Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, unfortunately I do not.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They do not have an opportunity to work or study, to receive a work or study permit, until they have received approval in principle of the application. The attempt of that is to avoid the risk of fraudulent claims for the purpose of obtaining a work permit.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Those who already have status in Canada, or those who are out of status?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you mean for those individuals who are in status or out of status?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have the same answer as Susan. The 60-day window provides an opportunity to make a determination on the validity of a relationship. So if the question is similar to the previous one on whether it would it make sense to put into effect a regulation, rather than using a public policy on a 60-day window, it is something we'd look at.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Serious criminality is defined under the act. The application of the determination of serious criminality is a question for—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think, to go back to my earlier comments, if we have yet to make a final determination on approval in principle, we would consult with our colleagues at CBSA about whether to extend the period of time for us to make a final decision. So there's not an automaticity, that you have 60 days and the removal happens.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you mean for people who are subject to a removal order or in general?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In general, my notes indicate that on average it takes five to six months to process applications to the approval in principle stage, including those cases that are applied for under the public policy.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, there are about 17,000 applicants a year under the in-Canada spousal class, including those in status and out of status, or the two together.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, that's a separate issue. My reference to 90% was to the people who apply under this class for spousal reunification; 90% of that rough figure of 17,000 are approved.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's no appeal involved in this application process.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Susan, can I interject? I think that as a hypothetical answer, what you have described would be a circumstance that we would want to look at closely. Respecting the privacy of the case itself--we're not at liberty to speculate about the facts of a case--I think we would look and we would consult as departments on the specific facts of the case in hand to determine whether it was appropriate to proceed with a removal action at that point in time or not.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, sir?