Marriages Of Convenience: Citizenship And Immigration

Shocking Revelations Dept: In February 2007, officials with Citizenship and Immigration Canada CIC requested an investigation into "the high number of potential fraud cases related to possible marriages of convenience" in the Punjab region in India, according to internal documents obtained under the Access to Information Act, according to CBC. The investigation produced shocking revelations about the number and nature of the marriages, including ties to the sex trade, narcotics trafficking, embezzlement and human smuggling and marriages of convenience are a continuing issue for Canada's immigration system, despite internal warnings by immigration officials in 2007 that they were a serious concern, the has learned. At the time, CIC was fielding a growing number of complaints from people who had married foreign nationals and paid for them to get into the country, only to have them leave the marriage upon arriving in Canada. In some cases, the new spouses took off as soon as they landed at the airport. Marriages of convenience, in which one person weds another just to gain entry to a country, are a growing problem for Canadian immigration officials. Tom Hanson/Canadian Press As reported in the news.
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