Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: Immigration To Canada

Permanent Residence Dept: Starting immediately, Kenney said spouses will have to wait five years from the day they are granted permanent residence status before they can, in turn, sponsor a new partner, according to Vancouver Sun. "I held town hall meetings across the country to hear from victims of marriage fraud," said Kenney, who made the announcement in Brampton, Ont., just west of Toronto. "In addition to the heartbreak and pain that came from being lied to and deceived, these people were angry. They felt they had been used as a way to get to Canada. We're taking action because immigration to Canada should not be built upon deceit." A crackdown on bogus marriages of convenience falls short of addressing the real problem, critics said Friday, shortly after Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced the regulatory change. The move is meant to prevent people from fraudulently marrying Canadians for the purposes of immigration only to leave them and then sponsor a new partner while their Canadian spouse is still financially responsible for them for three years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.