Last two months it increased by 21,000 applications. The data was received by the immigration department of Canada, IRCC. The candidates who are on the list of backlogs are visitors, international students, permanent residents, future citizens of Canada, international students, and visitors who are on a temporary basis too.
When adding all of the above-mentioned categories the total number of backlogs sums up to be 1,813,144 applications as of December. Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada back in October brought out a total of 1,792,936 candidates waiting for Canadian immigration.
In the duration of 49 days, the immigration application backlog has increased by 21,000 applications marking the growth at 1%. On October 31, there were around 468,000 applications that were in the inventory the data has not been recently shared by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada.
Backlogs increase for Family Class and Express Entry
The candidates for the Express Entry system had exceeded 119,000 in December, regarding backlogs when in October previously it had been at 138,000.
The CEC candidates who had filled applications were merely 25,000 in number during the month of December than it was back in October with 48,000 applicants. The difference was noted especially in this program. The backlog of the Federal Skilled Trades Program was also 805 negatives in the month of December than it had been lined up to make 931 candidates back in the month of October.
The increased number in the backlog under the FSWP Federal Skilled Worker Program was around 55,000 in December, while it was at almost 51,000 in October. There was likewise an increment in the improved PNP overabundance, 39,000 in December already it was 38,000 in October.
By and large family class applications had tumbled down to 105,000 this previous December, contrasted with more than 111,000 in October. This incorporates programs like life partner support, PGP programs which were down to around 38,000 contrasted with more than 43,000.
In December, the build-up of secured people (outcasts and in-Canada shelter petitioners) was right around 158,000. In October, it was around 153,000 applications.
