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By Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP | 3 Minutes Read March 15, 2012

CIC proposes conditional permanent residence to discourage marriage fraud

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.

Article by Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP / Immigration / Canada, Citizenship, conditional permanent resident status, discourage marriage fraud, Foreign workers, Hiring foreign workers, Immigration and Multiculturalism, sponsorship application

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