discourage marriage fraud

CIC proposes conditional permanent residence to discourage marriage fraud

March 15, 2012 Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP Corporate Immigration, Human Resources

On March 9, 2012, Jason Kenney, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism announced additional measures to discourage marriage fraud. Under the new proposal, conditional permanent resident status would apply to all spouses in relationships of two years or less who have no children with their sponsor at the time of the sponsorship application. Although the Canadian Government’s desire to discourage immigration fraud is not unreasonable, the current Canadian proposal is problematic for a number of reasons.

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