Program: Communication Issues and Nominee Program

program: We're not being given responses, she said, according to CBC. I have constituents who have been waiting months to hear from me and years to hear from the program, and frankly, having them put their lives on hold for three to four years to find out whether or not they're going to be accepted or rejected from the provincial nominee program, it's not fair. The representative for Burrows staged a 33-hour sit-in Wednesday and Thursday at the legislature to push for improvements in Manitoba's immigration nominee program, which she says is plagued by delays and communication issues. Lamoureux said since she was elected in April 2016, she's heard from immigrants in her constituency who have been left in the dark over the status of their applications. Applicants and sponsors are being disrespected with the responses they are receiving, Lamoureux said. 500 fee hike for immigrants called cash grab, head tax They're being rejected with absolutely no reason why, and then when they appeal for the rejection it is unfair, it is stupid answers. In some cases, newcomers have waited for years only to be rejected and given little support through the appeals process, she added. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.