Due to recent chain of policy announcements by Government of Canada regarding Canadian Immigration and its overall impact on family based Canadian permanent residence visas aimed at unification of the families has caused major concerns for the Canadians of foreign origin who either left their families abroad while landing in Canada or have gotten married and would like to bring their spouses to unify with them in Canada. Unification of the spouses has always been a primary consideration in crafting the family based Canadian immigration policies since the inception of the program. After the promulgation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in 2002, every effort was made to remove circumstantial impediments on humanitarian grounds to expedite the unification of the spouses; as a result, waiting time was substantially reduced and almost standardized around the world, notwithstanding the nationality of the sponsored spouse.
Contrary to the above stated compassionate loosening up of the family based Canadian Immigration processing regime, recently the policy considerations have been taking a diabolic tumble irrespective of humanitarian ramifications involved in such policy diversions. Immigration lawyers, immigration consultants and Canadian immigration related private sector organizations are very concerned about the rapidly growing delays in processing time despite the fact that sponsorship of spouses for Canadian immigration still happens to be a priority category – at least in policy books. The pundits have been weary of the fact that impinging the strategic national policies that have global ambit, such as Canadian Immigration policies, with ideological undercurrents would reap an unhealthy outcome and would eventually oust Canada as one of the top countries with humane diversification of the immigration program, thereby loosing edge to countries with more humanistic policies.
The waiting time for sponsorship of spouses that was reduced after the implementation of new Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in 2002 to average 6 months has now been gradually extended to more than 12 months in certain cases. Even fully substantiated genuine cases are sometime delayed because of circumstantial reasons that may not even matter in making eventual determinations on the Canadian Immigration applications of the sponsored spouses. And if a spousal sponsorship application for Canadian immigration has not be properly filed or has certain legal issues, or lacks the genuineness elements, then that 12 months might turn out to be an eternity and might even result in a negative outcome at the end of such a tedious waiting time.
Based on the above stated factors, it is extremely important that the spousal sponsorship should be filed in total compliance with regulatory requirements and operational policies of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Though it is not mandatory to retain the services of either an immigration consultant or an immigration lawyer to represent you in processing the sponsorship and permanent residence applications of spouses, it certainly can assure the smooth processing of the matter and can help you understand any legal or factual complication that one might have or one might face during the processing. Remember, you are filling the sponsorship application and Canadian immigration application of your spouse once in a life time but an immigration consultant or an immigration lawyer would have been doing it on everyday basis for several years. So, there are more chances that you would make some mistake or would not be able to comprehend any legal or factual issue that might haunt you or your spouse later. Every single entry in the application forms and the required supporting documents have legal significance that you may not be aware of. All such factors are the major reasons that contribute to unwanted and exasperating delays in unification of your spouse with you in Canada.
Under the above stated circumstances, it would be wiser and cost effective to seek the advice and representation of an experienced immigration professional to significantly enhance the possibility of success. And seeking the advice and help of a Canadian immigration professional who has more than 10 years of family immigration experience, like Mohammad Haque of Corporate Horizon, would give you an added confidence and trust.
Please contact us to seek our experienced advice regarding any aspect of sponsorship of a spouse for Canadian immigration.