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Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Ms. Kwan, for that question. To quickly respond to the member's previous question, I did get a chance to read the PDI on this, and I agree wholeheartedly with everything that you've said today. It is just a clarification of something that has existed for a very long t
November 16th, 2020Committee meeting
Jatin Shory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes, absolutely. Thank you, sir, for the question. Very quickly, when we go to the immigration appeal division, for example, to appeal some of these decisions, we get records. I think everything should be recorded, even at the visa offices. I think it would really help streamlin
November 16th, 2020Committee meeting
Jatin Shory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Sure. I think that being more transparent with the applicants or their authorized representative helps. The number of times we've emailed—
November 16th, 2020Committee meeting
Jatin Shory
Citizenship and Immigration committee No problem. Thank you.
November 16th, 2020Committee meeting
Jatin Shory
Citizenship and Immigration committee My short answer is that I'm not too sure what the expectation was in releasing those instructions, because, ultimately, dual intent has been in the law for quite some time now. If anything, for me as a lawyer, this further confirmed what I already knew in terms of how dual intent
November 16th, 2020Committee meeting
Jatin Shory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Sure. I'm not a policy guy. Ultimately, 2019 numbers are pre-COVID, and post-COVID... I think that was the purpose of this study from the get-go. I don't know if I have any suggestions necessarily, but again, I know a lot of colleagues, lawyers and non-lawyers, can see that the
November 16th, 2020Committee meeting
Jatin Shory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Mr. Dhaliwal, sir, thank you for the question. You were missed at the wedding as well, so no worries there. I'll speak about the parents and grandparents first, and then I'll talk about the spousal sponsorship applications. With respect to the parents and grandparents applicati
November 16th, 2020Committee meeting
Jatin Shory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Madam Chair and honourable committee members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration this afternoon. My name is Jatin Shory, and I am an immigration and refugee lawyer working at Shory Law in Calgary, Alberta. It is
November 16th, 2020Committee meeting
Jatin Shory