Citizenship and Immigration committee  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

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure that I heard your entire question because there was a gap in the translation. If I understood, you're asking about the pattern of acceptances or refusals for TRVs and student visas. Would you just repeat?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The upsurge in students is largely attributable to the fact that we now have the caseloads of Korea and Japan. As you may be aware, a great many Korean families send their children to study in Canada for a few years of elementary or high school. That has caused a marked upsurge i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, they're not. That's correct. Now we do also see students, of course, who are wishing to join their parents who are on a work permit in Canada. Those may, indeed, be Filipinos. But the large upswing in our numbers is largely a reflection that we now have the workload from Se

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd have to look that up. I don't have that information at my fingertips, unfortunately, but I can get it back to committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If they do an e-application and an e-med and are not found to have any medical problems, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, the processing time is six to eight weeks at the moment for a super visa. Unfortunately—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I could add to that, during this period, the staff in the office have been working extremely hard. Filipinos are very loyal to their comrades, and they feel very much for people affected by the typhoon, so they've been devoting many, many hours of work to this. I think at the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, we haven't really received that information.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am going to pass the microphone over to my colleague, Ms. Patricia Nicoll, to answer most of that. I'd like to make one comment about the typhoon, which is that we were extremely fortunate in that the typhoon went south of Manila and north of Cebu City, between two large urban

Citizenship and Immigration committee  From the perception of Manila, I would say we have made great strides over the past year in getting more information out to applicants and authorized representatives about the sorts of things they should be mentioning on their application forms. We've worked to improve the inform

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will try to read quickly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. My name is Catherine Bailey, and I am the immigration program manager in Manila. I understand that the committee is conducting a study on temporary resident visas for visitors. I will therefore concentrate my comments on temporary resident applications and on what we