This year, Croatian Nikola Maricic was twice refused visas to attend a conference in Vancouver even though he had visited Toronto previously in 2009. “I have lost my confidence in the Canadian visa process.”
This year, Croatian Nikola Maricic was twice refused visas to attend a conference in Vancouver even though he had visited Toronto previously in 2009. “I have lost my confidence in the Canadian visa process.”
This year, Croatian Nikola Maricic was twice refused visas to attend a conference in Vancouver even though he had visited Toronto previously in 2009. “I have lost my confidence in the Canadian visa process.”
Nikola Maricic
Nicholas Keung is a Toronto-based reporter covering immigration
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Comment by david.
Contrary to what immigration lawyers or advocates what, Canada needs to reduce the number coming in yearly.
As such that will result in a reduction of those being accepted. There should be hard caps on the actual number that are being admitted with no exceptions.
The process needs to be streamlined and any individual determined to be insincere or untruthful on an application should be automatically disqualified for the next 10 years of applying and should lose the right to appeal.
But on the flip side the example of
Canadian Frank Shen, who spent years working as a project manager in China before returning to Canada for good in 2022, was refused a spousal sponsorship last year because the officer did not believe he resided in this country despite copies of his passports, the lease for his home in Richmond Hill, his car lease and utility bills as evidence.
In this instance the immigration officer should be fired along with the Department manager or director. These individuals have jobs that require the use of discretion and common sense.
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Comment by Justin.
You don't have a right to immigrate to Canada. If we want to tighten up our standards and start rejecting more applicants I say good.
Comment by Corrie.
. “I have lost my confidence in the Canadian visa process.” Well you have just restored mine. edited
Comment by sam.
finally good news
enough already
Comment by June L.
Those are still very generous acceptance rates. Probably too generous in some categories. Immigration consultants need to understand that Canada chooses who is accepted for entry into this country, not them.
Comment by ann.
simple way to reduce immigration, stop the gravy train and you will find out in a hurry who really wants to be here for the right reasons. my family came here with virtually no money in their pockets, everyone including little children picked fruit to make ends meet, far cry from what happens today.
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