Very interesting article.... of particular concern was this statement.... straight from the horse's mouth (former Immigration Minister):
"Typically, on a global basis we process spousal sponsorship applications in under 12 months. In some places it becomes more difficult, where there are higher rates of fraud. I'll give you an example, we have very long processing times in Pakistan, in part because the Pakistani government wouldn't give visas to our officers to go in and make decisions and, in part, because a lot of people there do Shariah marriages which are not registered in the civil courts and we can't verify them. "
It's clear from this the Canadian govt is making us suffer over their diplomatic disputes..... It's completely ridiculous n inexcusable!... Y r they holding our relationships hostage over their own stupidity??.... It makes no difference to pakistani govt how long it takes.... paki politicians r only concerned with stuffing their pockets n pursuing their own agendas.....Conservative govt did the same thing over UAE n it was taken out on us citizens where we had to pay thousands of dollars for a visit visa anywhere in UAE
Conservative government 
