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Citizenship and Immigration committee  Can I speak to the first part of your question, in terms of—

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. In terms of the applications process, in 2010 we received 25,521 temporary resident visas. Those are visitors—

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In Chandigarh. That was 1,076 workers and 12,833 students.

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe it's five Canada-based officers and one locally engaged officer.

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I could add something, and I think this is important, what we look for in a visa office anywhere is to discourage people from applying who have no possibility of qualifying. In terms of the student applications in Chandigarh, we were very successful in 2011. Overall applicat

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

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.

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

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

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

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

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, we do have statistics for individuals who have made refugee claims, and statistics for individuals who arrive at the port of entry, who arrive at the airports, and are turned around by officers at the airport because the information that they've provided in their applic

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

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

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

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.

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

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

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank

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

March 8th, 2012Committee meeting

Sidney Frank