Taking a rather serious note of the alleged marriage racket plaguing the immigration system of the nation–and affecting both the national administration and the Canada visa aspirants–the Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) has reportedly advised the country’s citizens, and its new comers from overseas , to be well aware, and on their guard against such frauds.

In this connection, the Canadian Immigration Minister was quoted as saying that there is no dearth of those who have been emotionally & economically shattered thanks to such frauds even as he urged individuals to carefully go thorough the nation’s visa and immigration rules & regulations, via visiting the official website from time to time.

Although this year the government’s focus remains on eradicating wedding fraud, Ottawa is also fully devoted and committed to act against illegal & crooked immigration advisors. Apparently, such immigration professionals assure the gullible and hapless aspirants with permit and a well-paid job even while for the same they allegedly charge much from them.

Disclosure

In a probe carried-out recently it was discovered that several individuals tie the knot to a citizen of Canada solely to get the residency status even as the same is called wedding of convenience.

Advice for Lovers

The administration has issued a special warning to people in love with the reason being such individuals are comparatively more vulnerable, and getting deceived on a large scale. Allegedly, numerous charlatans are cooling their heels to get married before exposing their true identities. The administration has come-up with a crusade to make certain that nationals and its fresh entrants do not fall a prey to the wedding of conveniences. Further, numerous useful and effective videos clips have been made involving the actual wedding victims to drive the message home in a better way.

Programs Brought-in to Restrain Scam

• Cutting frauds involving immigration consultation: Since 2011, it’s mandatory for every immigration advisor and consultant to accordingly maintain a rather good understanding with the involved organization, the ICCRC. Several cases have been reported against the defaulters and probes are on.
• Restricting “Convenience Weddings”: Sponsored partners mates are offered with just provisional residency status even as they are required to suitably maintain a genuine relationship for not less than 2 years for benefitting from their residency privilege.
• Restraining scams on residency status: Ottawa has also taken stringent steps to bring down the cases of cons on the given front. Consequently, over 10,000 of cases have been unearthed against those who had furnished wrong facts related to their living state of affairs in the Maple Country.