https://testing.canadian-visa-lawyer.com Best Immigration Lawyer Vancouver, Best Immigration Lawyer Canada, Canada Immigration Lawyer | Sas & Ing Immigration Law Centre, Vancouver BC Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:38:31 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://testing.canadian-visa-lawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/favicon.png https://testing.canadian-visa-lawyer.com 32 32 https://testing.canadian-visa-lawyer.com/minister-kenney-welcomes-parents-and-grandparents-once-again/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:27:04 +0000 https://testing.canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=783 At the time the program was frozen, there was a backlog of approximately 165,000 cases pending for consideration and processing levels at that time were 15,000 applications per year. In November of 2011 Minister Kenney increased the processing levels to 25,000 parent and grandparent applications per year and also introduced the new Super Visa to allow parents and grandparents to come to Canada on a more flexible basis for up to 10 years and allow individuals to stay in Canada for up to 2 years at a time. The Minister’s recent announcement introduces Phase 2 of the “Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification” and is targeting even faster processing times to avoid further backlogs in the future, and ensure that Canadian families have the sufficient financial resources to support their family members for a longer period of time. This second phase of the “Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification” features the following:]]> https://testing.canadian-visa-lawyer.com/minister-kenney-tackles-marriage-fraud-with-changes-to-spousal-sponsorship-criteria/ Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:15:07 +0000 https://testing.canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=735 On October 25, 2012, Minister Kenney implemented new legislation aimed at targeting marriage fraud. The new spousal sponsorship provisions provide that couples who have been in a spousal relationship for less than two years or that do not have children together, will be given conditional permanent residence that requires the couple to live together as spouses for a period of two years from when the sponsored spouse arrives in Canada as a Permanent Resident. ]]>