Citizenship and Immigration committee  It may be that the officer is not satisfied that they have a legitimate reason for temporarily travelling to Canada. That could be the reason for the refusal. Again, dual intent is a recognized, legitimate reason to have two applications in process. Many such applications are app

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have numbers for the rejection rate of incomplete applications. I can tell you, though, that the VACS and the online application wizard we have ensures that clients submit all the required documentation to support their application. Those two initiatives have improved th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We also have planned for four more TD officers to go to the Philippines in quarter four. As well, as Ms. Nicoll has just mentioned, we've been leveraging with our colleagues in CPR to assist us with some of the processing or the client service that can be done in Canada to assi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I cannot speak for the centralized processing region, so I can't speak for whether we've had an increase in in-Canada applications. I'm not sure if my colleagues in the Philippines would know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't believe we have stats on that. I don't have them with me. We could verify whether we can get that to you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We don't keep records on cases of the reasons for individual refusals, so I don't have statistics for you on individual percentages of the reasons.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Rejections of...?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Applicants who fail the first time around always have the option to reapply and to provide additional information in support of their application. Any new information is taken into consideration when the officer assesses that new application, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are several factors that these officers will consider when assessing a temporary resident visa application. We will look at such things as ties to the home country, the reasons for travel, the person's means, and so on. All of those things factor into a decision made by the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can answer that. When a client's application is refused, we issue a written letter. We have generally a checklist letter on which we check off the reasons for the refusal. There may be one; there may be a few. They are specific reasons, and they are given to applicants so tha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would be, as Ms. Bailey said, up to the applicant to provide the information to us. As she said, the onus is on the applicants to provide all the information in support of their application. Certainly travel history is something a visa officer would take into consideration.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Should I go back to the beginning of that paragraph?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Very well. Finally, we are also active in supporting processing during emergencies, such as the typhoon which recently struck the Philippines. We take seriously our role in supporting Canadians in affected areas. We provide priority processing for all types of applicants, includ

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Angela Gawel, and I'm the director general of the international region. I'm pleased to appear before you today and hope that our testimony will be helpful to you as you undertake your study of the tempo