Canada Stops Issuing Visas Inside Russia

Canada Stops Issuing Visas Inside Russia

Canada said Monday that it stopped issuing visas at its processing centers in Russia last month as part of a broader government effort to cut costs and modernize operations rather than as a shift in its immigration policy toward Russian citizens. “The decision to close the immigration office in Moscow was made as part of a government-wide exercise to modernize government operations and reduce overall costs,” a Canadian government spokesperson to…