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dhnenan

Star Member
Feb 5, 2012
76
4
Hello Everybody,

WE need to collectively raise our voice against this injustice.
We can do it,as of now it is just a proposal at the moment.
This needs to be validated at the parliament soon... as per the below quoted lines...

We should not sit and discuss this but find ways so that our voice / cries should be felt in the parliament
and a harsh decisions should be stopped before it is imposed on us...

"
Q5. How would I get my refund?

More details on the proposed change will be announced soon. Once the proposal is approved through Parliament, CIC will begin to return the fees.

Details will be available on the CIC website"
 

ramyfathalla

Hero Member
Jan 20, 2010
336
8
Egypt
NOC Code......
7313
App. Filed.......
14 September 2015
Doc's Request.
not yet
Nomination.....
3 september 2015
AOR Received.
3 December 2015
Med's Request
22 January 2016
Med's Done....
4 February 2016, M Rvd on e case 10 Feb 2016
Passport Req..
19 June 2017
VISA ISSUED...
6 July 2017
LANDED..........
Not yet
Hello dear brother

I am sharing with you and your community in this important issue and we have to do as much as we can.
we Egyptian candidates need to gather with all backloger around the world to stop this unfair and injustice law on our cases

so could you tell me how could we raise our voices together.

We are all with you and with all backloger around the world to place this minister and his bad decisions in front of all the world and all Canadian public.

I am waiting eagerly for your reply.

dhnenan said:
Hello Everybody,

WE need to collectively raise our voice against this injustice.
We can do it,as of now it is just a proposal at the moment.
This needs to be validated at the parliament soon... as per the below quoted lines...

We should not sit and discuss this but find ways so that our voice / cries should be felt in the parliament
and a harsh decisions should be stopped before it is imposed on us...

"
Q5. How would I get my refund?

More details on the proposed change will be announced soon. Once the proposal is approved through Parliament, CIC will begin to return the fees.

Details will be available on the CIC website"
 

Aquib

Hero Member
Apr 19, 2011
903
128
Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Jan 2010
Doc's Request.
March 2010
AOR Received.
JULY 2010
IELTS Request
SUBMIT WITH APPLICATION
File Transfer...
FEB 2010
Med's Request
09 FEB 2012
Med's Done....
27 Feb 2012
Interview........
Medical received 12 March
Passport Req..
15 April 2012
VISA ISSUED...
30 April 2012
LANDED..........
Sep 18 2012 Shuker Allah.
Tayyabsaeedkhan said:
Dear msaleem
Thanks for the info it really relieves me.
I applied in Sep 2004 and submitted updated docs in 2011 but i did not retake IELTS and just attached a copy of previous result which i have already submitted to CHC in 2004.
Thanks
Any updates for PPR yet ?
 

jaffarh

Star Member
Jun 3, 2010
51
0
ramyfathalla said:
Hello dear brother

I am sharing with you and your community in this important issue and we have to do as much as we can.
we Egyptian candidates need to gather with all backloger around the world to stop this unfair and injustice law on our cases

so could you tell me how could we raise our voices together.

We are all with you and with all backloger around the world to place this minister and his bad decisions in front of all the world and all Canadian public.

I am waiting eagerly for your reply.

Well I am with you, the the all pre

Well I hate Canada now even if they will give me immigration in free I will not give a shit to Canada and Canadian as they have played with our future, feeling , time and money. This act of minister is totally inhuman. Well I am with you, you can contact the people from all over the world and can sue against CIC as we have not only pay the fees but much more energy and money not only in Doing IELTS and all other things we did. If you convince the people around the world to use the amount of refund money for hiring a lawyer than you can get the best lawyer in the world but the most important question is that how can you make convince and contact different affected people
Best of luck
 

ramyfathalla

Hero Member
Jan 20, 2010
336
8
Egypt
NOC Code......
7313
App. Filed.......
14 September 2015
Doc's Request.
not yet
Nomination.....
3 september 2015
AOR Received.
3 December 2015
Med's Request
22 January 2016
Med's Done....
4 February 2016, M Rvd on e case 10 Feb 2016
Passport Req..
19 June 2017
VISA ISSUED...
6 July 2017
LANDED..........
Not yet
ok guys we did a sample for our compaint which we have to send to every person you think could help us in this issue

you don't need to copy and paste exactly if you want to add or edit some phrases it will be good.

I am writing to you this letter to complain and ask for help .I am among the thousands of oppressed people who applied for emigration as a FSW by 2008 and will destroy their lives and their dreams in the case of approval of the closure of their files in this unfair step.

In the beginning, the most important reasons for our choice of immigration to Canada is our belief as a country dominated by the values ​​of justice, equality and a human rights. and we sacrificed with a lot of effort and money and time in order to prepare our files, hoping to start a new life and future for us and for our children in Canada, and we accept to wait until completion of the thousands of files, which made for Migration after us years as if we were punished on the speed of our sponsorship immigration applications and then be surprised, after waiting for more than 6 years of the Government's decision to slash our files without the slightest sense of responsibility for the destruction of the lives of thousands of families by this unfair decision , which reflects definitely the absence of respecting our humanity and our rights of dealing with our files equally like others, and without respect to the agreement between us and the government ,I ask you to imagine how much damage the physical and psychological effect on us and our families from the destruction of our lives and the loss of many opportunities and effort and years waiting for the start of our lives in Canada, what can make up all of that ?and is it required from us to start again after the loss of all these years ? the law may pass by the strong majority in the government, but how to pass from the punishment of God for the injustice and the destruction of the lives of these families, I hope you can help us in the delivery of our voices to all shades of Canadian society and I am sure that such a decision gives voice about the value and harm the reputation of Canada's more than good and we are ready to provide any additional guarantees or wait until the processing our files until 2017, but please do not damage our lives and the lives of our children by this tough and unfair decision.

and here are the Name of all parliament's member click on its name and find the contact e-mail and send it.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParli...Period=current
 

jemini

Newbie
Apr 3, 2012
9
1
This is a very good step friends and we all have to support the aggrieved parties.

There are followig points from my side for legal case:

1-Why the minister did not look at the backlog pool applicants for professions in demand before picking the categories for professions in demand for M1,M2, M3.??This is huge negligence on thier part.

2-If the minister had taken this decesion to return the back log applicants in June 2010,before the announcement of M1, M2, M3
categories , the old applicants could apply in new categories, but now they cannot apply as thier categories have dropped from the lists ,by doing that the minister has spoiled the future of old applicants which is not totally thier fault.This fact should be put before the parliament.

3-what a huge comparison that at one side the immigration department of canada has admitted that thousands of immigrants have obtained canadian nationality by Fraud in past and the department has done nothing against them whereas on the other side there are innocent applicants before 2008 who are waiting since 6-7 years and want to contribute to canadian economy by fair means , but without thier fault they are being punished.

4. I think a competent lawyer should win this case. Because in Uk it was happened in "Judicial Review" in HSMP cases.
 

nahid023

Star Member
Sep 23, 2011
103
3
FYI......copied message from softncool

http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E

This is the list of all parliament members, and their email. Please act now. Don't stop. It is requested to each and every one. Write a letter to each member. Tell your story. Tell them your have been betrayed. Please act now. Write to Parliament members, Senators, Newspapers, even Chief Justice, where ever you can send your voice.

I am doing this. Writing to members, senators, justices, newspaper editors, columnists etc. I don't know where my voice (words-Email) go, but I am sure I will not die silently.Also please sign the petition on ipetition.com

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/justice-for-immigration-applicants/

Thank you
Cool
 

nahid023

Star Member
Sep 23, 2011
103
3
Hope you will raise your voice against the unjust proposal.

tim.uppal@parl.gc.ca,
Bernard.Valcourt@parl.gc.ca,
Frank.valeriote@parl.gc.ca,
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David.Wilks@parl.gc.ca,
John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca,
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stephen.woodworth@parl.gc.ca,

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joy.smith@parl.gc.ca,
robert.sopuck@parl.gc.ca,
kevin.sorenson@parl.gc.ca,
bruce.stanton@parl.gc.ca,
Lise.St-Denis@parl.gc.ca,
Kennedy.Stewart@parl.gc.ca,
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brian.storseth@parl.gc.ca,


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mike.allen@parl.gc.ca,
dean.allison@parl.gc.ca,
Stella.Ambler@parl.gc.ca,
rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca,
rob.anders@parl.gc.ca,
david.anderson@parl.gc.ca,
scott.andrews@parl.gc.ca,
charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca,
scott.armstrong@parl.gc.ca,
keith.ashfield@parl.gc.ca,
niki.ashton@parl.gc.ca,
Jay.Aspin@parl.gc.ca,
alex.atamanenko@parl.gc.ca,
Robert.Aubin@parl.gc.ca,
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jaffarh

Star Member
Jun 3, 2010
51
0
Thursday, April 5, 2012Canadian Immigration Minister wants to 'stop the madness' in immigration system
Anna Mehler Paperny
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, Apr. 04, 2012 10:10PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Apr. 05, 2012 9:22AM EDT


Jason Kenney has had it with incremental measures.

“It frustrates the hell out of me,” the Immigration Minister told The Globe and Mail’s editorial board on Wednesday. “We're bringing hundreds of thousands of people into the country to end up, many of them, unemployed or underemployed in an economy where there are acute labour shortages.”

That’s how he justifies the federal Conservatives’ drastic plans for immigration – shifts in who comes here, and how, that the government is now pushing more urgently than before. Ottawa wants to transform the immigration system within a year and a half to allow international companies and Canadian professional organizations to assess the education and credentials of any would-be newcomer. Under the new system, employers, not bureaucrats, will decide who comes to Canada.
“Employers are going to do a much better job at selection than a passive bureaucracy,” he said, “because they can’t afford to recruit people to come to Canada who can’t work at their skill level on arrival.”

But to create the 21st century immigration system that he says Canada lacks, Mr. Kenney contends that the country first needs to deal with a staggering backlog. Last week, Ottawa announced that hundreds of thousands of people who have waited for years have been bumped from the skilled-worker application list. The move has appalled critics, prompting threats of class action lawsuits from immigration lawyers. But Mr. Kenney insists the plan, if harsh, is a lawful and necessary step to purge the immigration system and get it working again.

“We could continue with this incremental approach to backlog reduction and eventually by about 2018 we would get to a working inventory. By returning these applications now we’ll get to the working inventory in about 18 months’ time,” he said.

Mr. Kenney was also clear that implementing his idea of immigration means sending an unambiguous message about what he considers Canadian values – and that goes for people who want to take their citizenship oath wearing the niqab, a veil that covers the face.

“I'm not saying that wearing a niqab is barbaric. I am saying that the whole citizenship process is an opportunity for us to instill in people a sense of Canadian – read broadly, western liberal democratic – values, including the equality of men and women,” he said. “And I think most of us would regard a … tribal practice forcing women to cover their faces illiberal.”

Transforming Canada’s immigration system is a good idea, says Maytree Foundation president Ratna Omidvar – just a little belated.

“He's imagining a system that we should have had 10 years ago.”

Ms. Omidvar said she’s concerned, however, that a new emphasis on language skills will exclude the immigrants from emerging markets that Canada needs most. And, she argues, focusing on a perfect future immigration system will leave behind those newcomers who are already here, and struggling.
“The government needs to invest more resources in internships, in mentoring, in bridge training programs,” she said. “All this talk about fixing the system for the future takes our eyes off the ball.”

Mr. Kenney’s plan to ensure Canada primarily brings in people who can do well here and help the economy is a way to “stop the madness,” as he puts it, of having chronically underemployed immigrants when employers across the country face severe labour shortages. And he said it will allow Canada to better compete for the world's top talent up against not only Australia and New Zealand – “we’ve been letting them eat our lunch on this,” Mr. Kenney said – but also emerging powerhouses such as Brazil.

Critics have charged that the federal Conservatives’ approach is xenophobic, draconian or too market-driven. But Mr. Kenney argues Canada’s doing people a disservice by bringing them without a shot at a decent job.

“To string them along for years as they get stuck in survival jobs, as their skills deteriorate and they deplete their savings, is almost inhumane.”

One fundamental challenge is Canada’s balkanized system of professional credentials.
It’s tough to ensure the engineers coming to Canada meet the Canadian definition of “engineer,” Mr. Kenney said, when there isn't one – when each province has its own professional body and system of evaluating qualifications.

In January, 2009, the provinces agreed to sit down and hash out these differences. Three years and $50-million later, nine professions have come up with matching processes. Another six are in the works. Mr. Kenney’s ultimate goal is to set up national groups to assess immigrants’ credentials before they show up. At the same time, he’s about to put out a call for companies to do a similar pre-assessment of international education.

“Dropping immigrants into our labour market to sink or swim, even if they really don’t have a reasonable shot at getting their licence, it’s a waste of human capital. It’s an opportunity cost for our economy,” he says. “So by creating a better qualified pool of prospective immigrants who are going to have much higher rates of success in getting their licenses, they will all do much better.”