Canada's Immigration Process Terribly Flawed

In the “bad old days” prior to 2002, officers were allowed to award points for an applicant’s personal suitability for Canada. They could assess the individual’s ability to communicate in English or French right there, because they were in the same room together. Likewise, I interviewed applicants with obvious prison tattoos or gang related tattoos, which was a big red flag. That kind of instant vetting is all gone now.



CIC has lost complete control of the selection process, simply because there is very limited human interaction with persons applying for immigration to Canada.

Realistically, the decline in interviewing skills cannot be reversed, as CIC has closed so many offices around the world. Most initial processing, and a significant amount of the decision making, is now made by staff in Canada. These staffers – and it really isn’t their fault – have very limited knowledge of the country and circumstances of the applicants they are assessing.



If CIC wants to stop fraud in the immigration system, they should bring back the concept of looking an applicant in the eye when talking to them. Until then, the fraud will continue.

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