Citizenship and Immigration committee  You're looking at around 20 months for the IAD to issue a decision and then afterwards it goes to the visa post; it's around a year.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Once the decision goes to the IAD, it's anywhere from 18 to 20 months if there's a hearing.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe the materials are somehow sent. I am not exactly sure how that process works, but it takes around three months.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much for having me here today. While my views do not reflect the views of the Canadian Bar Association, in preparing my submission for today I did canvass my colleagues, many of whom are in the Canadian Bar Association, for their input and experience. Today I'm pr