'Into the abyss': Immigration lawyers baffled over why spousal sponsorship applications sent back

Local immigration lawyers say they are frustrated and puzzled after application packages for spousal sponsorship permanent residency have been sent back with little explanation.
The federal government has made family reunification a priority. It created a “triage” processing system which came into effect in December 2016 to reduce wait times and said it was committed to processing 80 per cent of the applications it received as of Dec. 7, 2016, by the end of December 2017.
But lawyers