During the Christmas and New Year holidays every year, many Canadian residents are going to go to South for vacations, but for a Canadian woman holding a maple leaf card, Canadian women are very angry. Although she paid hundreds of dollars of visa application fees, the visa appointment has at least 2 years of vacancies, which is a dual standard.

Although permanent residents with green cards in the United States can access Canada through visas, permanent residents holding Canadian maple leaf cards must obtain US visas to travel south.

Vancouver women named () are unwilling to disclose their real names, and she said she started waiting for a travel certificate.

Jennifer () came to Canada from Nigeria as an international student in 2014. After obtaining a degree in international relations at the University of Saskhawen, he moved to British Columbia in early March 2020.

A few months later, Jennifer () began working in Vancouver and obtained the work experience required to apply for immigration.

In August of this year, Jennifer () obtained permanent resident status and began applying for non -US visa procedures in September, including about $ 500 application fee.

After submitting the first application, the US government sent her a link to arrange an interview. However, Jennifer () found that the appointment of Vancouver recently was interviewed for at least 736 days, more than two years.

The angry Jennifer said, "This is very disappointing, especially when I just want to travel during the holidays."

For Canadians in other provinces in Canada, the waiting time for U.S. visas is also bad.

Calgary's waiting time is 852 days, and Toronto's waiting time is 774 days, more than 2 years.

Those who hold US employment authorization documents (EAD), including green card holders, can enter Canada for up to six months without applying for an electronic travel license (ETA) or visa.

"This is obviously a huge dual standard, why?" Jennifer asked.

"Considering that it was forced to formulate her life and travel plan for two years or even longer, this is really sad."

Jennifer () found that he would not be able to go south at least in 2025, but found that she was not the only permanent Canadian resident who had long -term waiting to show frustration.

Jennifer () subsequently found hundreds of people on the Internet in the same situation.

The U.S. Consular Affairs Bureau said it can speed up the appointment of some people's visas, but they must face "emergency, unpredictable situations, such as funeral, medical emergencies, or the opening date."

Jennifer () said that she must continue the dating website to check whether there is a vacant position, but during this period, she was powerless.

"You can see how frustrating and disappointing this is."