Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you so much. I'm really grateful. On what I would like to ask for, IRCC needs to pay urgent attention to the files of my colleagues and to issue them case numbers as soon as it is possible. Then we will see how, we ourselves, with the support that I have gathered in Canada

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that's what many other countries are doing. I think that's very easy. If there is a will, there is always a way of doing it right. We see countries that are taking people out of Afghanistan to a third country, to Pakistan. They're taking them out to Doha. They're taking

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you so much. I would say yes. The way it was announced initially, I think if I'm not wrong, it was said that there were at least 40,000. There were the words “at least” 40,000, and I think it's time that we need to stick to getting at least 40,000. That's the very first thi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What Canada knew about it is a very difficult question to answer, but I'm sure there were embassies where they knew that things were going to be very different and difficult in Afghanistan. We could also understand that there were reports coming in that things could be very diffi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What could have been done was.... It was announced that it would be 40,000 visas for Afghans who had an enduring relationship with the Government of Canada. The way it was announced the priority would be given to those people. Honestly, we do not see that. If you look at IRCC's

Citizenship and Immigration committee  May I just give a short answer?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Definitely there are many ways. Of course the way the government is going right now, it is not really helping, unfortunately. There are many ways that we can really help—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This was happening right from the beginning of August until I believe August 27. People who had received a small amount of donation or funding from the Government of Canada and Afghanistan back in 2008 or 2012, they were getting out. For us, we were publicly known. I have the ref

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I found out about that late. I think it was in July when I heard from different colleagues who we were working within the Canadian embassy that this was what the Government of Canada was doing. This is the time that I inquired from different contacts we were working with whether

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm afraid I am losing my hope for the rest of the people right now. With regard to the timeline, there was a time when I saw many people, who shared their documents with me, submit their application on, let's say, August 17 and they got their G number and everything on August 1

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. My law firm had an agreement, in fact several, from 2015 until December 2021.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Honestly, I have no words to describe that. All I would say is that there was no transparency and there was no clarity in the process. I know the country very well. I know who was working with the embassy in Afghanistan. I could literally see people or organizations that were est

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Honourable Chair, honourable vice-chairs, honourable members of the committee, thank you so much for allowing me this opportunity to be here and share my struggles of the past 10 months with you. I would also like to take the opportunity to appreciate and thank the