Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Ms. Kwan, for that question. To quickly respond to the member's previous question, I did get a chance to read the PDI on this, and I agree wholeheartedly with everything that you've said today. It is just a clarification of something that has existed for a very long t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, absolutely. Thank you, sir, for the question. Very quickly, when we go to the immigration appeal division, for example, to appeal some of these decisions, we get records. I think everything should be recorded, even at the visa offices. I think it would really help streamlin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. I think that being more transparent with the applicants or their authorized representative helps. The number of times we've emailed—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No problem. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My short answer is that I'm not too sure what the expectation was in releasing those instructions, because, ultimately, dual intent has been in the law for quite some time now. If anything, for me as a lawyer, this further confirmed what I already knew in terms of how dual intent

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. I'm not a policy guy. Ultimately, 2019 numbers are pre-COVID, and post-COVID... I think that was the purpose of this study from the get-go. I don't know if I have any suggestions necessarily, but again, I know a lot of colleagues, lawyers and non-lawyers, can see that the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Dhaliwal, sir, thank you for the question. You were missed at the wedding as well, so no worries there. I'll speak about the parents and grandparents first, and then I'll talk about the spousal sponsorship applications. With respect to the parents and grandparents applicati

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair and honourable committee members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration this afternoon. My name is Jatin Shory, and I am an immigration and refugee lawyer working at Shory Law in Calgary, Alberta. It is