據加拿大廣播公司報道,1月28日中午12點整,加拿大移民部開放了2019年父母和祖父母擔保方移民申請,共有27,000個網上申請名額。但僅僅在11分鐘之內,所有名額都被搶完。不少人表示十分憤怒和懊惱,說新移民系統存在缺陷。
11分鐘之後,移民部發佈推文,說申請表格已經關閉。
「2019年父母及祖父母項目的擔保表格現在已經關閉。如果你成功遞交了表格,會在24小時內收到電子郵件作為確認。」
許多原本準備申請該項目的人,憤怒地在網上投訴,說他們為了填表,特意把時間騰出來,結果還沒幾分鐘,系統就關閉了。
網友Naimul Khan在推特上寫道:「你們不是在賣音樂會門票,這個項目的目的是讓家庭團聚!但整個過程堪稱殘暴。」
I had my schedule cleared, computer set up, kept refreshing every few seconds. Form went from open to closed right away. This is not a concert ticket you are selling, this is about uniting families. The whole process is atrocious.
— Naimul Khan (@naimulkhan) January 28, 2019
網友H@prsdkmt說:這原本應該是個公平的項目,否則移民還怎麼能夠和家人團聚呢?
@HonAhmedHussen this was supposed to be a fair process. How are immigrants supposed to unite with families?
— PK (@prsdkmt) January 28, 2019
有的網友表示,從12點剛過20秒開始行動,所有信息都是複製粘貼到表格里的,結果居然還是晚了。
Alex Kryuk表示:還不如用之前抽籤的方式,比「公平的先來後到」要公平得多!
What an unfair system in 2019: started an app at 20 sec past 12, copy pasted all the data and was late! Are you seriously thinking that it’s fair? Better and fair for canadians to do a lottery than that “fair first come first serve” one
— Alex Kryuk (@okryuk) January 28, 2019
網友Ana Maria Maldonado寫道:「我有好幾名同事在工作室開網頁想填表,但沒有一個人能成功打開連接,用手機也是打不開!沒有人能打開那個連接。這簡直是作弊!真的!」
I had colleagues at work opening the website to fill out the form and none of them got the link to start, not even on the phones! Nobody got the link. This was rigged! Seriously! And then at 12h07 IRCC posted a tweed saying it wasn’t available and the 2 minutes later is closed!
— Ana María Maldonado (@AnaMaraMaldona8) January 28, 2019
還有網友要求,對移民部的擔保程序進行獨立審計。
之前的抽籤制也曾遭到許多投訴,曾有市民表示,由於是抽籤制所以一直擱置沒有申請。於是,自由黨政府捨棄了抽籤制,採取先來後到的方式,最先遞交擔保表格並滿足計劃要求的保證人,將得到申請邀請。
按照2019年家庭團聚項目,20,500位父母及祖父母將被允許來加拿大,明年還有21,000個名額。
本次開放申請,之所以允許27,000人填寫擔保表格,其實是已經考慮到可能會出重複填表或錯誤的情況。