ATIP Requests and Interpretation of GCMS Notes

Included with our Passes

March 25, 2025 at 12:00pm EST

$60

2 hours

Attend Live and On-Demand Recording

SUMMARY

Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) and its use for Immigration practitioners. This course will discuss who can access this information, what and when to request the ATIP, and how it can be useful. This will include a discussion on how to read the notes received from IRCC to extrapolate the useful information for the clients and draw conclusions to help decide on the recommendation for the best course of action for the client. It will also focus on tips to allow a better triage and understanding of the important parts of the ATIP notes from the IRCC Officer.

Includes:

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

  • Fundamentals of ATIP
  • Why is the ATIP (Officer’s notes) useful?
  • Reading and interpreting the notes received from IRCC
  • Concrete examples of notes to help understand the format of GCMS notes
  • Getting the most out of the ATIP notes you received
  • Lodging a complaint related to the Access to Information Act?

CPD CREDITS

For Lawyers and Paralegals
Law Society of Ontario

Substantive Hours: This program is eligible for up to 2 hours.

Law Society of British Columbia

Approved for 2 CPD credits.

Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements

For Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants and RISIAs
College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants

Approved for 2 CPD Hours
Video recording valid until March 25, 2026

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INSTRUCTOR

Annie Beaudoin

Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant
Senior Consultant, Beaudoin Immigration Consulting

Annie Beaudoin has over 20 years of high-level expertise in Canadian Immigration. She was a Canadian Immigration Officer and worked for the Government of Canada – IRCC for 15 years. Her years of experience as an Immigration Officer in a Canadian Visa Office at the Canadian Consulate General in Los Angeles have allowed her to accumulate rare high-level expertise in Canadian Immigration in complex cases and inadmissibilities to Canada.

Ms. Annie Beaudoin is the owner and senior consultant at Beaudoin Immigration Consulting. Her RCIC license number is R533869.
She also teaches Immigration Law at the University of Montreal and at Queens University. Furthermore, she is a member of the Discipline Tribunal of the College (CICC).

Over the years, she has worked on the entire spectrum of visa categories in Canada and was asked to develop technical knowledge on inadmissibility(s) to Canada, including criminal inadmissibility originating from the United States and other foreign countries. Therefore, Ms. Beaudoin possesses unparalleled experience in complex permanent residence and temporary residence applications & the invaluable concrete perspective of the actual governmental decision-makers.
Ms. Beaudoin is passionate about Canadian immigration and loves working with an international clientele. She is always dedicated to providing professional services in a transparent manner with a specific focus on her clients’ needs and goals. She wishes to contribute to the industry at large and share her knowledge as a mentor. She also is a speaker at numerous Canadian Immigration Conferences every year.

Born and raised in Québec City, Ms. Beaudoin is also bilingual in both of Canada’s official languages: French and English.