Canada Immigration Services Improved in Lebanon

Canada's Immigration Minister has announced that the immigration services at The Canadian Embassy located in Beirut, Lebanon. Citizens of Lebanon were previously required to travel to Damascus, Syria in order to attend interviews related to Canadian permanent resident applications. They will now have the option to attend interviews in Beirut or in Damascus. The only exception to this rule was for Family Class applications.

The changes to the services at the visa office in Beirut are effective immediately. “Citizens of Lebanon deserve to have their visa interviews conducted in their own country,” stated Canada's Immigration Minister Diane Finley. “We are upgrading our services at the visa office in Beirut in order to make it easier for people to complete their application process.”