Canadian Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney, has been boasting about reduction in backlog of Canadian permanent resident applications due to his department’s better policy and newly introduced amendments in immigration and refugee protection regulations. The matter of the fact is that majority of the backlog has been wiped off by returning the Canadian permanent residency applications [...]
The new immigration policy framed by the Canadian government to deter the immigration marriage fraud issue in the country has no room for domestic abuse victims. The policy, which is ready to be implemented in early fall this year, applies a condition on the sponsored spouse or partner to spend at least 2 years living [...]
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United Kingdom allows sponsoring a spouse to come and live in UK with the other better half. However, a number of people who are in danger of loosing their status in UK try to use sham marriage with a UK resident to avoid deportation. Similarly, foreign nationals also use the fraudulent or paper marriages to [...]
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The case of a woman charged with two counts of misrepresentation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and two counts of bigamy has been declared a mistrial. A new trial will be scheduled for later date. A twelve member British Columbia Supreme Court jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision. Jotika Ashni Reddy [...]
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The British High Court has ruled that UK migrants must meet the English language requirements by dismissing a petition that challenged the visa rule requiring the spouses of the migrants to be proficient in English language prior to land on the UK territory. This law was implemented in November 2010. The main motive behind inclusion [...]
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Canadian citizens and permanent residents convicted of violent offenses resulting in bodily harm will not be able to sponsor their family members to reunite with them in Canada due to regulatory changes in force with effect from November 18, 2011. Canada, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said,“I was very concerned after a court [...]
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Canada is introducing new regulations which will require the Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents sponsoring their spouses to prove that they have lived together for a defined period of time before applicant is granted permanent residency. The new regulation is expected to be introduced later this year. Furthermore, Canadian government is also bringing in a [...]
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