Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's great. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the committee for inviting me to speak. My name is Sidney Frank, and I am the program manager of the New Delhi visa office and area director for South Asia. I would like to provide a short overview, emphasizing topics that I u

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The majority of applications refused by us, especially those for temporary resident visas, involve fraud or false statements. As Ms. Zadravetz explained, we can refuse applications under section 40 of the act. We don't do that all the time, especially during the high season. Howe

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is Sid Frank in New Delhi. In terms of permanent-resident visas, we are assigned targets for the year that are based on the resources we have; our issuance of visas is not based on our intake for the year. So I would say that yes, we do have the resources to handle the vis

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I could comment on the super visa for parents. First of all, in my experience, the vast majority of parents who apply for visas to visit Canada do receive them. Parents visiting their children is not an area where we see a great deal of fraud. There's really an incentive for us

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If you're asking Delhi, I'm saying we'll gladly give 10-year multiple-entry visas to parents. There's another aspect of the super visa that I think is really important. Upon arrival in Canada, parents will be able to receive permission to stay in Canada for two years. That's a v

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the committee for inviting me to speak. My name is Sidney Frank, and I am program manager of the visa office in New Delhi and area director for the South Asia region. I will talk today about challenges faced by visa offices in India in co

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Basically, we have profiles that we work with. We look at a file, and based on our experience and knowledge, we determine which files are potentially risks and which ones aren't. When there are potential risks, we are in contact with our partners, with CBSA and with CSIS, and w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Generally we would not do that for every applicant, but again, it's a question of what the risks are. If we feel that there are risks, then we will do it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's not something we would normally calculate.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would depend on the type of application and what, in terms of reviewing the file, the risks involved were. I'd say, actually, that we do the straightforward ones more quickly. That enables us to concentrate our resources on the ones that are more problematic. The more problem

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It depends. I'm not sure which statistic you're looking at. We can combine them together. We can say temporary residents, meaning visitors, and have separate statistics for students and separate statistics for temporary foreign workers.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure what sheet you're looking at, but certainly we can check that sheet and let you know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is definitely fraud and forgery. I would have to say that in the Punjab, based on our experience, there is a greater involvement of unscrupulous consultants who mislead applicants. Sometimes we're puzzled by it too. I can give you the example of the super visa. It is a spe

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right. The difference between what happens in the Punjab in Chandigarh and what happens in New Delhi is that the people who don't meet the low-income cut-off are screening themselves out. They're not applying. We believe that there are consultants in the Punjab who are sa