(Download) "Sponsorship Bars and Conditional Permanent Residency: Coming Soon to the Spousal Sponsorship Program? (Canada)" by University of New Brunswick Law Journal ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Sponsorship Bars and Conditional Permanent Residency: Coming Soon to the Spousal Sponsorship Program? (Canada)
- Author : University of New Brunswick Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 271 KB
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INTRODUCTION Recently, a debate has emerged in the Canadian immigration community regarding how to combat marriage fraud. News stories about individuals who have sponsored spouses, only to watch those spouses abandon them shortly after they arrive in Canada, have brought public attention to the issue. In October 2010, Jason Kenney, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (the "Minister"), held a series of town hall meetings on the matter across the country. The Minister's statements during the meeting made it clear that change is coming, and that this change will likely involve the imposition of conditional visas and sponsorship bars on individuals who obtain permanent residency through the spousal-sponsorship program. Before embarking on this path, however, it is important to consider how other nations address the issue, as well as whether there are existing tools in Canada's immigration legislation to combat marriage fraud. While a sponsorship bar for principal applicants under the spousal-sponsorship program would be a positive and practical change, conditional permanent residency would not be an appropriate method to combat marriage fraud.