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Dear Canada, why do my parents have to wait 10 years to be with their grandchildren?

Dear Canada, why do my parents have to wait 10 years to be with their grandchildren?

Closed — 11 supporters Verified

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Michael W.
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Richard B.
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Alan V.
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Sheila G.
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Theresa G.
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Cory L.
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Jeanine E.
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Jaime
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Kirsten W.
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MJ D.
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Started by Matthew DeBeyns 10 years, 11 months ago

The current total wait time for UK residents to obtain a Canadian permanent resident visa to be reunited with their children living in Canada is 124 months. That's over TEN YEARS!

If the Canadian government truly values family reunification, as they claim, then how can they justify these inhuman wait times?

My kids are in elementary school at the moment. They will have graduated by the time my parents' visas are processed, if my parents are even still alive by then.

Clear the backlogs. End the wait. Before it's too late.

8 Comments

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Mark Guerrero
10 years ago Featured

Ridiculous wait times. families belong together

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Sarah Frost
10 years ago Featured

10 years is a lifetime. by then the kids wont even know who their grandparents are. fix this system now

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Michael William Stone
10 years ago

Sounds flaming ridiculous.

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Cory Lemke
10 years ago

Bring this fantastic family together!

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Jeanine Epp
10 years ago

let them love them here and not over Skype

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Kirsten Warnecke
10 years ago

I am signing this petition!

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MJ DEANS-BEYNHAM
10 years ago

Let our family be together

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Matthew DeBeyns · petition starter
10 years ago

Separating families for over 10 years is cruel and unnecessary.