Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Program

Remedy 1: Denial of Visa to Persons outside Canada

CBSA and CIC headquarters staff and staff located at specific Canadian missions abroad provided cost estimates. The chosen posts processed the largest number of visas that warranted war crimes investigations of any city in their respective region (Europe, Africa, South America, and Middle East). According to CIC's Computer Assisted Immigration System database, between 2001 and 2007, the chosen posts denied 923 visas based on war crimes.

Cost estimates represent the salary and benefits of the human resource effort required to process a typical case and they range from roughly $600 to $7,800, depending on the complexity of the case. For example, the cost estimate of a case originating in Africa where a non-permanent visa is denied based on war crimes is roughly $639. In a more complex case involving a permanent visa, where the applicant appeals the denial to Federal Court, the cost ranges between $7,000 and $8,000.