-渥京简化审批程序招徕中国留学生
-康尼访北京吁中国联手对抗“假结婚”
-Canada’s Immigration Minister Says Doors Are Open to Chinese to Come to Canada
加快批学生签证入读社区学院
明报/加拿大移民部长康尼(Jason Kenney)昨日表示，联邦政府将加大力度吸引合资格的中国学生前来加拿大留学，其中包括继续实施“中加学生合作计划”(Student Partners Program，简称SPP)，通过简化审查、减少费用和加快程序取得学生签证，入读本地社区学院。
SPP计划已于今年7月16日由加国驻北京大使馆正式于当地宣布。计划规定凡雅思成绩达到5.5分的申请者，可豁免语言要求或存款历史证明，只要提供参与计划学校的录取通知书和学习计划，交齐第一学期学费，及在指定银行存入5000加元定期存款，作为一年的生活费保障即可；若申请者无法提供雅思成绩，则与普通申请一样，需要12个月的银行存款证明，并附上资金来源说明。
同时，通过SPP计划申请学生签证者，必须前往加拿大社区学院协会(Association of Canadian Community College，简称ACCC)中的成员院校就读，该协会目前拥有全国共有139间社区学院接受这样的申请，其中安省的27间学院中，就包括百年社区学院和辛力加社区学院等。
康尼表示，国际留学生无论在经济方面还是文化繁荣方面，都给加拿大带来积极的推动，通过SPP计划来到加国读书的留学生，毕业后还可根据个人情况申请通过经验类别(Canadian Experience Class)申请移民留在本地继续发展。
根据SPP计划由2009年起在印度开始推行的成效来看，的确为本国带来相当可观的经济效益。
而在加拿大所有国际留学生当中，中国是最大的生源地，2009年的调查数据显示，本国约有5万中国留学生，而该数字预计将随?SPP计划的推行继续增长。
联邦移民部表示，2009年全国留学生总数约为20万，为加拿大来超过65亿的经济效益。
康尼访北京吁中国联手对抗“假结婚”
明报/现时正在北京访问的联邦移民部长康尼，昨日在当地接受本地媒体访问时，承认加国本身的移民诈骗问题严重，因此正寻求跟加国移民主要的来源国通力合作，来联手对抗这些“有组织”的诈骗行为。
康尼指出，由于移民诈骗是在地下从事，故难以估计实际数量。而加国正做了所能做的措施，除了引入取缔无良顾问法例外，并把罪名扩大，把无牌顾问运作列为刑事罪行，同时也正在改革现行的行业监管系统。
康尼称，他此行正是要让海外政府，对移民诈骗问题加强敏感度，因为毕竟是他们的公民备受剥削。他再次提到源自中国南方、经加国移民部香港办事处的配偶担保申请，大部分是有组织的虚假申请的问题。
他表示，这些都是非常精密的造假运作，收费达到6万元的假结婚申请，加国有责任跟中方分享这些资料的。虽然中方如何回应、会否采取行动，是由中方本身决定，但加中两国则可合作打击这些诈骗问题，以保障所有欲来加的海外人士。
康尼亦谈到早前斯里兰卡人蛇货船登陆本国西岸的非法移民问题，强调加国不会容许这种非法移民手法，正寻求跟南亚国家加强有关方面的协作。
他表示，加国目前正在研究各种对策，稍后将会有所宣布。但他表示，本国的皇家骑警及边境服务局有关的执法也是重要一环，需要确认出蛇头，把这些不法分子绳之于法。
偷运人口在本国是严重的刑事罪行，如偷运超过10人，最高刑罚可被判囚终身或罚款1,000万元。
September 15, 2010
Canada’s Immigration Minister Says Doors Are Open to Chinese to Come to Canada
BEIJING, CHINA–(Marketwire – Sept. 15, 2010) – China is, and will continue to be, one of the most important source countries for immigrants to Canada, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said today in Beijing, the second-to-last stop on his trip to Asia.
“Canada has benefited enormously from immigration from China,” said Minister Kenney. China remains the number one source country for immigrants to Canada.
Minister Kenney notes that more visitors are coming to Canada from China as well. In the first quarter of this year, China ranked first in visas and extensions issued to visitors. Canada saw 14% more visitors from China than in the first quarter of 2009, or 46% more than in the first quarter of 2005.
“That means more Chinese nationals are visiting their family here in Canada than ever before. With the implementation of the Approved Destination Status, which allows Chinese travel agents to advertise and organize tour groups to Canada, that number will only rise,” said the Minister.
And the number of Chinese students studying in Canada is also on the rise. Almost 50,000 students from China resided in Canada last year. The number of Chinese students living in Canada has grown by more than 300% in the past decade.
“We are committed to increasing the number of Chinese students attending Canadian colleges and universities,” said the Minister, “and in the course of my visit to Beijing, I made an important announcement about how our government will encourage even more students to study in Canada.”
But he also warns that while the door is open to Chinese students, visitors and immigrants, the Government of Canada is serious about cracking down on immigration fraud. This includes drawing attention to fraudulent immigration consultants.
“While many consultants do good work, we want people to know that it’s not necessary to hire a consultant to come to Canada,” said Minister Kenney. “And with the help of the Chinese government, we want to put a stop to the ones who are engaging in fraud.”
Minister Kenney will travel to Manila tomorrow. He will then go on to Canberra and Sydney, the final two stops on this trip.
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