Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, there will be a couple of different ways. Employers will eventually be able to look directly into the pool through the job bank. Applicants in the pool will be required to register with the job bank. Employers who are unable to locate first a Canadian citizen or permanent re

Industry committee  Thank you very much, sir, for the question. A Canadian citizen who anticipates returning to Canada can sponsor his spouse and children as members of the family class, with a view to permanent immigration. Meanwhile, the children and his wife can get a student visa to study in Ca

Industry committee  The spouse and the children can come to Canada if they come from a country where a visitor visa is required. They can apply for a visitor visa. If foreign nationals were to be automatically given the right to enter and study in Canada before any examination of the bona fides of

Industry committee  It's difficult to answer your question, Madam, if we don't know whether or not she was successful in getting a labour market opinion process and had problems with CIC, or whether the challenges were with ESDC. Were the challenges with the labour market opinion process or with th

Industry committee  Sir, I'm not sure which things you're referring to.

Industry committee  We're certainly working very hard to improve overall processing times at our offices abroad, if that's what you're referring to. The government, as I mentioned, is also rolling out the new expression of interest program, and we will be doing an ambitious employer outreach program

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you very much for this invitation. As director general for immigration policy at Citizenship and Immigration Canada, I am responsible for the development of policies to facilitate the entry of both temporary and permanent residents in a

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, we had felt that the ESDC would begin, but I can start first if you would prefer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, we can confirm that—then they are eligible for permanent resident status if they meet other eligibility requirements such as not having criminal records and so forth. So, yes, they do have access to permanent resident status in some situations.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We can give them permanent resident status.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have the numbers of trafficking victims who became permanent residents subsequently through that TRP but I believe that information could probably be provided to the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have that data in front of me but there is a class for temporary resident permit holders. If they are a temporary resident permit holder for a period of—is it five years?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, there are specific measures in place to make sure that victims of trafficking are protected. There are specific regulatory provisions to issue them a temporary resident permit to remain in Canada under the provision that they are a victim of trafficking. These are used fairl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll start, and Mr. Orr may wish to add something. Forced marriages are something very difficult to quantify. The known incidence of forced marriages in the immigration system is quite small, and the instances tend to be anecdotal. We are certainly looking now more systematicall

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I certainly think that's a very good point. We need to make sure we have, through our outreach and settlement services, special community situations, places people can go. It is always more of a challenge for individuals without good official language skills. I think the transl