Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll try to answer in a couple of ways. In terms of our backlogs and our processing times, I do want to assure you that we've been constantly reducing the backlogs based on controlled intake and our processing ability to do that. On family reunification, we have stood by the wo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, that is exactly correct. There were instances where the abusive relationships existed because of that two-year condition. So that is also an important criterion. On another note, as I mentioned earlier, there has been enough emphasis put on upfront risk assessment a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good. I'm happy to hear it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, I'll try to answer the first question. Yes, we are very cognizant of the Venezuelan situation. In fact, Global Affairs and IRCC have mentioned multiple times that someone's implied status will continue if their documents are out of date or they cannot procure those d

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, we do look at the whole gamut of things, including immovable property. In certain situations, if we see that we cannot confirm those land holdings—the titles, and others—and they are not into... A family of six children, and one part of that belongs to you.... It is

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, regarding the H and C data, we'll have to get back to you. I don't have it ready with me. In terms of the parents and grandparents, the question is probably related to the applications that were.... I don't have any information handy on that either, neither the numb

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, could I get the specific question we're trying to answer?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll try to mention this. I don't have the information ready on the visitor visas from Chandigarh. I do want to mention quickly that we do not process visa applications in Chandigarh; everything is now done in Delhi. That has been happening for a couple of years. The decision-m

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This routine is built within our way of doing stuff. Quality control is something that is built into our program, and we continue to do it regularly. It's not tracked as a separate thing. It's not something that which we have a separate way of assessing.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, although it has significantly increased, we have started to put some emphasis on making sure they actually are in their classes. We have a little pilot at designated learning institutes for them to give us the information when they grant the letter of acceptance, whi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have numbers to share at this point.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, as I mentioned earlier, the processing of those asylum claimants rests with the Immigration and Refugee Board. We don't, as such, do the processing.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you want to answer?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, it is a Treasury Board guideline in which there's a consultation that happens, and the department sets those specific standards in consultation with the provinces, territories and other partners. That is published on our website. We strive to achieve those service s

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, with visa processing we are trying to be a little more granular on the specifics of what the situations are that pertain to a specific case, instead of the regular five or six conditions, and get it be a little bit more descriptive about. We are working towards that.