Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers PAFSO

Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers PAFSO: As the job action by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers PAFSO enters its third week, visa processing times have lengthened, according to The Star. This coming at this time of the year is devastating. If its going to take 90 days to get a visa, people are going to be looking for other locations, said the associations president David Goldstein, whose organization represents hotel chains, tour operators, airlines and bus services and Canadas tourism and education industries are at stake as visitors and international students scramble to get their visas amid a strike by Canadian foreign service officers. It now takes six weeks for visitors from Mexico and China the fastest-growing markets to get a Canadian visa, according to the Tourism Industry Association of Canada. Thats up from five to 10 days before June 6, when PAFSO members began withdrawing services. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.