Just a few days after the UK government prohibited international students on study visas from bringing their families into the country, Canada announced on Friday a new policy to expedite the clearance of family reunion applications.
Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister of immigration, announced the news and said that the country has implemented additional steps to support family reunification.
The new method will make it easier for wives, kids, and parents of recent immigrants to relocate to Canada.
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The new policy, according to the ministry of immigration, combines cutting-edge technology and analytics to process Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) applications for family members of citizens and permanent residents in 30 days.
He added further that the method had accepted far in advance 98 per cent of TRV applications from spouses and their children.
He also announced a new programme that will grant open work permits to spouse applicants and their dependant children, regardless of whether they applied under the Family class as an overseas applicant or as an applicant for a spouse or common-law partner in Canada.
According to a new policy announced by the British government on Tuesday to reduce migration, Nigerians and other foreign citizens with study visas to the United Kingdom would no longer be allowed to bring in their families from January 2024.
Only a small percentage of international students who go to the UK to study will still be permitted to bring their partners or children with them starting in January of next year, according to the new policy.
