(Canada) Immigration minister targets 6,500 in citizenship fraud

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Source: CBC

A two-year investigation into immigration fraud could lead to 2,100 people having their citizenship revoked and another 4,400 not being able to move from permanent residency status to full citizenship, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Friday.

Kenney said the people who face losing their citizenship obtained it fraudulently, paying consultants to make it look as if they were living in Canada to fulfil the residency requirement, when they actually spent little or no time in the country.

Of the 4,400 permanent residents under investigation, he said, 1,400 have voluntarily withdrawn their applications for full citizenship. In some cases, the government will withdraw their permanent resident status.

"We will apply the full strength of Canadian law. Where evidence permits, we will seek the revocation of permanent resident status or citizenship and in some cases the deportation of anyone perpetrating such fraud," Kenney said.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/12/09/pol-kenney-immigration-citizenship-fraud.html

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1. evil bastards cracking down on people just trying to have a better life

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2. How are they NOT committing fraud?

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3. Just wanted to get that line out there before anybody else

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