Giving credit where credit is due | Calgary Immigration Lawyer

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F.A.Qs for Wills

• By Russ Weninger

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Giving credit where credit is due
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As a Canadian immigration lawyer, I can be
frequently heard swearing under my breath (or
sometimes at much louder volumes) about Canadian
immigration policy.
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Unfortunately, spousal sponsorship processing
times have ballooned in recent years. If you are
sponsoring a spouse and the two of you live in
Canada, you can expect it to take more than 2
years before the sponsored spouse obtains
permanent residence.
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Ive encountered many couples who have had
children during the sponsorship processing
period. If one spouse happens to fall out of
status, that spouse may not be able to access
health care, or may have to pay tens of thousands
or hundreds of thousands of dollars to access
health care.
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To make matters worse, a child born in a province
like Alberta is not automatically entitled to
health care in this province. Entitlement to
health care is often tied to the legal status of
the mother, even if the baby is born in Canada,
and therefore a Canadian citizen, born in Canada,
may not be able to see a doctor to get things
like basic immunizations.
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To summarize, women, children, and Canadian
families are still being screwed over by
government policies, but their plight is now
significantly less bleak. Kudos, Harper
government. Kudos.
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