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The Immigration Minister of Canada, Jason Kenney, claims that a new online version of Canadian mini-visa for European, Australian and New Zealand tourists is soon going to be initiation in Canada and will no longer have any sort of invasive personal questions required by the U.S. equivalent.
Apart from the basic biographical, passport and contact information, now the U.S. version of mini-visa asks the would-be visitors if they have a “communicable disease” like gonorrhea or syphilis, among others, or a “physical or mental disorder” that might “pose a threat.” The application further inquires if they are a “drug abuser or addict” and if they’ve been “arrested or convicted” of an offence related to “moral turpitude,” a controlled substance, drug trafficking or two or more crimes that, combined, could result in a sentence of at least five years.
Furthermore, there are usually questions about potential involvement in espionage, sabotage, terrorist activities and genocide, along with questions regarding child custody. Canada is now going to be implementing a concept similar to the Beyond the Border perimeter security deal with the U.S. signed last year. Though now the deal explicitly states the Canadian Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is to “mirror measures taken in the United States through its Electronic System for Travel Authorization,” in place since 2008, Kenney seemed to suggest otherwise.
Keney stated on Wednesday that “we have no intent to ask the same sorts of questions,” he further added that privacy issues are the key issue for the discussion with the privacy commissioner who have raised numerous concerns earlier this week.
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