Citizenship and Immigration committee  With regard to 2015 to 2018, I'll drill it back a little bit. There was a plan in place, as my colleague described, in terms of our ability to control backlogs and processing times. We needed to have a controlled intake, so we produced a mechanism by which we were limiting the in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll very briefly describe the temporary resident and visitor visa process. When a person applies, they are supposed to submit all of the supporting documents. These include their ability to demonstrate that they are capable financially, that they have a valid reason to travel, a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, let me start by saying that recently we have seen a situation developing in Cuba that prompted us and our partners at Global Affairs Canada not to have a footprint in Havana. There where some health-related issues that we had to react to for the safety and security o

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry. I could not really hear that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, this specific aspect is very much related to the role that CBSA plays, in terms of the moratorium, and our department has no specific information that we can share at this point.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, in that context I must say that our department has started to look into more client-centric approaches. We have started to look at situations where there is some information missing. Instead of sending the file back for completion, we can get that information either

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, we will get that information back to the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, I'll start by saying that if you are applying at the very beginning for permanent residency, there are certain specific requirements, but they're not specific to the funding—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, the probation at times was a way of getting a sign of confidence—I wouldn't want to use the term “guarantee”—in the sponsor's ability to support the newcomer in the Canadian fold. That was originally the intent, but the spousal program has undergone many changes, and

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, we pay a lot of attention to marriages of convenience. That is the term we use in our lingo for marriage fraud. Let me just mention this. Concerning the risk factors or any specific risk parameters that will point towards a possible marriage fraud or marriage of conv

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The department doesn't keep records, as such, for the category of those with disabilities who have applied to sponsor someone. I can assure the member that proper attention is paid to all of the other parameters. This is not something we are looking at, in any way, shape or form,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll start first with the Atlantic immigration pilot. The Atlantic immigration pilot is certainly a successful pilot, which is managing the timelines grosso modo between the six-month time frame. We also see a lot of things that come through in terms of express entry, internation

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll give you the quantum, as such. This year there were 341,000 landings for permanent residence. We had to process almost 412,000 applications. Obviously, landing means the number of people who actually landed in Canada and are physically in Canada. To do that, we produced the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. The answer to that is twofold. One is that with Bill C-6, we have a double cohort of citizenship applications. Secondly, in terms of residency requirements, we have prepared a little card that allows people to self-assess and do that—