I actually see part of the delayed applicants issue as being related to this, because we don't have an embassy in Iran, especially for outland applicants. We don't have visa applications in Iran either, and this is something that we actually made into a petition that was sponsored by MP Kwan.
This is one way that it's likely affecting us, but it affects us in multiple ways. We have no access. The Iranian community, unlike pretty much all immigrant communities, in Canada has no access to consular services. If tomorrow I wanted to renew my Iranian passport, I wouldn't be able to do that in Canada. I would have to go through a lengthy and costly process and go through the United States.