Wednesday, November 23, 2011

AUDITOR GENERAL GIVES IMMIGRATION AGENCIES CIC, CBSA FAILING GRADE

Hardly surprising: agencies responsible for immigration and visa issuance are not doing their job well enough to protect the public. The problem stems from a combination of various competing interests, lack of resources, and political expediency by the successive Federal governments to cater to interest groups, poor training, reliance on locally engaged personnel that can be easily corrupted in some countries, and just the sheer volume of applications and pressure to grant visas. In summary: too much volume, too few resources, and a misunderstanding of priorities.

Auditor general finds ‘disturbing’ cracks in Canada's visa approval system News National Post

Auditor general finds ‘disturbing’ cracks in Canada’s visa approval system

Postmedia News Nov 22, 2011 – 10:52 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 22, 2011 5:41 PM ET

By Robert Hiltz

OTTAWA — An auditor general’s report has found ‘disturbing weaknesses’ in the way Canada’s border and immigration agencies hand out visas.

In his report released Tuesday, Interim Auditor General John Wiersema says the Canada Border Services Agency and Citizenship and Immigration Canada lack the guidance, training and information to properly determine who should and shouldn’t be let into the country.

“We’ve been reporting some of these problems with visas for 20 years, and I find it disturbing that fundamental weaknesses still exist,” Wiersema said.

The report states the two departments focus most of their energies on defending cases where they have denied an individual entry into Canada — a small percentage of applicants — rather than on reviewing the cases of people allowed entry into the country.

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