(Satpal Singh Johal) – -Welcome to the 298th day, October 25 of 2023
-November is Hindu Heritage Month in Canada.
-The CGI Toronto will organize 3 life certificates in Brampton next month. Certificates will be issued for free to pensioners from India in the Hindu Sabha Temple at 9525 Gore Road, on November 5, in Terry Miller Recreation Centre (room 2) at 1295 Williams Parkway on November 11, and in the Sikh Heritage Centre at 11796 Airport Road (near Mayfield Rd.) on November 18.
-Among Canada’s 41 expelled diplomats from India, 22 are immigration officers who left India on November 19. 12 IRCC officers returned to Canada, and 10 have gone to Manila (Philippines).
-At this time, Canada has 5 IRCC officials in India and they are focusing on urgent cases.
-Close to 90 percent of Canadian visa and immigration applications from India are already processed out of India.
-Per week IRCC issues around 42000 visa to the Indian citizens, and over 3000 passports are received by Canadian based offices in India.
-Passport and biometrics can still be submitted in Canada’s local visa application canters in India.
-Around 600 students are enrolled in the Springdale public school in Brampton’s ward 9. A total of 6 parents attended this school’s parent council meeting on October 18.
-It is definitive, that Countryside Village Public School, in Brampton’s Ward 9, will not get, as planned before, 9 additional portables in 2026.