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Canadian immigration discovered-
42 Fake wedding albums with same guests and same Wedding Palace in Chandigarh

Toronto, May 18, 2007
Nirlep Kaur

Yesterday, Canada immigration Dept. discovered 42 wedding scam cases that submitted by 42 different Indians applying for citizenship.

• All the weddings had taken place at the same Wedding Hall in Chandigarh, India
• In each marriage, you can see same guests were present there.

Liberal MP Roy Cullen, who has 29,000 South Asians in his Etobicoke North riding, says many Indo-Canadians in his riding have expressed concerns over this "abuse" of the system. Most of them can't qualify as skilled workers and the only way they can qualify is under the family class.

• More than 60,000 Canadians marry overseas each year and file international spousal sponsorships
• About 15% are rejected by Canada Citizenship and Immigration.
• Actually India has rejected case about 23%.

Canada immigration Dept. is considering to amend the law for foreign spouse visas on a probation three to five years and then provide permanent landed status.

Sukhjinder Singh from vancouver said, there are few well known people in the City and as well as some travel agents are very active in this business who charge $15,000-$30,000 in each case