Federal Regulations: Canadian Immigration

Tatiana Townsend Dept: The 's Simon Gardner reports on reaction to changes to federal regulations, according to CBC. A Canadian spokesman for Volga Girl, a North American mail-order bride company, cheered the new regulations, saying he knows some people have used the system to side-step the Canadian immigration process. Tatiana Townsend married an Ottawa man 10 years ago and moved to Canada from Moldova after meeting him online and if a foreign spouse's marriage in Canada does not last two years, he or she could be deported, according to a proposed new federal rule. Watch News at 5 The Conservatives believe a two-year probationary period for foreign spouses would prevent men and women from getting away with immigration fraud by marrying Canadians just to get into the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.