Tuesday 9 June 2015

Always Cross your T's: Clerical Errors Causing Distress to Immigrants

Immigration Canada is facing some scrutiny due to high rates of error in immigration processing. Many newcomers to Canada and would-be immigrants have been impacted unfairly and have had to put their lives on hold.

Two thirds of the files processed over one month in 2013 in Vegreville- had human errors in request letters sent to applicants, according to department review. Staff consistently failed to use correct form letters, address missing documents or provide accurate timelines to applicants.

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/05/30/immigration-canada-snafus-causing-a-lot-of-misery.html