How do I get ahold of the Canadian Immigration office by phone to check the status of my application?
hmmm not real sure but there is a contact page also here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/ not sure what number you tried but this is the information on the link you may be looking for... Call Centre services (if you are in Canada only) We are currently experiencing high call volumes and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. You should only contact the Call Centre if you have submitted an application from within Canada and: the normal processing time for your application has passed and you cannot verify the status of your application using the online application status tool or you wish to report important changes about your application, such as births, deaths, marriages, divorces, adoptions, changes in address, changes in job status or you need urgent processing or you would like to make a refugee claim Call Centre telephone number: 1-888-242‑2100 Automated telephone service (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) If you have a touch-tone telephone, you can listen to prerecorded information about CIC programs, and check the status of your application. Call Centre agents - Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., your local time, except for statutory holidays. Services are available in French and English. You must choose one of the first five recorded options before you can speak to an agent. Note that agents cannot: answer questions about application status once it is sent to a Canadian visa office outside Canada, make decisions on applications, or help process applications more quickly. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, or you have a speech impediment and use a text telephone, you can access the TTY service from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. your local time by calling 1-888-576‑8502. Hope this was of some help Good luck Matt
Do Mexican immigrants benefit the American economy?Are they good for the country?
Are you talking about immigrants, that have gone through all the required processing for immigration - or all the illegals? Just read this news report: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article... The two illegals profiled have 5 US born children. These children get SNAP benefits of $739 total per month. Benefits are usually lowered by any household income. So they show NO income, and get the maximum. By the photo, at least one of the children is old enough to go to school. He will be eligible for the free lunch program each day - perhaps $2 per day times 20 per month + $40. Perhaps 2 children are school age. That's over $800 in taxpayer benefits per month. In many states, if you are eligible for SNAP or School lunch programs, you qualify for a 20% discount on your utility bills. "Like everyone else at home that day on Zeke Avenue, when the promotoras visited, the Garcias, who are undocumented, are on Lone Star, the debit card for SNAP." Like everyone else. Hidalgo County TX is: 90.7% Hispanic 84.8% do not speak English at home 34.4% live under the poverty level - which could mean that at LEAST 34% will qualify for some type of aid. The number of children under 5 is 30% higher than the US average - SNAP benefits, lunches, medical. Foreign born is 29% vs US average of 12% - the US Census counts inhabitants, without regard to status. 60% of the population over 25 has graduated from high school vs 85% for US. If you think that poorly educated illegal immigrants are NOT a drain on the taxpayers, just look at the figures. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.h... And remittances sent to Mexico from the US, while lower due to the poor economy, are still Mexico's THIRD largest form of revenue. That's money that leaves the US to travel to Mexico and benefit the Mexican economy.