Faster Processing for wealthy people?

[toby]

It's an interesting idea.

I agree that a wealthier applicant presents fewer concerns for a VO to investigate. If the applicant has a good life in his/her home country, then there is less chance he married a Canadian just to get a Canada visa, more chance that he married for love. So money probably does figure (if only subconsciously) in the VO's thinking -- despite Bangkockcanuck's lament.  :-)

And why not?  Canada can only accept so many immigrants per year.  If there were two applicants, one rich the other poor, which one do you – as Canadian taxpayers – want to admit to Canada?  Certainly the richer one would pay more taxes, thus sharing the tax burden with you more than the poor applicant could.

I know, some believe that everyone should be treated equally, regardless of wallet size, but this is a dream not attainable in the real world. So why shouldn't Canadian taxpayers give themselves a break?

[canadianwoman]

I think one key is it is the applicant who has to be rich. If a poor applicant is married to a rich Canadian, it is again going to look like the applicant is in a fake marriage - for money and for immigrating to Canada for a better life.
If the applicant is rich, but the Canadian sponsor is poor, then the VO might think the applicant is paying the Canadian, especially if the applicant sends the Canadian money. This happened to a friend of my husband's - the Nigerian man sent his (poor) Canadian wife money, and the VO accused him of paying her to marry him. This even though in most cases evidence of support is considered good evidence the relationship is genuine.
I think it is also more of an issue in poorer countries, and the key is for both spouses to be well-off and have good jobs. In the Accra thread, for example, we have one case where an applicant who was a doctor and was well-off in Nigeria was granted a visa quickly.
Someone who worked at the Canadian Deputy High Commission in Lagos even told me this. My husband and I had gone there to ask how long the PR visa process would take, and she said because you both have good jobs, your own homes, and money in the bank, it will be quick. (Evidently, we looked more respectable than we actually are.)

[Bangkokcanuck]

So money probably does figure (if only subconsciously) in the VO's thinking -- despite Bangkockcanuck's lament.  :-)

I hope you are right and my only lament is that nobody has offered me a shortcut yet haha, living in Bangkok everything and everybody has a price it is weird being stuck in a queue with no obvious way to jump it with a well placed "gift" haha... I can dream...

[m-shqair]

i dont think is all about money

mine took about 3 months and 15 days
and i am working part time and my income was 13500 in 2010

so it no matters weather you are rich or not

[kourts]

m-shqair are you the applicant or sponsor?