Canada Border Services Agency: Visa Officers

John Wiersema Dept: But so far, the needed reforms exist primarily as a promise, and given the appalling lapses John Wiersema found when he looked at how visa officers are assessing more than a million visitors to our country every year, Canadians should remain skeptical that this vital screen door is being repaired, according to Vancouver Sun. Canada encourages both immigration and short-term visitors. But as we are often reminded by our government, we live in a dangerous world. Visa officers, with the support of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Canada Border Services Agency, have to screen visitors for potential health threats and links to terrorism or organized crime and the federal government has accepted all of the recommendations of the interim auditor-general for improving Canada's flawed visa approval system. That's encouraging. Visa officers are the thin line of officials from Citizen and Immigration Canada who decide which potential visitors or permanent residents should be welcomed and which ones represent a threat. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.