O_guy said:
b4roness, I have a friend whose application to sponsor his wife was rejected. About a month later, he received a letter in the mail from CIC giving him the option to sit down with CIC appeals officer. My friend took his immigration lawyer but the CIC officer would not let the lawyer speak. The CIC officer dictated who spoke and what evidence was looked at. So the sad part is, they are still not reasonable during the appeal, which is why some cases go to the courts.
Often times, perception clouds reality in the eyes of CIC officers.
That's absolutely horrid =( , and intolerable. All evidence provided in a hearing, of ANY kind, whether ADR or full Federal, needs to be examined. THEY asked for it. They require us to provide as much evidence as possible in order for them to have a clear understanding of our relationship aside from our verbal comments.
For an officer to disregard evidence, which in turn can risk the future lives of the applicants, is something that should, if it goes that far, be brought to the Supreme court, and have the original and appeal officers jobs put on the line. Those kind of people should not be working for ANY governing body, or anything having to do with people or customer service. It's biased, and should be illegal.
If evidence doesn't matter, as the officer clearly stated in both my case and your friend's, then what's the point of this entire process? For power-tripped jerks to have some fun by making peoples lives miserable? What are we, in purgatory?
I will be bringing up my case to any media channels willing to air it, and to the minister of immigration. These things shouldn't happen. ALL evidence should be examined by at LEAST two officers, so that the decision isn't one sided.
Because of ONE jerk, our entire families, not just us, suffer.
