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Canada and the United States sign visa and immigration information-sharing agreement

December 19, 2012 Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP Corporate Immigration, Human Resources

On December 13, 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and United States Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson signed the U.S.-Canada Visa and Immigration Information-Sharing Agreement (the “Agreement”). The Agreement authorizes development of arrangements under which one country may send an automated request for data to the other country, such as when a third country national applies to Canada for a visa or claims asylum.

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