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IS Dec 26th A fedral Holiday????
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Originally posted by GC_NC123
Is Dec 26th A fedral Holiday???? I have my fingreprinitng scheduled on 26th.
What should I do?
Should I go on 24th or later??
Any suggestion/Help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Executive Order
Executive Order Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday,
December 26, 2003
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and
their employees excused from duty on Friday, December 26, 2003, the day after Christmas Day, except as
provided in section 2 below.
Sec. 2. The heads of executive branch departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and
installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must
report for duty on December 26, 2003, for reasons of national security or defense or other public need.
Sec. 3. Friday, December 26, 2003, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order
11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they
relate to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 9, 2003.
TOO MANY HOLIDAYS
Let them take a lesson from CANADA. If CANADA can do it, the US can, right?
n, December 1, 2003
Immigration bureaucracy claims victory
By SUN MEDIA
OTTAWA -- By taking the unusual move of keeping its offices open at night and on weekends,
Citizenship and Immigration has cleared the backlog of applications for its new landed
immigrant ID card, Sun Media has learned. It's a giant feat for a department historically plagued
with backlogs across its operations.
CIC department spokesman Maria Iadinardi told Sun Media all applications for the new
permanent resident card, also known as the Maple Leaf, are now being processed on time, and
there's nothing waiting in the queue.
"The case processing centre in Sydney is processing these applications as they arrive. There's
no backlog," Iadinardi said.
EXTENDED WORKING HOURS
"The local CIC (offices) have extended their working hours in order to accommodate persons,
for example, who don't meet the scheduled appointment time to go pick up their cards. They've
extended to include evenings and weekends ... they had to do something to assist the
clientele."
The move was initially taken in Vancouver last summer when reports surfaced of long lineups
of people trying to get new Maple Leaf cards at Immigration offices. The new office hours were
then extended at other major cities such as Toronto and Montreal.
Heavily edited documents obtained by Sun Media through Access to Information legislation hint
the project has been operating with backlogs from shortly after it was launched. Attempts to
obtain a figure on the backlog have been unsuccessful.
Canadian Alliance MP Diane Ablonczy said immigrants have called her office complaining about
how the government is handling the distribution of the ID card.
"The problem is the real crunch comes right in the middle of a holiday season where people
are trying to get on carriers and if they don't have their (permanent resident card), they're not
going to be allowed to do that," Ablonczy said.
PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD
All landed immigrants who wish to travel outside Canada must have a permanent resident card,
which confirms status and acts as a travel document.
Let them take a lesson from CANADA. If CANADA can do it, the US can, right?
n, December 1, 2003
Immigration bureaucracy claims victory
By SUN MEDIA
OTTAWA -- By taking the unusual move of keeping its offices open at night and on weekends,
Citizenship and Immigration has cleared the backlog of applications for its new landed
immigrant ID card, Sun Media has learned. It's a giant feat for a department historically plagued
with backlogs across its operations.
CIC department spokesman Maria Iadinardi told Sun Media all applications for the new
permanent resident card, also known as the Maple Leaf, are now being processed on time, and
there's nothing waiting in the queue.
"The case processing centre in Sydney is processing these applications as they arrive. There's
no backlog," Iadinardi said.
EXTENDED WORKING HOURS
"The local CIC (offices) have extended their working hours in order to accommodate persons,
for example, who don't meet the scheduled appointment time to go pick up their cards. They've
extended to include evenings and weekends ... they had to do something to assist the
clientele."
The move was initially taken in Vancouver last summer when reports surfaced of long lineups
of people trying to get new Maple Leaf cards at Immigration offices. The new office hours were
then extended at other major cities such as Toronto and Montreal.
Heavily edited documents obtained by Sun Media through Access to Information legislation hint
the project has been operating with backlogs from shortly after it was launched. Attempts to
obtain a figure on the backlog have been unsuccessful.
Canadian Alliance MP Diane Ablonczy said immigrants have called her office complaining about
how the government is handling the distribution of the ID card.
"The problem is the real crunch comes right in the middle of a holiday season where people
are trying to get on carriers and if they don't have their (permanent resident card), they're not
going to be allowed to do that," Ablonczy said.
PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD
All landed immigrants who wish to travel outside Canada must have a permanent resident card,
which confirms status and acts as a travel document.
Originally posted by dukhiman
Cinta, forget about this here in US
Now, the US and Canada are on friendlier terms with the appointment of a new P.M. Now they can talk over the phone. Recent events about immigration were held in Ottawa with USCIS Director. So events in Canada can serve as an example to the CIS officials and the people who talk and have breakfast with them. Thre is relevance here, is not just for the eyes!