Reduce processing times that have been impacted by COVID-19 to under 12 months.
Introduce electronic applications for family reunification.
Implement a program to issue visas to spouses and children abroad while they wait for the processing of their permanent residency application, so that families can be together sooner.
— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02
1. Update the citizenship guidebook
● Update the citizenship guidebook to include a more accurate history of Canada and Turtle Island that includes the harms of residential schools and the Indian Act.
2. Address all forms of hate and xenophobia in all aspects of settlement in Canada
● Address xenophobia in all aspects of settlement, including temporary visa liberalization, issuing of temporary permits (study, work, visit, etc.) and family reunification (including increasing capacity for family sponsorship and revision of adoption processes)
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11
Introduce exceptions for permanent residency and citizenship application costs based on household income (for many refugees, the $1,000 application fee for citizenship is unaffordable).
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11
● Review and update accreditation policies and licensing programs to better and more accurately reflect the current needs of our Canadian society.
● Collaborate with accreditation institutions in Canada to recognize foreign training and education.
● Allocate greater funding to provide training language skills, employment skills. and accreditation recognition for any newcomer legally eligible to work in Canada.
● Create incentives for employers to hire newcomers and refugee claimants.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11
Build on the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot and work with employers and communities across Canada to welcome 2,000 skilled refugees to fill labour shortages in in-demand sectors such as health care.
— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02
● Increase support for parent and grandparent sponsorship by IRCC by increasing the number of accepted applications and decreasing processing times.
● Review adoption bans from Muslim majority countries so that adoptive parents can remain together through their immigration process, as well as allowing adoption from these countries by Canadian citizens.
● Lower barriers for convention refugees to reunite with their children and bring them to Canada by making the process more accessible
● Remove visa requirements for most parents visiting their children - including international students, temporary workers, Canadian citizens and convention refugees.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11
● Introduce exceptions for permanent residency and citizenship application costs based on household income (for many refugees, the $1,000 application fee for citizenship is unaffordable).
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11
● Develop safe strategies for temporary foreign workers and whistle blowers to report abusive employers without losing their status.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11
Implement a program to issue visas to spouses and children abroad while they wait for the processing of their permanent residency application, so that families can be together sooner.
— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02
Remove visa requirements for most parents visiting their children - including international students, temporary workers, Canadian citizens and convention refugees.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11