[SpongeG]

my family came over on a ship to montreal from south africa in 1966 i think it was. Because it was also a commonwealth country all they had to do was walk off the boat, the person apparently said welcome to Canada and their friends greeted them, they had planned to settle in toronto but dad found a job over the weekend in montreal and they stayed there a couple years before heading to BC. So the 60's were a much easier time to immigrate.

Cut to 2017 my cousins couldn't even get a visa to visit for 10 days before Christmas.