That's the difficult thing in proving violence, outside of physical bruises, as well as if there are witnesses to the abuse.
What we have been told by our front-line practitioners who have been working with those women is that even when women somehow get that information and they attempt to get further information about the implications for their immigration status, many citizenship offices do not have that information, they're not aware of the exemption, so women are being given wrong and often contradictory information.
Exacerbating the problems is that the 1-800 number from CIC is often not answered by a person in real time, and so folks are not able to get the information they require so that they can be informed that, yes, if you are being abused you really can leave, that you will be exempted from the deportation order or the conditionality of the two years of not living together with your spouse. Hence, our push for education, not only of the sponsored spouse but also of those working in immigration and other service agencies so that women get accurate information in terms of the implications for their immigration status.