Families: Ont ., and Processing Period

families: The new one-year guarantee will apply to applications already in the queue and new applicants, according to CBC. This will be of direct benefit to the 64,000 spouses we will admit to Canada in the coming year, he said. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum announced today in Brampton, Ont., that the current average two-year processing period will be reduced to 12 months. But it will be of benefit to all Canadians, because I think people are more productive citizens, they do better overall, when they are with their families than when they are isolated from their families. Canada to open door to more families Conservative MP seizes agenda More supports for refugees needed McCallum stressed the accelerated processing time will not mean cutting corners on security or medical screening, and said the same mandatory checks will be place. This measure will be positive for the whole country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.