Evidence of meeting #6 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was applicants.
A recording is available from Parliament.
7:25 p.m.
Conservative
John Weston Conservative West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Yes, that would be great.
Could we perhaps switch to Ms. McKinney and Mr. Irvine? Are you able to give us a sense of the trend?
7:25 p.m.
Immigration Program Manager, Chandigarh, India, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Our trend in Chandigarh is a growing acceptance rate in both lines of business, for student applicants and for genuine visitors. We attribute this, again, to a better application process and a more complete application being submitted to us.
Also, we have a partnership with colleges in Canada and we have a program that clearly defines the criteria for some students, and that has also helped improve our acceptance rate.
7:25 p.m.
Conservative
John Weston Conservative West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Going back to the Philippines,
in a normal work day in your respective visa offices, how many applications can an agent process? Given the growing pressure, do agents have sufficient time to examine them?
7:30 p.m.
Immigration Program Manager, Manila, Philippines, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
The number of applications reviewed by an officer is going to vary, depending on the complexity of the cases. That's always been the way, in all my experience in visa offices.
With very simple cases of e-applications that are straightforward acceptances, one could do 40 or 50 in a day. But if one has complex work permit applications, one might accomplish 15 or 20 in a day. So there is a lot of variation depending on what the workload is.
7:30 p.m.
Conservative
John Weston Conservative West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Thank you, both here and overseas, for your help tonight.
7:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
On behalf of the committee, I thank you all as well for appearing.
This meeting is adjourned.