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Sponsorship Program: Sponsorship Applications and Way Department

sponsorship program: To me, it's completely inappropriate and I think it's offensive and insulting, Kwan said, according to CTV. I would like for the government to look at the systemic issue of this letter and why such letters are being sent out through those spousal sponsorship applications. Federal NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan has asked Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen to look into what she calls a systemic problem with the way Hussen's department is treating applications under the spousal sponsorship program. The letter, from a Canadian immigration officer based in London, England, to a female applicant from Pakistan, says her permanent residency application appears suspect for a number of reasons -- including that she is three years older than her husband, a Canadian citizen who has lived in Canada since 2005. You are three years older than him, he comes from a town four hours from where you live and you are not related, so it is unclear to me why the match was made. You and your sponsor husband do not appear well matched, the letter states, a copy of which was provided to The Canadian Press. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.