1800名入籍人士或被取消公民资格 ZT

charlene--david

1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney

Richard J. Brennan
National Affairs Writer

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7 t6 N4 b, s+ y; ~) C. H' NImmigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed Wednesday that as many as 1,800 new Canadians could be stripped of their citizenship because they were obtained fraudulently.
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“We are in the process of notifying them that we will be revoking their citizenship because Canadian citizenship is not for sale,” Kenney told the Economic Club of Canada.
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5 A7 }9 c5 i; I9 b: Q  w/ qKenney said some of the individuals are believed to have used “unscrupulous” immigration consultants who submitted fraudulent applications on behalf of people who did not meet the qualifications for citizenship.
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2 k1 r6 l2 M1 I2 A! FThe 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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2 V& w" P7 ]; \4 u' a7 `“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.
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; w; {7 `: P, H& v$ ]They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.
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Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.
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$ D6 A7 }' M  f7 b/ Q) U- XMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.

, b0 h3 T- y* o; Q: ]* w- GSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.

# l6 }4 u; x+ a$ `0 a“For those who simply touch down and try to get a Canadian passport as a … passport of convenience, who don’t pay our taxes but who do consume our social benefits, I think that’s dishonourable,” he told reporters after delivering a speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade.
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“There are many ways that we are combating immigration fraud and abuse of our generosity, whether it is from [bogus] asylum claimants, crooked immigration consultants, people smugglers [or] people who are abusing our citizenship program,” he said.
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Kenney also announced that Canada will soon be introducing multi-year visas for low-risk visitors from around the world that will last 10 years.

雲吞

我觉得中国人不用担心这个。这1800人，都是来自某一国的申请者，通过团购获得的加拿大国籍。

nowave

我觉得中国人不用担心这个。这1800人，都是来自某一国的申请者，通过团购获得的加拿大国籍。
雲吞 发表于 2011-7-20 10:42

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& ?. Y6 n" y0 |  w+ Dwar crimes...大概齐也能猜出是哪个国家了

老朱

在水一方

国籍也可以团购了

yueban2007

zhanghy

5# 在水一方
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1 L( A- D- L$ y4 n* R刚看的cctv新闻，现要做手术也可以团购。

happy_edmonton

不会吧，越来越严格了

lanse

这1800名是买来的加拿大国籍,没有4年里住满3年?

爱城临时居民

10年的visa  要是早有这个我就不用入籍了

YZSUNNY

健康营养站

leoncarlos

hehe 我也想买·····

amiable

这1800名是买来的加拿大国籍,没有4年里住满3年?
1 [. _* t) G$ olanse 发表于 2011-7-20 23:16

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