Citizenship And Immigration Canada: Alexis Pavlich

Canada Dept: Part of a commitment Canada made when it signed the perimeter security deal with the United States last year, foreign nationals with the exception of Americans will now have to fill out an online form on the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website to find out if they have been red flagged for travel, according to Vancouver Sun. The Electronic Travel Authorization program will be a new tool to manage migration that will allow Canada to identify inadmissible persons overseas at the earliest possible opportunity, said Alexis Pavlich, a spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and oTTAWA Visitors to Canada from visa exempt countries, including those from Europe, will soon have a new hurdle to clear if they want to fly to Canada, according to provisions laid out in the latest budget implementation bill. Dubbed an Electronic Travel Authorization, travellers will punch in certain biographical information that can be quickly submitted and scanned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.