Doellman Global Migration Blog
This week I found several blogs about immigration in Canada. Apparently our neighbors to the north are having just as difficult a time interpreting their immigrations laws as we are.
The first blog is written by Gianpaolo Panusa, a Canadian immigration lawyer and founder of the PanCanadian Immigration Law Group. He covers a broad range of topics from where to apply for immigration in Canada and other related questions. One topic Panusa covered was Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System, or CAIPS. It is a system that allows individuals to log on and follow the process of their immigration applications, catch problems and review the status of their visa. Now if only the U.S. could get their act together in that manner.
David Cohen is another immigration lawyer in Canada who blogs about the current issues and changes in legislation. In the about me section, Cohen tells of his grandfather's fight with Canadian immigration officials. He had a sister who was trying to flee Poland from the Nazis during WWII, but Canada had already closed off immigration to Jews. The woman got as far as England and was then sent back to Poland, never to be heard from again. I know in this country people speak about deporting immigrants back to their native countries, but I wonder what our country would do in a situation such as that.
The final blog tells of all too familiar issue of immigration backlogs. As here in the U.S., individuals applying for Canadian citizenship can wait 6 to 10 years for their applications to be processed. According to the blog, Citizenship and Immigration Canada said the backlog of applications will reach 1.2 million by 2012. I covered immigration last semester and found the same is true with U.S. immigration applications. Some applying in U.S. could wait up to 25 years depending on certain situations.
