Visa Officers as Gatekeepers of a State's Borders: The Social Determinants of Discretion in Spousal Sponsorship Cases in Canada

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration drivers

  • Migration policy and other public policies
  • Migrant aspirations and attitudes

• Migration infrastructures

  • Routes, hubs, and sites in travel & migration

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-cultural consequences

  • Racism, xenophobia and discrimination
  • Attitudes, migration and migrants

Migration governance

• Migration policy and law

  • Immigration admission and control (general)
  • Family reunification policies
  • Border control

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

• Transversal themes

  • Race and ethnicity

Methods

• Qualitative research

  • Other

Geographies

• Scope

  • International

• UN Countries

  • Canada