Family Reunification

• Concern as Quebec cuts number of family reunification applications it will accept

  Quebec announced last week it will process a maximum of 13,000 family reunification applications over the next two years, after approving more than 16,500 in 2022.

  Canada

  Jul 2
  
• Quebec firm on immigration cap as Ottawa looks to speed up family reunification

  The delay to bring a spouse to Quebec is 34 months, compared with 12 months in other provinces, and for a parent it climbs to 50 months — compared with 24 months elsewhere.

  Politics

  Mar 4
  
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• Québec Solidaire immigration critic calls on province to reconsider family reunification limits

  Around 36,000 people are waiting for their family reunification applications to be processed in Quebec, where they take double the time to be processed compared to other provinces.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2023
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• Airbnb offers free temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees globally

  Since 2012, Airbnb.org has housed 75,000 people fleeing or responding to a crisis, from COVID-19 health workers and earthquake or fire evacuees or responders, to refugees.

  World

  Aug 24, 2021
• Quebec spousal sponsorship applicants describe system as broken and discriminatory

  Protesters have been outside the Montreal immigration office for the past six days asking the federal government to grant temporary visas to spouses.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2020
• ‘Thousands’ of Canadian cross-border families still unable to reunite

  Sara Anderson and Joe Forgues have been together for more than three-and-half years on different sides of the Canada-U.S. border.

  Health

  Jul 17, 2020
• Fact check: Has the Liberal government reunited more immigrants with parents and grandparents?

  On average, the Liberals have reunited fewer families under the parents-and-grandparents program than the previous Tory government, stats show.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2019
• Flawed system: Canada’s family reunification program comes under fire

  People are criticizing an Immigration and Citizenship Canada program that allows for parents and grandparents to be reunited with Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2019
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• Ottawa to scrap controversial immigration lottery system for families

  The Trudeau government is scrapping an unpopular lottery system for immigrants looking to reunite with their parents and grandparents.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2018
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• Officials defend handling of family separations at U.S. border

  U.S. immigration officials defended their handling of migrant family separations before Congress on Tuesday, in the face of bipartisan criticism.

  Politics

  Jul 31, 2018