Citizenship and Immigration committee  I guess the PR card is not as big an issue for us, because the person is still a permanent resident whether or not he has that card in his hand. But citizenship can be quite a big challenge, because, as was mentioned, it's 18 to 24 months; that's two years. That means someone has

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, and I think if you're using it as a management tool then it's always easier to just deny and reject applications than to approve them, because it would take more time to actually go through the applications and make sure they met the requirements, or whatever. It's so much f

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's only the sponsor's income. Let's say the sponsor is in Canada and wants to sponsor their spouse overseas. Only the sponsor's income in Canada will be included. I have seen cases where, for instance, a sponsor actually tried to sponsor his spouse; the child dependant was a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. My name is Avvy Go. I'm the clinic director of the Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, which is a clinic providing free legal services to low-income immigrants and refugees from the Toronto area's Chinese and Southeast Asian communities.