Temporary pause on Citizenship Applications ?
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Re: Temporary pause on Citizenship Applications
Yes, anything can happen in Canada. Harper and Chris can come up with some bogus CIT app fraud stories, that is, something like Al Qaeda members getting citizenship through fraudulent means and trying to infiltrate the federal government, and then they can shut down the CIT application program and win the upcoming election easily. Anything is possible in Canada. Because people here are so dumb and stupid.polarbear said:
Re: Temporary pause on Citizenship Applications
If they do that, conservative party will go the way of Republican party in the US living in the past
If a person has really lived in Canada for 1095 days and has proof such as a full-time I don't think there is anything to worry about even if they delay the application for a long time.
One of my friends who wanted citizenship so badly told me that after he got it nothing changed except he got a passport and he can't even afford to travel outside of Canada he just goes to US once or twice a year. And before that he had a 10 year B1/B2 visa so there is no difference )) US visa is 160$ for 10 years and Canadian passport is also $160 CAD.
If someone lives in Canada and makes it home it doesn't really matter how long it takes. If things go bad in terms of jobs, just go on social assistance and try to find a job )))))
If they do that, conservative party will go the way of Republican party in the US living in the past
If a person has really lived in Canada for 1095 days and has proof such as a full-time I don't think there is anything to worry about even if they delay the application for a long time.
One of my friends who wanted citizenship so badly told me that after he got it nothing changed except he got a passport and he can't even afford to travel outside of Canada
he just goes to US once or twice a year. And before that he had a 10 year B1/B2 visa so there is no difference )) US visa is 160$ for 10 years and Canadian passport is also $160 CAD.If someone lives in Canada and makes it home it doesn't really matter how long it takes. If things go bad in terms of jobs, just go on social assistance and try to find a job )))))
No but he/she can surely make the process extremely slow and bureacratic such that its effectively akin to a cease environment - that would be bad politics in an 'immigrant rich' country such as Canada.polarbear said:
The voters hear the message that CIC needs to be tough on frauds and guess what they like that! It sure helps the Feds when the 'immigrant' community votes for them in droves in vote rich Ontario giving them a majority in Parliament. The lower taxes, increased EI payment periods etc appealed to them more than the concerns of those waiting in line for their oath.links18 said:
In the current political climate is there really any downside for the CONS in bashing immigrants? They stoke up their conservative base in the West, while the immigrant rich communities split their votes between LIBS and NDP, allowing the Harperites to form a majority government. Where is the path out of this? In the US, the Republicans' anti-immigrant stance prevents them from winning national elections, even it guarantees them victories in gerrymandered districts. But what is the political price for immigrant bashing in Canada at the national level? None, it seems.Msafiri said:
Polls have shown time and time again that the majority of Canadian citizens (i.e. voters) are in favour of tougher immigration/citizenship laws. Having a platform that including relaxed citizenship laws or speeding up citizenship processing times will likely lose votes for a candidate. I don't see anyone from any party doing this anytime soon.links18 said:
Interestingly enough, a recent poll showed that immigrants (those not born in Canada) were more strongly in favour of tougher immigration laws than those born in Canada. Will try to find it since the stats were quite interesting...
This is why we need to work in our own communities to show the 95% (some odd) of us who are collateral damage to the fraud crackdown. We are letting the Tories and the CIC define us and define the issue of unreasonable delays.Msafiri said:
I totally agree with Eileenf!eileenf said:
Also, speculation is not very helpful, what would potentially make a difference is people writting to their MPs to say what they think about what is happening at CIC, CIC officials and minister have to be held accountable publicly for their mishandling of the citizenship portfolio, they are acting as if Canada was a dictatoriship... yet, thanfully, we still have the right to talk!
Yes, this is unfortunately probably the case. People see immigrants as "guests" and as such they have no right to complain about anything the "hosts" do. They are supposed to take it and not ask questions. This same sentiment even comes through from some posters on this forum. Of course, these people have no credibility until they come out and say how long of a processing delay is unacceptable? How long is too long? 5 years? 10 years?scylla said: