Canada: Months and Sponsorship Applications

canada: We have listened to Canadians and are delivering results, according to Hamilton Spectator. Bringing families together makes for a stronger Canada. Starting immediately, most spousal sponsorship applications submitted in and outside Canada will be processed within 12 months, down from the current average of 26 months and 18 months respectively, according to an announcement to be made by Immigration Minister John McCallum on Wednesday. Canadians who marry someone from abroad shouldnt have to wait for years to have them immigrate or be left with uncertainty in terms of their ability to stay, McCallum said in a prepared statement. Complaints by Canadians and their foreign spouses and dependants over long processing times and lengthy separations had fallen on deaf ears under the previous Conservative government. What we are announcing today is a more efficient, more considerate process to reunite families. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.