Jan 31, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has presented a speech at the press conference about improving the immigration system. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) made decisions on over 500,000 permanent resident applications in 2021.
Fraser announced that Canada is planning to make 147,000 permanent residence final decisions in the first quarter of 2022—doubling that from the same period in 2021.
Immigration Canada is currently facing a backlog of more than 1.8 million people waiting on decisions. This includes citizenship applicants, temporary foreign workers, families, students, refugees, and visitors. The Express Entry backlog alone stands at about 119,000 applicants as of December 2021.
Fraser said Canada will update the online processing times tool in the coming months to give IRCC clients more up-to-date estimates of how long it will take to process applications.
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