Canada opens immigration center in PH to boost  processing capacity

Filipino Canadian Rechie Valdez, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Streetsville, announced the opening on behalf of Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. HP

Canada opened a new immigration application processing center in Manila to accommodate the high volume of visa applications, improve client service and help achieve Canada’s planned increases to immigration levels in the years to come.

Filipino Canadian Rechie Valdez, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Streetsville, announced the opening on behalf of Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.

The new center is located within Canada’s Embassy in Manila and will be supported by 37 new employees.

Opening the new center is also part of “Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy,” according to Minister of Immigration Sean Fraser’s office. IMMIGTORONTO

By expanding its presence overseas, Canada is making strategic investments, with the goal of bringing in more people, whether to visit, study, work or immigrate permanently.

Opening the new center is also part of “Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy,” according to Fraser’s office.

Coincidentally, Liberal MP John McKay said “Beijing is an existential threat to Canada on a multiplicity of levels,” basing his comment on two high-level national security reports before and after the 2019 election suggesting that Chinese government officials were funneling money to Canadian political candidates.