This has been an issue I have been very vocal on and have always believed this is the case not just in certain parts of Africa, I have seen this with African individuals landing in Canada and going through the CBSA.
In a area where racism is totally unacceptable this should be scrutinized by Immigration Canada officials. All potential CBSA and Immigration Officers should have to go through additional vetting to help minimize this type of issue.
According to the “IRCC Anti-Racism Employee Focus Groups” Final Report, applicants’ country of citizenship may impact the approval of an application.
The approval rate of temporary resident visas, study permits, and work permits is higher in certain countries than in others.
The approval rate for the citizens of African countries has been lower than other regions for several years.
the report does not deny that IRCC employees often treat applications from Africans with more scrutiny than applications from other countries.
#Racism, #approvalrates, #Africas, #IRCC, #antiracism
January 21, 2022
In 2019 and 2020, Pakistan had one of the lowest immigration approval rates for study and work permit applications.
According to the report published by Canada’s visa office in Islamabad, in 2019, there were not any approved work permit applications.
For 2020, no data was indicated in the report. For Pakistan, the study permit application rate in 2019 was only 7%.
In 2020, surprisingly no study permit applications have been approved despite the higher temporary resident visa (TRV) approval rate, which was 81% and 88% in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
#Pakistan, #Islamabad, #approval_rates, #Study_permit, #work_permit, #TRV
January 19, 2022
On January 17, 2022, the Government of Canada published a new program delivery update announcing changes to travel restrictions for family members of immigrants.
As of January 15, 2022, many unvaccinated or partially vaccinated foreign nationals will not be allowed to enter Canada.
The Government introduced new rules, terminating the exemption for immediate family members of temporary residents.
The definition for extended family members of Canadian citizens, permanent residents, as well as persons registered under the Indian Act has also been amended.
#Travel_restrictions, #COVID_19, #family_members, #Omicron
January 18, 2022
On January 14, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced new instructions related to fully or partially vaccinated applicants.
The COVID-19 work permit program delivery page has been divided into smaller sections to ease finding information.
General traveller instructions, as well as information about family reunification and biometrics for overseas work permit applicants defined as essential workers, have been removed and been hyperlinked to one instruction to avoid duplication.
The Government also removed special measures and public policies that have already expired.
#COVID_19, #Omicron, #temporary_workers, #Biometrics, #Family_reunification
January 17, 2022
