ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Lawyers are questioning Canada’s approach to screening visa applications for people in Gaza with extended family in Canada after one applicant, a medical worker, was asked whether he had treated members of Hamas.
Visa applicants are already being asked"very invasive questions" in the process, she added."And then seeing this letter? It's just really shocking." More than 7,500 people submitted statutory declarations between Jan. 9 and April 1, according to data obtained through an access to information request. As of April 29, 179 people had been granted temporary visas.
Vancouver-based immigration lawyer Randall Cohn said the questions in the letter are"patently illegal and absolutely egregious." He has seen two such letters asking about medical treatment of Hamas members -- sent to a doctor and a nurse -- and he is aware of two more, he said in an interview.
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