Delhi couple booked for immigration fraud
PTI - November 30, 2004
Kharar, Nov 30 : A Delhi based has been booked for criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy at Kharar police station.
A case has been registered against one travel agent, Rajveer Singh Uppal and his wife Avinash Kaur, on the complaint of a farmer Surjeet Singh of Niamian village.
However, no arrests have been made in the case so far.
The complainant alleged that despite paying Rs 24 lakh along with their passports to over four years back, neither he and his wife have yet been sent to Canada, as promised, nor their money returned.
Surjeet Singh paid Rs 24 lakh and provided his and wife Paramjeet Kaur's passports besides other requisite documents to the accused in April, 2000, after being promised that he and his wife will be sent to Canada within a month, according to the FIR.
"When I recently asked the accused to return my money, passports and documents the accused threatened me with dire consequences while claiming of having 'links with top politicians and bureaucrats'," he alleged.
"The accused had also committed similar 'frauds' in the past, the record of which was available with Ropar CIA staff," Singh alleged.
The SSP has directed Kharar SHO to register the case and investigate.
An African Tour to Promote Francophone Immigration
OTTAWA, Nov. 26 /CNW Telbec/ - Judy Sgro, Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration, today announced that a delegation of representatives of the
Government of Canada, Francophone and Acadian minority communities, and
provincial governments will be visiting the African cities of Tunis (Tunisia)
and Yaoundé (Cameroon). The purpose of the tour, which will take place from
November 28 to December 9, 2004, is to promote immigration to Canada's
Francophone minority communities.
"Linguistic duality is fundamental to our Canadian identity, and my
government is committed to continuing its efforts to form the partnerships
required to develop Francophone minority communities," said Minister Sgro.
This tour is one of a number of initiatives currently underway in support
of the objectives set out in the Strategic Framework to Foster Immigration to
Francophone Minority Communities that was launched in November 2003. This
framework supports the Government of Canada's Action Plan for Official
Languages unveiled in March 2003.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada will soon be releasing the summary of
initiatives for 2002-2006 outlining the national, provincial and territorial
two-year plans for the department and its partners. These plans were developed
to ensure implementation of the Strategic Framework and to report on progress
made to date.
For more information on immigration to Francophone
minority communities
or the Strategic Framework, visit:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/francophone.html
For further information: Giovanna Gatti, Press Secretary,
Minister's Office, (613) 954-1064; Maria Iadinardi, Media Relations, Communications Branch, (613) 952-0740; Visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca
Canada to raise immigrant limit
The Times of India, Hyderabad - Thursday, November
11, 2004
Ahmedabad: Canada will take in more immigrants for the year 2005. But, the move comes with a rider 60% of the entrants will have to be skilled workers.
In its immigration plan for 2005, the Canadian government has indicated that it expects to select between 2,20,000 and 2,45,000 new permanent residents, up from the 1,65,691 immigrants selected in 2004.
The plan is laid out in the annual report for 2004 presented before Parliament recently. Among those who will be invited include 60% skilled workers and their families and 40% family unification and refugee immigrants.
According to the breakup for various classes of immigrants to be selected in 2005, 1,32,500 to 1,48,000 migrants will be under the economic class. Of these, skilled workers will constitute 1,12,500 to 1,24,500 business immigrants between 9,500 and 10,500, provincial nominees between 8,000 and 10,000 live in caregivers 2,500 to 3,000.
The target for family class is 51,500 to 56,800, of which spouses, partners and children will be 46,000 to 50,000, parents and grandparents 5,500 to 6,800. The total protected persons invited will be between 30,800 and 33,800 and others on humanitarian and compassionate grounds 5,200 to 6,400. In this manner, the Canadian government expects to meet the target range of 220,000 to 245,000.
In 2003, 2,21,352 immigrants went to Canada, down slightly from the 2,29,091 who arrived in 2002. During the 1990s, more than 70% of immigrants to Canada settled in three cities. Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
Canada is concerned about the overall decline in immigrant outcomes. In response to this, the report states the government will continue to work with domestic partners in 2005 on important initiatives to improve immigrant labour market integration.
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