ENTRY TO CANADA

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 251, 18 September 1930, Page 7

ENTRY TO CANADA

NO NEW RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN. UNITED STATES FOLLOWS SUIT. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless). Received September 18, 10.35 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 17. Following rumours, inquiries at Ottawa elicited the information that no new restrictions on white immigration have been imposed. The only restrictions applying are in respect to the amount of money in possession of an immigrant and the contract for labour. Due to the current depression and extensive unemployment, with the coming of autumn and winter, the immigration authorities are more closely applying these qualifications than at other times. The contract for labour regulation is of one year’s standing and prohibits the entry into Canada of immigrants under labour contracts except in cases where the Minister of Immigration decides that their presence is required. The Immigration Department at Ottawa, moreover, denied reports from Vancouver that some 200 Australians seeking entry into Canada are being held up and that some of them are in danger of being sent back. Officials state that only one or two Australians were detained.

Restrictions on immigration into the United States of a similar nature were also announced at Washington a few days ago by the State Department. This is due to the unemployment in the United States. Consuls abroad have been instructed to examine applicants for passport visas more closely for the purpose of limiting the number of entries under the provision law, which enables exclusion when there is a danger of the applicant becoming a “public charge.” Ordinary travellers are in no way affected either in Canada or the United States.