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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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.

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you want to answer?

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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.

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

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—

February 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar