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bobshynoswife

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I guess there is an election coming! I've had municipal candidates and once I had an MLA come to my door, but never the acting Member of Parliament. I invited him in and we talked about immigration for about 10 minutes. He was really happy to hear that our immigration experience was so good, but I did tell him about all of the stories I know from this site. We talked about having a temporary resident permit for spousal applicants, to hopefully cut down on the amount of fraudulent marriages, which would then free up resourses for genuine couples. I told him to tell Jason Kenney that the genuine couples are in support of this measure!

He also told me that in his office, 65% of the inquiries from constituents are immigration related. He has one person in his office employed full-time to deal with immigration issues. He has asked me to contact his office after the election (if he is elected, which is pretty much a given in my riding to elect the conservative), as he said I seemed very knowledgeable and he would like to hear more about the spousal sponsorship route from someone who has been through it.
 

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That is hilarious.

bob, what city do you live in?
 

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MPP called our house too last night , by phone though ..just missed the call ! She left a nice msg on answer machine to call her back , which I will . Conservative MPP would get my vote for sure.
 

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I was making my usual Tim Hortons run this morning and the local MP was in there with a camera crew.
 

bobshynoswife

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angtao said:
That is hilarious.

bob, what city do you live in?
I'm in St Albert, AB
 

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bobshynoswife said:
I'm in St Albert, AB
Really? That's where we live!! He hasn't come to our doorstep yet loll, although we're hardly ever at home!
 

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I'd be thrilled if my MP actually came by. Thanks for being a voice for our immigration community!
 

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bobshynoswife said:
He has asked me to contact his office after the election (if he is elected, which is pretty much a given in my riding to elect the conservative), as he said I seemed very knowledgeable and he would like to hear more about the spousal sponsorship route from someone who has been through it.
First step towards President of the World title :D
 

bobshynoswife

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fleo said:
First step towards President of the World title :D
Why do I feel like you are being sarcastic? Any knowledge I have about this process has come from this forum, I take no credit for it.
 

bobshynoswife

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Kaycee1 said:
Really? That's where we live!! He hasn't come to our doorstep yet loll, although we're hardly ever at home!
Yes - I live in the M's. Moved here from Calgary 6 years ago and absolutely love it here!
 

Kaycee1

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We're in the O's - been in St. Albert for 22 years, great place!! ;D
 

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bobshynoswife said:
Why do I feel like you are being sarcastic? Any knowledge I have about this process has come from this forum, I take no credit for it.
Heavens, no! I'm so sorry if it sounded that way, that really wasn't my intention. I can only hope authorities really start working more closely with such a knowledgeable (regardless of where that knowledge comes from) and dedicated "immigration insider" as yourself, for everyone's benefit :)
My comment was simply a well-meant giggle, because I first said someone should make you President of the World in that other topic, and now powers that be are coming to you for advice, a-ha! Humour attempt fail?

Once again, I'm very very sorry if I offended you in any way.
 

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Yeah Bob i think they have to makemore stickiness for fraud marriages but they have to make little softness for peoples true couples