Ottawa Slams Door On Foreign Relatives

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"It's automatic -- they assume they don't have any attachment to their home and they assume they're trying to sneak into the country," [Judy Wasylycia-Leis] said.

"If it wasn't for the provincial nominee program, we'd be ground to a halt by delays and obstacles," [Pat Martin] said.

"I don't know who to go to to complain to," said [Okwudili], a legal assistant. She invited her mother and brother for Christmas because they've never seen snow. Her mom is retired with a pension and her brother is an autobody technician. They were rejected by immigration officials in Lagos, who said they couldn't be trusted to leave Canada once allowed in.

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Ottawa Slams Door On Foreign Relatives

Visitors visas often refused, Canadians complain

By Carol Sanders

IMAGINE having to get married overseas so family members could attend the wedding, or not being able to spend Christmas with your kids, or visit yo...

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