Feds to strip 3000 of citizenship over fraudulent applications

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is set to announce Monday that the feds are moving to strip about 3,000 people of their Canadian citizenships for fraudulent applications.

Federal officials have identified 11,000 questionable applications for citizenship or permanent resident status. The feds have also flagged about 5,000 fake permanent residents who actually live outside the country.

Those people are also at risk of losing that status to prevent them from later obtaining citizenship.

Thousands of people are believed to have used crooked immigration consultants to establish a fake presence in Canada in order to obtain permanent resident status - the final step before applying for citizenship.

Often the fraud cases involve people from the Middle East looking to establish an escape route should they feel the need to flee their own country.

The feds have also identified suspect cases they'll set apart for tougher scrutiny.

Sun News : Feds to strip 3,000 of citizenship over fraudulent applications

Great news. They SHOULD crack down on this.

Great news for Canadian citizens and taxpayers!

Another attack on people of Arab/Persian descent from our incredibly Islamaphobic government.

Odd.... I didn't see any particular group identified. Now, who's phobic?

How would your dissent work out for you under Sharia law? Do you believe in separation of church and state?

they said "other cases" which implies a decent % are from that background of middle eastern descent.

I've voiced myself plenty towards Muslims and othe middle east in general through many topics over the years, defended certain subjects and have nothing against people from that area of the world.... But if anybody is trying to fake their way into Canada like as described above, even if it's just to save their hide if the need arises & nothing more.... They should be tossed on their ***.

Too many people put the money, time and effort in trying to live in Canada (same as here in Australia) the legal way, yet continually have to wait for long periods of time as the government has to sort through idiots like these who try and cheat their way into the country..... Or they just hop the border or arrive on a boat claiming refugee status without going through the proper processes everybody else has to.

Australia has the problem of people arriving by boat, almost weekly, by the hundreds..... And there's so many trying to claim refugee status, the government doesn't know wtf to do with them all, so they stick em on Curistmas Island or ship them off to another nearby country to live in caged off compounds in limbo until they figure out what to do with them all.

There's arguments all over the place about what's right and wrong and what's infringing on their human rights etc.... But I'll tell you one thing:

Going through the proper paper work for my spousal visa here in Australia took three months to process..... For my wife to apply for the same visa in Canada..... Three year wait.

Somebody's doing something right..... Somebody else needs some improvements.... And clearing out these bogus applications is a good start to speed things up for those who actually try to do things right and legit.... Who want to be a part of the country because they give a damn, not because they need a bail out when things get tough.

And when you have people willing to cheat and fake their way into the country.... That should tell you something about how.much they plan to contribute to society.... In that they'll get used to half assing their way through life and think they're living the dream off unemployment at tax payers expense..... Whom probably can't speak a lick of either French or English..... And from the country they came from, I bet unemployment would seem like the ritzy life.

Certainly you are not suggesting that only Arabs are guilty of this fraud? Anybody who has obtained citizenship in a fraudulant way would have that citizenship revoked. That is a good thing.

What about those fake marriages???

No one is islamophobic without good reason.

They could be Heebs from the Middle East.

Obviously Kenney is racist.

Good news for taxpayers ??!! Are you stunned ? You don't think that with appeals and investigations it won't cost a ship load of TaXPaYeRs money ?

So you would rather let them stay here because it might cost a few bucks to unload them? Might as well eliminate all the police forces and courts too cause they cost money to operate.

Hold 'er newt. I'd just as soon send 'em ALL someplace else.But to say it's going to save money is BS !

Make immigrants do a year of slavery but call it a Katimavik type thing..

Think about it for 2 seconds:

Both will probably end up costing some money at some point, but which will cost more?

• Going through a quick appeal process where those making the final decision will see the evidence & why they were tossed and then uphold the decision.

Or

• Do nothing, let these people get away with illegally obtaining residency / citizenship, show others that it's ok to do this, more people pull this stunt and the country & its people are stuck footing the bill for these idiots when they can't work (or don't work) suck on the unemploment system & health care system, contribute nothing to society except to fill up space..... For the rest of their lives or for as long as they live in the country.

I'd take the risk of a random appeal process any day.

How much did it cost the taxpayers of Canada a couple of years ago to send a couple of ships to the middle east to pick up a bunch of "Canadians of convenience" when trouble was brewing there???

How many returned there when the trouble was over???

Were there boat rides back?

This crackdown is good for the country.

People who apply to be Canadian are not yet Canadians, so they do not get the full benefit of criminal law, where one is presumed innocent. We do not assume they are guilty of anything of course, but they do not get the full gold plated criminal justice system law working on their behalf. Canadian law applies in Canada, for Canadians and legal residents. Otherwise if you think people outside Canada deserve to always be treated like Canadians, then extraterritoriality may apply, which has an aroma of imperialism to it. Imperialists think one's own laws should apply everywhere. Great if you run the empire, not great if you don't. Time to shed the colonial guilt.

Canada is about the least Islamophobic country in the world.

lol I can imagine the CIC isn't terribly impressed with Kenney. Imagine that poor, hard-done-by bunch actually having to actually get off its *** and chase people other than those with expired visas and suchlike.