Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there are different situations in which you can have a marriage of convenience. One of them may be that there is some sort of consideration, a monetary consideration or other that, for instance, the sponsor receives for engaging in a marriage of convenience. It may also b

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Gawel.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Bad faith, 32%....

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, we do. We hire both locally engaged officers who speak the local languages and are familiar with the local cultures and norms, as well as our Canada-based officers who, as my colleague mentioned, do receive training, cultural sensitivity training, and training in the local c

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The sponsorship application is a family class application, a permanent resident's application, so there are more criteria that the applicant needs to meet. As well, there are levels that we must meet each year. Although intake in the past on family class applications for the p

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have a statistic. In fact there isn't an appeal mechanism. An applicant who's refused has two lines of recourse. They may, as we've talked about, reapply—pay a $75 fee for a single entry and reapply—or they can seek leave for judicial review through the Federal Court. I

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe the individual who commits the act would be held accountable.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  For Chandigarh and Manila?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure I have those with me today, but we can present them to you. We can follow up.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just in answer to your previous question, I don't have a percentage, but with regard to judicial reviews of temporary resident visa decisions, I have the 2011 numbers: 41 of 63 applications for leave and judicial review were either denied or discontinued without settlement. So

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Most European countries do not require visitor visas for Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The payment of social assistance is through the public purse. That's one of the reasons we of course strive to ensure that we admit people who have legitimate reasons for travelling to Canada and who are seeking to enter Canada for legitimate purposes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Approval rates vary from country to country. There are, as we've talked about, a number of factors that visa officers will be looking at. I think it's fair to say, though, that we assess cases individually. Even though a country may statistically have an 85% approval rate, not

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We call that dual intent. For instance, an applicant may have a permanent resident application in process. While that is in process, an applicant may, for various reasons, wish to go to Canada, and they require a temporary resident visa to travel to Canada. It's not uncommon for

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If they're applying for permanent residence, they would not yet be a landed immigrant. They would still be a foreign national. That is why they would need a temporary resident visa if they were travelling to Canada prior to obtaining permanent residence.