NB省10年2月以后的新政申请人不受影响,一切正常。
2010年2月之前的NB合作投资申请人,将重新申请新政。个中原由因为涉及面广,不便提及。为这些申请人叹息......
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NB省终止中国移民项目(旧政)
转自CBC网站 2011年11月2日
大西洋时间6:06
NB省政府已经终止了一个运行于省提名项目下的针对中国移民的试验性计划。
“从总审计师Kim MacPherson 对此予以关注并向我们交流调查结果时,我们立即就开始采取纠正措施以改良审计报告中提到的部分。”高等教育、培训及劳工部长Martine Coulombe如是说。
2010年2月,省政府停止接收新的项目申请。截止那时,作为申请程序的一部分,该项目曾要求每位申请人提交6万加币保证金给经济发展机构-—Enterprise Fredericton。
按照当时的该提名程序,移民可以投资到一个NB省的合作公司以获得移民申请快速通道。而一旦移民在该省居住和开展生意,定金将被返还。
省政府于2010年2月设立了一个新程序。新程序要求申请人直接提交一笔7.5万加币的保证金给省政府(而不再是当地Enterprise)
180名现在仍处于旧政处理进度中的申请人将被告知,他们可以按照新程序重新申请。
他们也必须申请以退回自己之前支付的6万加币定金。
MacPherson (在2010年)2月曾发布了一份报告称:政府没有监控提名项目下的申请人最终是否居住在NB,因此无从判断他们应该被退回保证金与否。而依照与渥太华的协议,省政府应该监控被提名者三年。
省该提名项目据信已经为加拿大带入5509名移民,但总审计师称:省政府不清楚有多少移民事实上居住在NB。
N.B. ends Chinese nominee project
Posted: Nov 2, 2011 6:06 PM AT
The provincial government has ended a Chinese immigration pilot project, which operated under the provincial nominee program.
"As soon as Auditor General Kim MacPherson raised concerns and shared her findings with us, steps were taken to begin correcting the areas identified for improvement," said Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Martine Coulombe.
In February 2010, the government stopped accepting new applications to the program. Up until then it required $60,000 deposits from each applicant with the economic development agency Enterprise Fredericton as part of the application process.
Under the nominee program an immigrant could invest in a partnership with a New Brunswick company in order to get his or her immigration application fast-tracked.
The money was to be repaid once they settled and started businesses in the province.
A new process was set up in February 2010, requiring a $75,000 deposit paid directly to the province.
The 180 applicants who were still being processed under the pilot project will be told they can reapply under the new process.
They must also apply to get their $60,000 back.
In February, MacPherson released a report that said the government was not monitoring whether people immigrating under the nominee program were staying in New Brunswick, and therefore whether they deserved to get their deposits back or not.
Under an agreement with Ottawa, the provincial government was supposed to monitor the nominees for three years.
The provincial nominee program has been credited with bringing 5,509 immigrants to Canada, but the auditor general said the government did not know how many immigrants actually settled in New Brunswick.
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