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Here is something I faxed to CIC Minister Jason Kenney. I think the process is in need of either more staff or improving how the Family Applications are handled.
September 1, 2011
The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1L1
Re: Immigration Policies on Spousal Applications and Procedures
Sir,
First of all allow me to say that I understand that by complaining about the immigration policy, can and will cause further delays in my application to sponsor and my wife's application for Permanent Residence Status, this I have been informed of by a member of your immigration office in Ottawa.
I have read several times on how the Government of Canada has made changes to help facilitate the speedy process to reunify the Family. I have not seen any of it in my case. When my wife and I started this process we worked under certain rules and instructions that when the day came for me to mail the documents in, I went back on the CIC website and found that a change in policy or rules had been noted. I believe the date was Mid June. This was regarding the Police Certificate requirements. In my instructions it had indicated that we must wait for a letter and form to submit to the Local Police for the certificate. I was already in Canada and by these changes in rulings has caused a two-week delay in filing.
When I was with my wife and completing the application the instructions also said that we must also wait for the request from the Visa Office before having the medical certificate. Again when I went on the website it had indicated that the Medical should be submitted with the application. We were fortunate that we had time to do all this before I returned to Canada to file the documents. It was also indicated that we must use the DMP that has been allowed by Citizen and Immigration. It was interesting that people in the northern, western and southern ------- had DMP's less than three hours away where we had to travel by train to ---- which is 10 hours and then stay in a hotel as my wife, my 5-year-old son and I were so tired from the trip. Then we pay American prices for this examination in an American Facility where we could have had all this done in ----------- at 1/3 to ½ the cost by a qualified doctor. This indicates that our Government does not trust the doctors of ---------- doctors to be qualified or that all doctors are corrupt. I say shame on this.
I complain because of the inconvenience and hardship your policies create on a 5-year-old child and the parents to jump through hoops and this would appear to be of some form of entertainment to the people involved in the process of approving or disallowing the applicant. The immigration process of obtaining documents is expensive enough than to add the high cost of a medical and the additional expenses that are incurred to complete such process. If I am not mistaken but with the immigration fees and the expenses of getting document, translations, notarizing and copying of said documents have cost us close to 5,000.00 dollars. For some people this would be a great burden and there has to be a better way. And why the translations when the staff of the VO in a particular country speak and read the language.
Your instructions also say that we must remain in Canada during the process of sponsorship and later I am informed by my MP that since I was born in Canada I could have made application for sponsorship from the -------- all the while being with my wife and son. Again I say shame on you. I have been away from her three months when this time could have been spent working and developing a stronger relationship.
There is a 5-year-old boy who has never really known a father and the father he did have broken promises or hardly ever showed up to spend time with him. The long period of time I spent with him, he has seen me more than his real father. When he has a nightmare, he cries for his papa, ME, and I am not there. Now he asks his mamma when is papa coming home. I will return on September 14, 2011 so that this problem with the boy can be dealt with. This to me is being cruel when a child is involved and your policies need to reflex the facts that there could be younger children in this immigration process.
Finally I wish to complain about the way our applications are being handled. We send in our documents via Priority Post so that we can track our files, and that is that. We do not receive any letter that our file has been received, nor can we see on your online system that it has. We sit and wait the days indicated on the site to hear word if approval has been granted or not. When I sent in our application, the site indicated that there was a 40 process time.
Well your site now says 60 and increasing an average of three days increases each time the website is updated. According to that it would mean that by the time your people get my application the wait time will have climbed to 72 days. That is 72 days to wait before your call centre will allow us to ask if our file has been received and if they are working on it. And if they indicate that it has not been received then we start the process all over again with the wait, the medical and the police certificate because they would be due to expire. Thus, the expense doubles.
Why have the selection on your website when checking application status, Receipt Number (IMM 5401) when you can't even use it and anything gets posted regarding your file until after the sponsorship process has been completed. Why do some applications have a place for an email address and some don't. Mine didn't so I sit and wait for a letter when other get emails a week sooner. I see that the policies of Immigration Canada put unnecessary stress on the applicants and that the process is not fair to all and needs to be looked at further if it is your wish as indicated in past posts on the internet to help to reunify the family regarding immigration to Canada. Refugees get better service, faster service, and more latitude to enter the country.
Now in conclusion, since I have written this letter, as informed by certain people, I can expect my application to take even longer as now you will be ruffled up and demand a fine tooth comb to find things wrong to reject it. Yes this is what I expect but I believe also in my right to complain, to my Government, which we as Canadians elected, to what I feel is a form of unfairness in its policies.
I am not a very happy Canadian.
September 1, 2011
The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1L1
Re: Immigration Policies on Spousal Applications and Procedures
Sir,
First of all allow me to say that I understand that by complaining about the immigration policy, can and will cause further delays in my application to sponsor and my wife's application for Permanent Residence Status, this I have been informed of by a member of your immigration office in Ottawa.
I have read several times on how the Government of Canada has made changes to help facilitate the speedy process to reunify the Family. I have not seen any of it in my case. When my wife and I started this process we worked under certain rules and instructions that when the day came for me to mail the documents in, I went back on the CIC website and found that a change in policy or rules had been noted. I believe the date was Mid June. This was regarding the Police Certificate requirements. In my instructions it had indicated that we must wait for a letter and form to submit to the Local Police for the certificate. I was already in Canada and by these changes in rulings has caused a two-week delay in filing.
When I was with my wife and completing the application the instructions also said that we must also wait for the request from the Visa Office before having the medical certificate. Again when I went on the website it had indicated that the Medical should be submitted with the application. We were fortunate that we had time to do all this before I returned to Canada to file the documents. It was also indicated that we must use the DMP that has been allowed by Citizen and Immigration. It was interesting that people in the northern, western and southern ------- had DMP's less than three hours away where we had to travel by train to ---- which is 10 hours and then stay in a hotel as my wife, my 5-year-old son and I were so tired from the trip. Then we pay American prices for this examination in an American Facility where we could have had all this done in ----------- at 1/3 to ½ the cost by a qualified doctor. This indicates that our Government does not trust the doctors of ---------- doctors to be qualified or that all doctors are corrupt. I say shame on this.
I complain because of the inconvenience and hardship your policies create on a 5-year-old child and the parents to jump through hoops and this would appear to be of some form of entertainment to the people involved in the process of approving or disallowing the applicant. The immigration process of obtaining documents is expensive enough than to add the high cost of a medical and the additional expenses that are incurred to complete such process. If I am not mistaken but with the immigration fees and the expenses of getting document, translations, notarizing and copying of said documents have cost us close to 5,000.00 dollars. For some people this would be a great burden and there has to be a better way. And why the translations when the staff of the VO in a particular country speak and read the language.
Your instructions also say that we must remain in Canada during the process of sponsorship and later I am informed by my MP that since I was born in Canada I could have made application for sponsorship from the -------- all the while being with my wife and son. Again I say shame on you. I have been away from her three months when this time could have been spent working and developing a stronger relationship.
There is a 5-year-old boy who has never really known a father and the father he did have broken promises or hardly ever showed up to spend time with him. The long period of time I spent with him, he has seen me more than his real father. When he has a nightmare, he cries for his papa, ME, and I am not there. Now he asks his mamma when is papa coming home. I will return on September 14, 2011 so that this problem with the boy can be dealt with. This to me is being cruel when a child is involved and your policies need to reflex the facts that there could be younger children in this immigration process.
Finally I wish to complain about the way our applications are being handled. We send in our documents via Priority Post so that we can track our files, and that is that. We do not receive any letter that our file has been received, nor can we see on your online system that it has. We sit and wait the days indicated on the site to hear word if approval has been granted or not. When I sent in our application, the site indicated that there was a 40 process time.
Well your site now says 60 and increasing an average of three days increases each time the website is updated. According to that it would mean that by the time your people get my application the wait time will have climbed to 72 days. That is 72 days to wait before your call centre will allow us to ask if our file has been received and if they are working on it. And if they indicate that it has not been received then we start the process all over again with the wait, the medical and the police certificate because they would be due to expire. Thus, the expense doubles.
Why have the selection on your website when checking application status, Receipt Number (IMM 5401) when you can't even use it and anything gets posted regarding your file until after the sponsorship process has been completed. Why do some applications have a place for an email address and some don't. Mine didn't so I sit and wait for a letter when other get emails a week sooner. I see that the policies of Immigration Canada put unnecessary stress on the applicants and that the process is not fair to all and needs to be looked at further if it is your wish as indicated in past posts on the internet to help to reunify the family regarding immigration to Canada. Refugees get better service, faster service, and more latitude to enter the country.
Now in conclusion, since I have written this letter, as informed by certain people, I can expect my application to take even longer as now you will be ruffled up and demand a fine tooth comb to find things wrong to reject it. Yes this is what I expect but I believe also in my right to complain, to my Government, which we as Canadians elected, to what I feel is a form of unfairness in its policies.
I am not a very happy Canadian.
