Afghanistan committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, honourable members and guests for giving me the chance to appear in front of the special committee on Afghanistan. The federal government, and particularly IRCC, should stop playing politics with us because it is a matter of life and death fo

Afghanistan committee  Thank you, Mr. Hallan. No, he did not reach out to us, and we are still waiting to meet with him because we requested a meeting. The department told us he would try to find a place in mid June. We are still waiting on this.

Afghanistan committee  We haven't received any UCI or G numbers after the application arrived at the IRCC office as of January 10. They stopped completely, and we got zero UCI or G numbers after that. Before that, we got about 34 to 35 persons ahead of them.

Afghanistan committee  For example, at the beginning we explained to the IRCC that some of our families have Afghan passports, but some don't; and some have birth certificates, but some don't, because we didn't think that the Government of Afghanistan would fall. They said, “You guys do not need pass

Afghanistan committee  Thank you. There are three sides to this question. I can explain. First of all, yes it is a financial problem, as well as the documents required by Pakistan. For example, to go to Pakistan, you need to get a Pakistani visa in Afghanistan. First of all, you have to have an Afg

Afghanistan committee  That is where we asked the IRCC to provide borrowed passes, or talk to the Pakistani delegation. They provided borrowed passes in the past, and in that case we do not need a passport. We can travel to Pakistan with borrowed passes.

Afghanistan committee  Only a couple in my family were able to travel to Pakistan. They're still stuck in Afghanistan, constantly changing their location. You mentioned that this is out of your hands. IRCC also kept making this point. How about the UCI and G numbers that are in the hands of IRCC?

Afghanistan committee  If they only assigned one case number per day, at least we would have five case numbers at the end of the week.

Afghanistan committee  Since the time is limited, IRCC can accommodate our families in a third country and then provide them charter flights from a third country, which is very clear. We share the pathway with them, but they just need to take action on this one. Thank you.

Afghanistan committee  Yes, it will be easy for our families. They will not go to the Taliban to ask for a passport or a third party to get Pakistan visas. They can travel to Pakistan, and after the process they can travel to Canada with the single journey travel document.

Afghanistan committee  Yes.

Afghanistan committee  That is correct.

Afghanistan committee  That is correct. Also, if they're not going to assign or open our applications, who will assign this PIN number to our application? They should do their job and put some officers on our applications, which they promised would be done within two weeks. It's been more than 100 day

Afghanistan committee  Yes, we are asking for this. Also, they have made a new obstacle, as I mentioned in my speech. They say that the RAP program will not be available to families or extended families. My question is, when they come to Canada if they want to rent a house, they are asked for income su

Afghanistan committee  We're asking them to treat us equally and fairly, and to do their moral obligation. We supported the Canadian soldier missions. We put our families at risk from the Taliban because of our relationship with the Canadian soldiers.