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[Steph C]

They need to meet their mandate for family reunification to be under 6 months.

What mandate is that? Is that something they are striving for?

 

[Luckyman]

I've read several articles that state the magic 6 months as the target maximum for all applications that include reunification of family members. And that all the stages and changes being implemented in CIC as a whole are in efforts to reflect that.

Seems they're doing wonderful job!!

(As I look at my pay stubs with approx. 35% taken every month in taxes!)...pretty sure some of those taxes funded Harper's need for his BMW to be flown to India for his visit too...(pats on the back Harper!!)

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

What mandate is that? Is that something they are striving for?

I went looking for the link for the law review on the mandate can't find it yet but I will keep looking. In the Act itself under immigration objectives it states:

(f) to support, by means of consistent standards and prompt processing, the attainment of immigration goals established by the Government of Canada in consultation with the provinces;

Prompt processing...I'm sure than does not mean 12 months to process an application that takes less than an hour to fill out.

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

Found it.

This a review done back in 2004 by the Canadian Bar Association. You can read the whole thing but the Family Sponsorship stuff is on page 5.


http://www.cba.org/cba/submissions/pdf/05-20-eng.pdf

 

[truesmile]

AND at the very bottom of page 5 is the "Recommendation":

"Applications should be finalized within one year, given that the medical examination is generally valid for only one year, and must then be redone at the applicant's expense."

So that's the motivation . . . and their real target is "one year". Errr, for the author anyway.

 

[Steph C]

Found it.

This a review done back in 2004 by the Canadian Bar Association. You can read the whole thing but the Family Sponsorship stuff is on page 5.


http://www.cba.org/cba/submissions/pdf/05-20-eng.pdf

That's pretty interesting stuff.. although 8 years old now. Who is the CBA or what kind of authority do they hold?

 

[scos]

CBA is the Canadian Bar Association. The land of the lawyers! Be afraid, be very afraid...

 

[truesmile]

Would that be the "land of lawyers" . . . who couldn't get a good gig?! I'm shakin' in my boots!

 

[chelyfan]

That's pretty interesting stuff.. although 8 years old now. Who is the CBA or what kind of authority do they hold?

are you just sponsoring your wife... or are there children also....

 

[chelyfan]

Great news everyone waiting...CEM has just changed the time waiting to 12 months.... now all our meds will expire... and redo... another 5200 peso and hold you longer when we applied it was 9 months...now 12 we will all be strangers to our spouse... maybe its time to just give up!!!! tyhe CEM just seems to take your money ......maybe the Docs are being payed off... for another med.... we are all suckers.... so far I have spent over $ 45.0000 Canadian money for trips and money sent... now they say more time.... I bet the dr. are paying someone to take longer and get a kick back.... Wanna bet anyone!!!!!

 

[Steph C]

Great news everyone waiting...CEM has just changed the time waiting to 12 months.... now all our meds will expire... and redo... another 5200 peso and hold you longer when we applied it was 9 months...now 12 we will all be strangers to our spouse... maybe its time to just give up!!!! tyhe CEM just seems to take your money ......maybe the Docs are being payed off... for another med.... we are all suckers.... so far I have spent over $ 45.0000 Canadian money for trips and money sent... now they say more time.... I bet the dr. are paying someone to take longer and get a kick back.... Wanna bet anyone!!!!!

Well, at least I don't have to stress about our meds expiring because it was already a given that they would expire in June, we applied in April. A bit late. But they would have expired anyways.

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

Well, at least I don't have to stress about our meds expiring because it was already a given that they would expire in June, we applied in April. A bit late. But they would have expired anyways.

Really the goal is to process quickly. The target for 6 months is realistic. The 1 year processing time is the outside limit due the expiry of supporting documents.
CIC should refund these costs if they fail to process an application within that timeframe.

 

[Luckyman]

I'd be fine with actually suggesting a TRV for the principal applicant if things went over the target processing time.
I don't care about the money, IF there is still a service offered, and I think that would give us back the customer aspect.

At the very least, a choice, money back, or immediate TRV for PA.

 

[tuyen]

I'd be fine with actually suggesting a TRV for the principal applicant if things went over the target processing time.
I don't care about the money, IF there is still a service offered, and I think that would give us back the customer aspect.

At the very least, a choice, money back, or immediate TRV for PA.

You guys are so adorable the way you just conjure up these wild and crazy schemes without even trying to think them through.

Imagine the vast myriads of people that would be flooding into Canada if every applicant was simply given a TRV. People by the hundreds of thousands would be using that loophole to enter the country illegally, knowing full well they have no intentions of ever being married/staying married or ever going home again. You'd basically do to Canada what the Mexicans have done to the U.S.

The whole "let's give them a TRV" idea would only work if the applicant was already approved to come to Canada as a spouse - which would make the whole TRV moot. But if you hand out TRVs to every applicant just because their application took a little longer to process, it's basically like saying, "let's just skip the whole background checks and approval phase, and we'll just let you into the country, no questions asked".

 

[Luckyman]

I think your comment speaks volumes for lack of logic and common sense. Seeing that you totally missed the point and chose to pounce instead.