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CIC fast-tracking family class immigration from disaster areas.


OTTAWA -- "The Government of Canada The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada.

In modern Canadian use, the term "government" (or "federal government") refers broadly to the cabinet of the day and
 is committed to doing as much as we can to help reunite close family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents who have been, and continue to be, seriously and personally affected by the disaster," said Minister Judy Sgro.

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 is fast-tracking existing applications of Family Class applicants under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in 2001 as Bill C-11, which replaced the Immigration Act of 1976 as the primary federal legislation regulating Immigration to Canada.  who have been and continue to be seriously and personally affected by the disaster and who have immediate family members in Canada. Priority is being given to spouses, common-law partners, conjugal Pertaining or relating to marriage; suitable or applicable to married people.

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 partners and dependent children. New applications under the Family Class will be dealt with as expeditiously ex·pe·di·tious  
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 as possible.

The department will also be considering, on a case-by-case basis, other close family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents who have been and continue to be seriously and personally affected by the disaster. All medical and security requirements will be respected.

CIC will also be waiving new application processing fees and the Right of Permanent Resident fee for persons who have been and continue to be seriously and personally affected by the disaster.

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Title Annotation:General; Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Publication:Community Action
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:Jan 24, 2005
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