Visa to England in 2 months!!!!

It's because every country has their own systems and processes. It's because every country has their own standards to operate by and many times economic necessity plays a large role in who can and who cannot get into a country! You simply cannot compare one country with another.

Part of the issue with Canada is it's proximity to the U.S. We are very much bound by agreements and political pressures with regards to our immigration policies.

I am guessing there are fewer applications by Dominicans to enter the UK, compared to the volumes handled by Canada.

May be true, I'm not sure. However it pales in comparison to the numbers from the far east trying to get into Canada. That explains delays at the offices in Canada.

But, applications to Canada are first off screened and processed in the office in Haiti. They recieved many more applications there from Haiti then from the DR. I'm not sure why but there you go. I can't tell you the process to apply in England, how or where they are processed.

they are still processed in Haiti but first they go thru the office in Santo Domingo. I"ve not heard a word that this is not the case. I will check with my sources on this.

It's done here in the British consulate in Santo Domingo, so that would make it far swifter compared to waiting for the forms to get to and from Haiti.

Until a few years ago all applications to the GB consulate here had to go to Jamaica for processing, luckily that is no longer the case.

It will be very difficult to get him sponsored into Canada. On his own merits he will have a very difficult time. But the Canadian system will take into consideration all the relatives he may or may not want to sponsor in the future. It does not look good, will take a long time and cost a considerable amount of money.

windeguy said:

His only chance would be if he were the last surviving relative of his sister living in Canada, but he would have to wait a long time for all of them to pass on..

Does anyone have any information to the contrary?

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That is the way it is for good reason. Family class has defined boundaries and siblings are not it (other than the last one and even then it would take a while)

Even if she could afford to sponsor him he doesn't exactly sound like a great catch for us up here. To assist him with abandoning his 3 kids as well, sounds pretty lousy. Unless the deal was to include them and the common law wife as well.

Note if he swims here we'd deport him once he dried off.

And to the prior post there is no amount of time or money unless as the OP said the rest of the family dies. We are pretty good here with family class immigration but there has to be boundaries.

I agree ricktoronto! The bounderies are there for a very good reason. While each and every case is "special" to someone the country as a whole could not operate without the appropriate bounderies. We don't always agree with them but they work.

planner said:

I agree ricktoronto! The bounderies are there for a very good reason. While each and every case is "special" to someone the country as a whole could not operate without the appropriate bounderies. We don't always agree with them but they work.

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We are a very generous socialist (to a degree) country and take a lot of refugees (more than our per capita share I think) but we have to have some semblance of order and people with no money or language or job skills are just a cost , even if they have some family here. It sounds harsh but you cannot please 100% of everyone. I pay a TON of taxes and do so willingly but I expect some structure for it.

Amen to that Rick!

Lord knows I support enough born in Canada loofers without having to support "imported" Dominicans!
I try to support as many Dominicans as possible when in the DR by hiring them to WORK and by pumping a lot of money into the local economy while there (like to the tune of $30,000 since arriving Oct 22nd!) :cross-eye

people with no money or language or job skills are just a cost

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How does that work then Rick - I'm assuming you are meaning a cost to the taxpayer? My Dominican husband has recently been granted his UK visa, and he will be coming here in a few weeks. The visa allows him to work, but it clearly states "no recourse to public funds", hence, if he doesn't get a job he can't claim any state benefits of any description, and I would have to keep him. I don't know anything about how the state benefits system works in Canada, but I would have thought that the government would make the same kind of stipulation on any visas issued?

Dominican Babe said:

How does that work then Rick - I'm assuming you are meaning a cost to the taxpayer? My Dominican husband has recently been granted his UK visa, and he will be coming here in a few weeks. The visa allows him to work, but it clearly states "no recourse to public funds", hence, if he doesn't get a job he can't claim any state benefits of any description, and I would have to keep him. I don't know anything about how the state benefits system works in Canada, but I would have thought that the government would make the same kind of stipulation on any visas issued?

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Even with family class ( not out of work brothers) the person here has to meet an income cut-off (aka "LICO") and sign an agreement for up to 10 years to repay the government if the immigrant goes on the dole or welfare.

This does not include medical care which is a right of all legal residents in their province. So they are a landed immigrant but have to carry their weight or the family pays.

Those who arrive in the independent class on the points system do not have this obligation since there is no sponsor/family in Canada underwriting them and they qualify by virtue of work and education. Same as economic migrants who invest some large amount - I think $750,000 for a period of 5 years or more - of course they have that much it is not an issue.

For obvious reasons convention refugees are exempt from any such rules.

We have had quite a fair share of criminal types imported from certain countries, due to lax rules including family class in the past and we don't need to import non working non educated poor other than refugees to add to social woes. And we do an appalling job of deporting people and letting them sneak back in too. A bad track record with Jamaica for example.