It's hard to backup with data since the IRCC doesn't release any useful information publicly. So, yes, mostly anecdotal. Also, people committing fraud rarely

It's hard to backup with data since the IRCC doesn't release any useful information publicly. So, yes, mostly anecdotal. Also, people committing fraud rarely come out and admit it if they are not caught. So how would we know? I've personally seen quite a few cases of marriage and family related fraud. I've been to fake weddings for immigration purposes. I personally know people that have assumed deceased family member's names for the same reason. Some countries have very bad paperwork so it's not difficult to fake these things and nearly impossible for IRCC to confirm. I've straight up been given advice that would be fraud by an IRCC approved immigration lawyer. Just search on Google "canada immigration fraud", or any other similar term and you will see countless cases where people have gotten caught. I seriously doubt we are catching even a tiny percentage of the fraud - but obviously numbers on this are impossible to know. So anecdotes are about all we can get. The case of the 700 Indian Students comes to mind - https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/canada-says-it-won-t-deport-international-students-who-are-victims-of-immigration-fraud-1.6441274 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/canada-says-it-won-t-deport-inter... Note that these "students" were not deported, which only encourages others. It's common for foreign (out of Canada) immigration consultants to "guarantee" visa's to their customers. Look around the immigration forums and services available online. Clear and rampant fraud. We have immigration consultants running "colleges" out of the same strip mall as their immigration office. As I wrote above, I'd recommend checking out Darshan Maharaja's X feed as he follows these things much closer than myself, if you have interest - https://twitter.com/TheophanesRex https://twitter.com/TheophanesRex. > Do you have a source of that? In my experience it just leads to longer processing times, not being waived through. No. But with a backlog of 2.2 million applications and a government order to eliminate the backlog it's hard to believe it's not happening.