In clearing this backlog, we are actually going to a modernized approach. We are going to be writing to the sponsor of the parent or grandparent and asking the sponsor to provide us with the application for their parent or grandparent. We'll be encouraging them to provide as many of the documents as possible, including the police certificate. Parents and grandparents who don't have dependent children are fairly low-risk. Once we have the birth certificate to prove the relationship, then the next step is a medical. We're going to try to do more of these from Canada. We will send to the missions only those cases where there may be questions about dependants. Are they the real dependants? Do they still go to school? We'll be testing our modernization vision.
On November 17th, 2011. See this statement in context.