Q. Shortly following landing, I and my family applied for the Returning Resident Permit in order to allow my spouse to complete her education abroad. This application was refused. What can we do now ? Some options are obvious :

1. My wife is leaving her PhD and we’re going in Canada : which is not adequate for her.
2. I’m leaving my wife and my child here and I go in Canada alone : not adequate for either of us.
3. We’re staying here without RRP : would this mean we have abandoned Canada as our residence?
4. Can we apply one more for RRP, explaining more in detail what we did and why ?

Q. I may be facing charges in Switzerland on the grounds that I have not completed the required military service. How will this affect a pending Canadian PR application?

Q. After having passed my selection interview with a visa official, I was requested to attend a second interview. What is this interview for?

Q. The title by which I have been referred in my documentation is not necessarily reflective of the work I have done. Will this affect the occupation for which I am eligible to apply under?

Volume 131, No. 11 of the Canada Gazette, published Saturday March 15th,1997 contained details of the most recent proposed amendments to the Immigration Regulations 1978, expected to affect the skilled worker category. The preface to the amendments indicate that the changes are “primarily technical in nature” and do not “reflect a substantive change to the Regulations or to programme policy.”

The most recent situation report from Colombo reports a significant increase in interview backlogs, as compared to September 1996. A quote from this report is as follows:

Immigrants’ Cash Might be Diverted, Program changes could cost Quebec

The province of Quebec is presently entitled to full control over selection of applicants for immigration to Canada with an intended destination within that province. Once issued by Federal authorities, however, landing documents have generally allowed applicants to land as permanent residents of Canada at any port of entry. A basic tenet of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms entails the free movement of Canadians within Canada’s boundaries.

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