{"id":14049,"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-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:10:01","slug":"allegations-against-csiss-role-in-delaying-security-assessment-regarding-immigration-or-citizenship-applications-2","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-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegations against CSIS\u2019s role in delaying security assessment regarding immigration or citizenship applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"gm35bd1f6\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4 section-gm35bd1f6 gutentor-module gutentor-advanced-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gmb6ec79\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4-col col-gmb6ec79 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gmb6ec79\" class=\"section-gmb6ec79 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, 07-403-105, 07-403-106, 07-403-110, 07-403-113, 07-403-118, 07-403-125, 07-403-127, 07-403-129, 07-403-131, 07-403-133, 07-403-135, 07-403-136, 07-403-151, 07-403-155, 07-403-98<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    \n\n\n\n<p>A number of&nbsp;Complainants filed complaints against CSIS alleging that CSIS caused a significant delay in&nbsp;providing&nbsp;security screening advice for their immigration or citizenship applications. CSIS provided letters to NSIRA that could be shared with the Complainants&nbsp;advising&nbsp;them that CSIS had provided its advice to the requesting client and that CSIS\u2019s role in the security screening process was complete. As the Complainants\u2019 main allegations against CSIS were in relation to the delay in the security screening, NSIRA inquired with the Complainants as to whether they wished to resolve their complaints&nbsp;in light of&nbsp;the update received. In the&nbsp;above referenced&nbsp;files, the Complainants informed NSIRA that they did not wish to&nbsp;proceed&nbsp;with an investigation into their respective complaints against CSIS. As such, the matters were informally resolved&nbsp;in accordance with&nbsp;Rule\u202f10.10 of NSIRA\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Rules of Procedure&nbsp;<\/em>or withdrawn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7790,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-nsira-subpages.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"tags":[156,162,168,164,141,157,158,159,160,161,163,165,166,167,169,170,171,172,173,155,69,77],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Allegations against CSIS\u2019s role in delaying security assessment regarding immigration or citizenship applications - National Security and Intelligence Review Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nsira-ossnr.gc.ca\/en\/investigations\/investigation-summaries\/allegations-against-csiss-role-in-delaying-security-assessment-regarding-immigration-or-citizenship-applications-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Allegations against CSIS\u2019s role in delaying security assessment regarding immigration or citizenship applications - 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