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.
March 8th, 2012Committee meeting
Sidney Frank
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
March 8th, 2012Committee meeting
Sidney Frank
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
November 15th, 2011Committee meeting
Sidney Frank
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
November 15th, 2011Committee meeting
Sidney Frank
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
November 15th, 2011Committee meeting
Sidney Frank
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
November 15th, 2011Committee meeting
Sidney Frank
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
November 15th, 2011Committee meeting
Sidney Frank