Honourable Immigration Minister Sean Fraser addressed the public and shared current immigration updates. As per the news coming in Canada to hire 1250 staff members to help solve immigration backlogs. This is because Canada still has an application backlog of 1.3 million. And IRCC has been rolling out updates to address the same.
IRCC by the end of this year will be hiring 1250 staff members. And these members will help IRCC to reduce the burden of the backlog. In addition, Canada is working on offering a smooth application experience. Where the immigration system will be much easier to access and navigate through. With such efforts and measures, Canada is working toward its goal to come to the application processing timeline of 6 months (express entry applications).
In 2022, Canada is yet to complete/exceed its immigration levels target. In 2021, the target was set at 401,000 which the country broke with much ease. However, for 2022, the goal is set at 431,645. As a result, all the measures are to facilitate IRCC in meeting its target. And looking at the ongoing positive Canada immigration trends we can expect the same to happen very soon.
Canada to hire 1250 staff members to help solve immigration backlogs. The addition to come will help current and new visa applicants get a quick and easy Canada visa. Until now, Canada has issued the following number of visas:
IRCC will now be updating the details on backlogs every week. As per the IRCC reports (July 31, 2022), the following are the current updates:
Looking at the above graph we can see a steep fall in the application backlogs. So, anyone feeling weighed down by delayed processing times can now relax and get ready to move to Canada. As a new applicant, the uncertainty in processing timelines can create unnecessary anxiety. Canada to hire 1250 staff members to help solve immigration backlogs. Thus, we will see the numbers fall even faster than the current projections.
IRCC has been sharing incessant updates on immigration backlogs and processing delays since the start of the year. Up till now, the following is the update on the measures implemented:
Current work in progress
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Mr. Kalyan Paul, President & CEO is the founder of GVI, an MBA in Finance and also a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from Canada. Mr. Paul has more than 18 years of experience in immigration consulting that made him one of the preferred & valued immigration consultants in the immigration industry. He is a licensed member of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) [Previously known as Immigration Consultants Of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC)] (Membership ID: R417119) which is a professional body of licensed immigration consultants recognized by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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