Exactly, but that doesn't seem to justify the long wait time that exists.
I just want to say also that it is the submission of Parkdale that when a couple is denied a visa based on the bona fides of the relationship for something as trivial as age, we feel that such decisions should no longer be made at the visa office. The overseas processing manual should be changed in order to make sure that these things don't happen and stop families from being together.
This is even more important for new Canadians who are protected persons and convention refugees, because if their application to bring over a family member is denied, they in fact do not even have recourse to the appeal division. It's our submission that this be ended and that convention refugees and persons in need of protection who are applying for permanent residence should be able to appeal to the immigration appeal division if their sponsorship of a family member is refused.