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Citizenship and Immigration committee In every letter they receive, the reasons would be identified, whether they be purpose, travel, or funds.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee We do indeed provide a letter with every application outlining the reasons for refusal of the application, so I'm not sure.... Do they mean they didn't receive specific enough reasons or that they didn't receive a letter at all?
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee Our trend in Chandigarh is a growing acceptance rate in both lines of business, for student applicants and for genuine visitors. We attribute this, again, to a better application process and a more complete application being submitted to us. Also, we have a partnership with colleges in Canada and we have a program that clearly defines the criteria for some students, and that has also helped improve our acceptance rate.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee These officers are extremely sensitive to these compelling situations. The applicants need to meet all of the regular requirements, and the visa officer would weigh the reason for the travel versus the circumstances of the person wishing to travel to Canada.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee That is correct, in every circumstance possible. There could be a case where that doesn't happen, but that is our intention, that we always have a new officer review a new application.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee For the super visa in Chandigarh, we're sitting at eight weeks. However, if the applicant does upfront meds, they fall within our regular processing time, which is 14 days.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee It is a reason in the context of the amount of funds they would have in their bank account versus the cost if they travelled to Canada and the reason for the travel to Canada.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee No, sir, there is not an exact dollar amount.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee We do receive some requests for reconsideration, but we reconsider the application that was received. Information on what we require is widely provided, through document checklists and our visa application centre, so if they would like to have a new decision, we would expect a new application from them.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee Our acceptance rate is lower due to the number of fraudulent applications we have and due to the strong pull of Canada for the Punjabi community.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee The applications are processed on a case-by-case basis. Many of our applicants do not meet Canada's visa requirements because we are not convinced that the individual will depart Canada following an authorized stay.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee Right, so that's a lack of ties to their country of origin, unemployment or underemployment, lack of travel, and lack of establishment, including financial means.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee All of our applications are processed on a case-by-case basis. Generally, our concerns would lie on.... In my opening remarks, I mentioned the strong economic pull to Canada and whether or not the person would indeed leave Canada at the end of authorized entry.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee We don't have a specific dollar amount. What we're looking at when we talk about establishment is in the context of the person. Are they working? Are they in a position where they have a local wage rate? Do they have a pension to look forward to? It's those sorts of things, as opposed to, say, a savings account of x dollars.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney
Citizenship and Immigration committee I would, because in Chandigarh we can see a continuing rise in our acceptance rate with the introduction of the visa application centres. We feel, as Catherine Bailey was saying, that this is because the information is more available, with our checklists, and the visa application centres are able to assist the clients in providing complete documentation.
November 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Carol McKinney