Look for a lifting of the visa requirement for Mexican nationals... From the CIC website: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2013/2013-02-14.asp ... "The Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, announced today that the list of Designated Countries of Origin is expanding to include an additional eight countries. As part of the improvements to Canada’s new asylum system that came into effect on December 15, 2012, the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act included the authority to designate countries of origin—democratic countries that offer state protection, have active human rights and civil society organizations, and do not normally produce refugees. “Faster processing of asylum claims from generally safe countries is an essential feature of Canada’s new faster and fairer refugee system,” said Minister Kenney. “Our new system provides protection more quickly to genuine refugees, while removing individuals whose claims are rejected from the country faster.” The second list of designated countries includes: Mexico Israel (which excludes Gaza and the West Bank) Japan Norway Iceland New Zealand Australia Switzerland Including the designation of these eight countries, effective February 15, 2013, 35 countries appear on the designated countries list, which already includes most countries in the European Union (EU), Croatia and the United States. Under the new...
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