Citizenship and Immigration committee  One of the bottlenecks that we encounter here in the Philippines, as I have mentioned in my opening remarks, is that sometimes there are simple problems communicating with clients. The mail service can be unreliable, and we notice this particularly with some of our parents and gr

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll address your question on the provincial nominees. We've been able to keep our processing times to under a year, and we expect to be able to do the same over this coming year. As I've indicated, we found many ways we can manage the risks of that program. We know where we wan

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, we have the same technical problems. The system that we would use to run that, called CAIPS, is antiquated and may not necessarily be able to produce that information. One of the things you have to bear in mind in terms of the multiple-entry visa is that the cost-recover

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Our policy in Manila right now is that every person who applies for a multiple-entry visa is given the maximum ability possible according to their passport. That's been our policy over at least the last year, and we've been doing that on a regular basis.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The super visa is something we look forward to. In some respects we've already been doing something similar with our parents and grandparents, because we recognize that our processing times are long. We're hoping that over the next year, as we get into more and more of our parent

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm honoured to be here.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My name is Kent Francis and I'm the acting immigration program manager in Manila. I understand the committee is studying the immigration application backlog in light of the action plan for faster immigration. I will therefore provide you information on this in the context of Man