Ottawa have come up with new tip line to crackdown immigration fraud

The Ottawa government is offering the new tip line to the public where they can inform about any citizenship fraudulent cases.

To check the growing number of fraudulent activities happening in the country, the federal government has taken a step keep a check on it by the help of general public.

As per the immigration authorities of the place they have more than 2000 immigrants belonging to different countries who have most probably got the Canadian citizenship through the fraudulent sources and now they are looking forward to find them and for those who will be found guilty will be punished with cancelling of their citizenship.

Action Taken by Government:

They have set up a new a tip line in which general people could come and report about anything that seems little doubtful to them. According to the government authorities this will help them control the growing citizenship frauds.

Here the citizens will be informing the government authorities about the suspected frauds this will help the government to increase their sources.

The Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney strongly supporting this new policy states that the Canadian citizenship should not be taken as a joke and it is not for sale and everyone could not get it easily. The minister is also encouraging the general public to serve their country by using the tip line to inform the authorities about the doubtful cases of the citizenship fraud. He is also confident that the department responsible for this work will properly consider and investigate the reported case properly and the suitable action will be definitely taken.

As per the minister the strict action will be taken against those who will be found guilty that is it might be as hard as cancelling of their citizenship rights and they might have to move back to their initial country. While supporting this strict action he stated that these actions will also be sending a very straight message to those who work for such fraudulent citizenships that now they would not be accepted at all and they won’t be spared easily and would be dealt very severely.

Cases to be Informed:

The cases related to the miss-representation, about the fraud, if there is any known hiding of information or material during the citizenship process or if somebody is pretending to be in the country and is falsely meeting the requirements for getting the country’s citizenship, any such above related doubts should be reported to the tip line as the numbers and timings given by the authorities. The number 1-888-242-2100 (in Canada only, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday). For the ones out of country can contact the nearest Canadian visa office. IT may also be reported by e-mail at Citizenship-fraud-tips@cic.gc.ca