Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Just three weeks after the Obama administration started accepting applications from young illegal immigrants seeking to avoid deportation and get a work permit, the government already has approved some of the roughly 72,000 applications the government has received. The Homeland Security Department said Tuesday that a small group of applications has been approved and those immigrants are being notified this week about the decision. The department did not say how many applications had been approved.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/obama-administration-oks-first-group-of-young-immigrants-to-avoid-deportation-get-work-nod-169404646.html

The federal government plans to revoke the Canadian citizenship of 3,100 people it says cheated on the process. It’s also looking at thousands of others who may have obtained or maintain permanent residence fraudulently. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says cheats will be stripped of citizenship and residence status. […] Kenney also says he is planning to introduce amendments to the Citizenship Act that would require immigration consultants to be members of a regulatory body, which he says may help crack down on crooked agents.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1254186–feds-aim-to-strip-canadian-citizenship-from-3-100

The RCMP is set to raid an unknown location in Montreal where 1,000 families claim to live, as part of a crackdown on those believed to be cheating the immigration system, CTV News has learned. […] Kenney said he took his concerns about fraudulent residency and citizenship applications to the RCMP and the CBSA about three years ago. Investigators found that some consultants were creating fake addresses and fake receipts for their clients to assist them in obtaining permanent residency status or Canadian citizenship while they lived elsewhere. […] Part of the government initiative includes plans to license immigration consultants. Consultants will also be required to report to a watchdog agency.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/rcmp-to-raid-montreal-address-as-part-of-crackdown-on-immigration-cheats-1.949485

The Government of Canada’s investigation into residence fraud continues to grow, with nearly 11,000 individuals potentially implicated in lying to apply for citizenship or maintain permanent resident status. […] Nearly 5,000 people with permanent resident status who are known to be implicated in residence fraud have been flagged for additional scrutiny should they attempt to enter Canada or obtain citizenship. The majority of these individuals are believed to be outside the country.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2012/2012-09-10.asp

Canada is carefully screening Iranians seeking to move to Canada, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said today. […] Immigration services had been removed from the embassy months ago. Speaking Monday in Ottawa, Kenney said that was in anticipation of the embassy’s closure. Those who want to apply to come to Canada must now go through the embassy in Ankara, Turkey, although Kenney says the Canadian government is looking at establishing a visa application centre through another country’s embassy.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/09/10/pol-iran-embassy-reaction.html

Awaiting answers are members of the Coalition for a Fair SINP (Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program), who last spoke with provincial Immigration Minister Bill Boyd nearly six weeks ago. That meeting explored possible concessions to the new rules affecting the family category of the immigrant nominee program, which now limits the number of relatives newcomers can sponsor and requires applicants to prove they have secured employment in a high-skills sector before moving here. […] During an event held in Victoria Park on Saturday, members of the Coalition for a Fair SINP reminded the crowd of nearly 200 people affected by the changes that the group is still waiting for a response from Boyd.
http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Waiting+game+continues+Sask+immigrants/7215915/story.html