Hey, and this from a naion that makes a
big deal over nude kids on magazine covers.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/07/27/558388.html
Tue, July 27, 2004
Baring all for Canada
FOREIGN STRIPPERS MUST SUPPLY NUDE STAGE
PHOTOS TO OFFICIALS
By TOM GODFREY, TORONTO SUN
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS are having to pore
through naked pictures of hundreds of exotic dancers to keep
impostors out of Canada. Foreign strippers planning to table dance
in clubs here must now provide photos of themselves with no clothes
on to qualify for a visa for Canada, immigration officials say.
"Stage photos during performances are required," said Sergio
Mercado, of the Canadian Embassy in Mexico.
MEMO TO VISA OFFICERS
In a memo to fellow visa officers around the world, Mercado said if a
dancer passes the no-clothes test, they may then require a police
certificate or medical examination.
The memo was obtained from access to information documents
obtained by the Sun.
The potential dancers have to prove they can dance in the nude,
immigration lawyer Mendel Green said yesterday.
"They can't be partially nude," he said. "If they don't have pictures in
the nude, they are not going to wiggle their bottoms in Canada."
Immigration lawyer Richard Kurland said the women have to show
nude pictures to ensure they're not abusing the system.
When it comes to Russia, the visa officers are looking for "headline
performers" who can be paid up to $5,000 weekly and are often
featured in ads of which they are expected to have copies.
PHOTO SPREADS
Officers at the Canadian Embassy in Moscow said most headliners
have been subject of photo spreads after vying for "Miss Nude North
America or Miss Nude Europe" contests.
Immigration officer Dorothy Christie said once dancers arrive here
they are usually placed in strip club lodgings and paid $60 every
time they're on stage, $10 for a lapdance and $20 for a VIP room
lapdance.
Each week the women must pay $100 to an agent and $50 for a
driver as well as $10 nightly to a DJ, the officer said.
(real motive here)