chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Bo Chi) (02/01/90)
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1. Important Information on Immigration Matter
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by ND correspondent in Vancouver
Today, immigration officers came to UBC campus to answer questions
about family reunion and many other things. The following are a few
points (according to the memory):
About family reunion:
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1) Family reunion is an important issue in Canadian external affairs.
In 1973, premier minister Trudeau and premier Zhou Enlai made
agreement to easy this problem for families in both countries.
There have been about 40,000 people come over to Canada since then
for family reunion.
2) The following family reunion policy applies to any Chinese who
applied PR and have received AIP letter. Family members include
spouse and children only.
Currently Canadian Embassy in Beijing puts the family reunion in a
very high priority. No interview or medical exam will be required
for family members to come over to Canada to reunion. The procedure
is the following:
Only a single application form needs to be filled at the CIC office
where you made PR application. It will be passed over to Beijing.
Once the Beijing Embassy receives this form, they will directly send
relevant document to your family members in China. Some supporting
document are required at the time of application, such as marriage
license and the birth certificate of your children.
For those husband and wife both are in Canada but have a little
child left in China, they can name anybody to escort their children
to Canada. The escort person will be given a visitor visa for this
mission.
About travel to China:
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1) By international convention and the agreement between Trudeau and Zhou
Enlai, Canadian government has no legal right to a person who has
PR status in Canada and has Chinese citizenship if the person goes
back to China. This include the case that if you visit China and
Chinese government does not permit you exit, Canada can do nothing
to protect you.
2) By international law, if a person with multi-citizenship is not permitted
to exit within a country of which he/she has citizenship, Canadian
government can not do anything to protect him/her. That is, after you
get Canadian citizenship, when you go to China and have trouble, Canadian
government can do nothing to help you if you still have Chinese
citizenship.
By international law, if a Chinese, who has the Canadian citizenship
and no longer have the Chinese citizenship, goes back to China and is
not allowed to go back, Canadian government can bring the case to the
Chinese foreign minister.
By Chinese law, once a Chinese obtains the citizenship of another country,
he/she automatically lose his/her Chinese citizenship. However, cases
did happen that some Chinese went back to China after obtained Canadian
citizenship were not permitted to exit, and Chinese government insisted
in that they still have Chinese citizenship, although Chinese law says
the opposite.
The best way to avoid this is to get a letter from Chinese consulate or
embassy, before your leaving for China, certifying that you no longer
have Chinese citizenship because you have obtained Canadian citizenship,
and bring the letter to CIC office.
About supporting other people to come to Canada
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1) One has to be a PR or a citizen to support family members or relatives.
This does not applied to the case that a Chinese, WHO has applied PR and
has received AIP letter, apply for FAMILY reunion (not relatives).
2) There are two classes i) family class, including spouse, children,
parents and any sister and brother who has never been married to anyone;
and ii) relatives, including uncle/aunt, brother/sister, grandparents
and grandchildren ... as well as the "spouse to be".
3) Family class do not have to meet the point system, while relative
class must meet the point system selection criteria. Also one must have
certain amount of annual income in order to be qualified to support
other people to come to Canada.
About other things:
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1) It is very important for every Chinese student to maintain legal status
in Canada, even after received AIP letter. Renew visa and work permit
before they expire.
2) If your passport is to expire and have problem to renew it from Chinese
consulate/embassy, get a letter from them or write a letter yourself to
CIC office. A special permit will be given for you to stay legally without
passport.
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Wed Jan 31 23:00:38 EST 1990