Family reunification visas top concern for ethnic voters
by Harleen Kaur - April 14, 2011
Canada, 14th April: Majority of ethnic voters in Canada have family reunification visas as the top priority.
Family reunification visa program helps reunites children and spouses of Canadian citizens as well as Canada permanent residents.
In addition, parents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada can visit the nation on multiple-entry visas.
Earlier in 2011, documents revealed by Richard Kurland, an immigration lawyer based in Vancouver, had stated that the Harper government intended to reduce the family reunification visas for parents as well as grandparents from India by around 50 percent.
Another fact that seemed to irritate many Indo-Canadians was that the government also had plans to increase the family reunification visas for Chinese to Canada two times.
Reacting to the issue of family reunification visas likely to be reduced by Harper government, Harjinder Thind said that Indo-Canadians are extremely angry and want the government to immediately reverse such reductions.
MP Navdeep Bains, a Liberal candidate for Mississauga-Brampton South, has reiterated to reverse the cuts announced to the family reunification visas.
He also maintained that the focus of the Liberal Government will be on families. Reacting to the visa cuts, Bains stated that Mr. Stephen Harper had cut family reunification visas along with immigration settlement programs and language programs.
No wonder, this has invited the wrath of several New Canadians since the move is a serious blow to the successful integration of such Canadian families in the Canadian society. Hence, the main focus of the Liberal Government will be to reinstate family reunification visas along with other priorities on the list including education, home care and provision of secure pensions, he asserted.
Although, CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) has been asserting that reunification of families with Canadians is the top concern, but, every senior is not lucky enough for getting a Canada visa, not to talk of multiple-entry visas. Several elderly applicants for Canadian visas are rejected, mainly those hailing from India, Pakistan, China, and Philippines.
And this causes anger among the new immigrants in Canada since their parents are not allowed to come to Canada even as visitors, states an immigration lawyer based in Toronto, Max M. Chaudhary.
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