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IRCC application backlog slowly shrinking despite higher number of applications

September 15, 2023 admin backlog, Canada, canada citizenship, canada permanent residence, IRCC, study in Canada, study permit, temporary foreign worker, trv

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:22:35 +0000

The most recent data from Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shows a backlog of 802,600 applications out of a total 2,274,600 as of July 31. Compared to the last update on May 31, the numbers indicate that the backlog is shrinking. In May, there were 820,000 applications considered backlogged out of 2,248,000. This is […]

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IRCC struggling to keep up as enquiries have more than doubled over the past five years

June 17, 2023 admin access to information, Afghanistan, applications, ATIP, backlog, calls, Canada, emails, immigrate to canada, immigration, IRCC, oag, treasury board, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 12:30:57 +0000

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) received more than eight million enquiries through its Client Services Centre (CSC) in the 2021/2022 fiscal year. This is more than double the 4.07 million enquiries in 2017/ 2018. The information was made available as part of an update to a report by the Office of the Auditor General […]

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IRCC has processed all-time high 4.8 million applications in 2022

December 20, 2022 admin backlog, Canada, canada citizenship, citizenship, family, foreign credential recognition program, healthcare workers, immigration, immigration announcement, sean fraser, spousal sponsorship program, study, temporary residence, twfp

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:00:57 +0000

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reports an overall reduction of nearly half a million applications since August this year. This is almost double the number of applications processed over the same period in 2021 when the department processed 2.5 million. The progress comes as IRCC is on track to admit a record breaking 431,000 […]

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Annual immigration report highlights IRCC’s pandemic recovery effort

November 10, 2022 admin backlog, Canada, canada immigration, immigration, immigration levels plan, IRCC, study, tr to pr, Work

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:00:03 +0000

The government of Canada has released its Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration for 2022. The report summarizes the previous years’ worth of developments in Canada’s immigration sector across all lines of business. It is released along with Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan, the official immigration targets that will act as a guideline for Immigration, Refugees […]

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Canada’s immigration backlog remains at 2.6 million people

October 15, 2022 admin backlog, Canada, citizenship, Express Entry, family class, immigration, IRCC, jobs, PNP, processing times, spousal sponsorship, study, trv, visit, work permits

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 11:35:41 +0000

Canada’s immigration backlog remains at 2.6 million people according to new Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data. IRCC released updated data, which is current as of September 30, on its website on October 14. The inventory across all lines of business has progressed as follows since July 2021: September 30, 2022: 2,600,000 persons (figure […]

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Sean Fraser provides update on Canada’s immigration system

August 30, 2022 admin backlog, backlogs, canada immigration, canadian immigration, Express Entry, general, immigration levels plan, immigration minister, inventory, IRCC, ita, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:22:51 +0000

Canada’s Immigration Minister, Sean Fraser, spoke in Vancouver on August 24 about Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) ongoing work to reduce application backlogs, improve client experience and address labour shortages. As an immediate measure, IRCC has announced that it will have hired up to 1,250 new employees by late fall in order to speed […]

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BREAKING: Sean Fraser provides update on Canada’s immigration system

August 24, 2022 admin backlog, canada immigration, canadian immigration, Express Entry, general, IRCC, ita, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:22:51 +0000

Canada’s Immigration Minister, Sean Fraser, spoke in Vancouver today about Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canadas (IRCC) ongoing work to reduce application backlogs, improve client experience and address labour shortages. As an immediate measure, IRCC has announced that it will have hired up to 1,250 new employees by late fall in order to speed up processing […]

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Express Entry applications to be processed within 6 months again

May 18, 2022 admin backlog, backlogs, cec, covid, covid-19, CRS, crs score, Express Entry, fstp, fswp, immigration, immigration minister, pandemic, PNP, processing times, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Gabriel Dumitrascu| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 12:15:45 +0000

Prior to the pandemic, the Canadian government aimed to process most Express Entry immigration applications within six months. Due to the pandemic, however, applicants have had to wait much longer. Non-Canadian Experience Class (CEC) Express Entry applicants are waiting well over 20 months on average for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to finalize their […]

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Minister Fraser says processing standards could return to normal by end of calendar year

May 13, 2022 admin backlog, backlogs, Canada, canada immigration, canada’s immigration minister, canadian immgiration, Express Entry, immigration, immigration backlog, PNP, Quebec, sean fraser, standing committee on immigration and citizenship

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 17:59:52 +0000

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser appeared today before the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to participate in the committee’s new study on IRCC’s application backlogs and processing times. The parliamentary committee is comprised of elected federal government officials. Their mandate is to monitor federal policy relating to immigration and multiculturalism, as well as […]

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