Every month, Attorney David Cohen will answer a few general Canadian immigration questions submitted by our readers. Here are this month’s questions and answers:
I want to apply to the Quebec Skilled Worker program. I went to high school in French and university in English, and as such I speak both languages fluently. Do I still have to take the language tests?
Yes, all applicants to the Quebec Skilled Worker program must submit the results of prescribed standardized French and Elnglish tests at the beginning of the application process if they wish to claim points for English/French.
My child has mild autism. I have heard that this means we will not be allowed into Canada. Is this true?
No, this is not necessarily true. It will depend on whether or not your child will be considered to be a strain on the health or social services in Canada. This will depend on many factors and each case must be decided on its own merits.
I submitted an application that was returned because my credit card was declined. However, it appears that my forms were being assessed as there are several markings on them and a stamp date of when it was received. Can I resubmit the same set of forms or do I have to fill out new ones? A letter came with the rejection stating that I should include the letter should I chose to resubmit my application.
It’s probably a better idea to submit fresh forms. Visa offices stopped accepting the “old” forms on March 30, 2012.
I want to apply to the PNP program that will get me Permanent Residency the fastest. Which one should I apply to?
There are a wide variety of Provincial Nomination Programs. Most, but not all, require that you have a job offer of ramily member in the province. It’s hard to imagine that you would have so many options so as to choose the fastest route. They are all relatively quick, so why not choose the place that you think you would like to live in?
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I need to live there for my kids education
Balwinder Singh Dhillon June 3, 2012 at 5:22 am
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Unjust proposal of Minister Jason Kenney & Mr.Harper govt.
The news dated 29/3/2012 about the proposal to return all the applications filed for permanent residence in Canada under Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) category before 27/2/2008 is very frustrating and disgusting for the prospective immigrants who have waited patiently since long years for their turn to come up and has left them devastated and hopeless in the end.
It is not merely the question of refund of processing charges only, when a person applies for immigration in another country he has to withhold and take many decisions which cannot be reversed after such long years. Many of the applicants have already started the process to get settled in Canada and have educated their children accordingly and have already moved them to Canada instead of anywhere else, this decision if finalized will leave families disintegrated and devastated. This proposal raises many questions:
I. Why these applications before 27/02/2008 were accepted and people were kept waiting for a period of more than eight years?
II. What is the difference between applications received before 27/2/2008 and after 28/2/2008 and why cannot the processing of applications filed after 28/2/2008 be suspended till the time these applications filed before 27/2/2008 are processed?
III. It is propagated by the Canadian Government that it is the Global Champion of human Rights but why is it playing with the rights of these applicants and have condemned them who are not just 3,00,000 individuals but families numbering into many more may be a million?
IV. Why such applicants should suffer for the delay caused by the CIC in processing their files?
V. Is not this proposal a question mark on the commitment of the Canadian Government about its own announced policies and would it not raise suspicion in the minds of future prospective Immigrants?
VI. Does not this proposal reflect racial discrimination against the Asians because all most all these applicants are Asians only?
I have a few suggestions to make which I hope you may consider before finalizing the above Policy in the larger interest of society and families of New Canadians and prospective New Canadians.
1 . Reasonably increase the processing charges in order to meet the deficit on this account instead as suggested in the budget and hire more people to process the applications faster which in turn will also generate more jobs.
2. Ask the applicants to get their educational credentials assessed from the National Committee on Accreditation in a particular time frame which will save a lot of hassle and only those applicants who are still interested and have not moved to other countries will respond.
3. Put a ceiling on new applications until the backlog is cleared in a particular time frame and also on the number of new applications per year to the extent which can be processed leaving no backlog in future and save harassment to all concerned.
4. Hold the processing of all other immigration applications till the backlog is cleared and justice is delivered to these families who have applied before 27/2/2008.
With Hope for The Future.
BALWINDER SINGH DHILLON
APPLICANT FROM, PUNJAB (INDIA )
Email: dhillon.balwinder@ymail.com