsira-file-inline\">\r\n        <span class=\"nsira-file-label\">NSIRA file:<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"nsira-file-data\">07-403-100, 07-403-81, 07-403-87<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    \n\n\n\n<p>The complainants filed complaints against CSIS, alleging that the Service caused a significant delay in&nbsp;submitting&nbsp;the security assessment for their immigration or citizenship applications.&nbsp;During the investigations, NSIRA inquired about whether CSIS could provide updates with respect to their involvement in the respective processes.&nbsp;The Service provided letters to NSIRA that could be shared with the complainants&nbsp;advising&nbsp;them that CSIS had completed its assessment in the security screening process. 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