In the turmoil before Saigon’s fall, the visa office at our Commission in Hong Kong couldn’t reach sponsored Vietnamese refugees to process their applications. So, over 3500 letters like this one were sent to known addresses in the country up until April, 1979. The family actually named in this example were finally able to present themselves to the Canadian visa office in Saigon for processing in July, 1989.
honours the late Howard Adelman’s outstanding work in favour of refugee resettlement in the 1970s and beyond;
informs about a Danish-Canadian immigration promoter based in Ottawa at the end of the 19th century; and
reports on a visa officer and immigration applicant meeting after 50 years, and the applicant’s compelling immigration story (to be concluded in the next issue).
