According to the new IRCC statistics, around 35,260 new Canadian PRs arrived in the country in January 2022.
The data obtained by ( IRCC ) Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada suggests that the country is seeking to host 400,000 new immigrants and has already started with a strong number of immigrants.
As per Canada’s new Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024, the country is willing to host nearly 432,000 new immigrants this year to create history with the highest level till now. As per the statistics, 405,000 immigrants were welcomed by Canada last year, mostly by converting the temporary ones to permanent residence. This was the first time since 1913 Canada hosted over 400,000 immigrants and set the new record for the country.
If we talk about the particular classes, 65 % of new permanent resident immigrants fall under the economic class, 20% percent under the family class, and the remaining 15 % fall under the refugee and humanitarian classes.
According to the target set under the level plans for this year, the economic class touched 56 % higher immigrations. The other classes were lower than expected. The family class was expected to be 24 %, and the refugee and humanitarian classes were thought to be 20 %.
The Canadian Experience Class (CEC), which comprises nearly 7,700 immigrants from new economic classes, continues to be the leading program for immigration to Canada.
Last year, the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) accounted for almost 1/3 of new admissions. That’s why IRCC highly depended on the CEC to hit the immigration levels goal.
TR2PR Program was the second leading economic class immigration program, and Nearly 7,000 immigrants landed in Canada in the month of January through TR2PR, the Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident program.
With 4,200 immigrants, the Provincial Nominee Program ( PNP )holds the third position and the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) accounts for 2,600 immigrant landings.
According to IRCC, The FSWP applications are now being processed at a higher rate. Before covid, the Federal Skilled Worker Program was Canada’s top economic immigration program, but last year, IRCC slowed down FSWP processing.
This was done to convert the temporary residents to permanent Canadian residents, which includes the students from other countries, temporary foreign workers, and other temporary residents living in Canada to achieve the target of the level plan of 2021.
The department took down this step as it could be difficult for IRCC to fulfill the target via FSWP and other immigration plans during the COVID.
To overcome this, IRCC has been processing a growing number of FSWP applications in recent months. According to data, IRCC processed more than 9,000 immigrants under FSWP between December and February. This number is huge in comparison to the average of 600 people in 2021.
Clearly, the government is trying to get back on its feet by normalizing operations. This will maintain a balance between immigration application processing.
The January 2022 numbers also stand out since they probably denote a low point for the number of immigrants Canada should expect this year. Before COVID, The number of immigrant landings in each year’s first and fourth quarters (Q1 & Q2) stay low because of cold weather and holiday during the winter season. And the immigrant landings rise nearly 40 % in the spring and summer months of Q2 and Q3 of the year.
As IRCC is processing more applications this year, the country is expecting to host more people to land in Canada during Q2 and Q3 of the same year.
As IRCC holds many in-Canada PR applications to process, the fresh landing could not reach 40 %, but a rise in figures is expected.
In 2021, there were Canada’s travel restrictions and other operational challenges, due to which the drop in Immigrations was seen. But now, in 2022, Canada will undoubtedly be able to hit the level’s target and hopefully create history. IRCC is focusing on processing more and more PR applications and is modernizing its application processing systems.
Moreover, Canada has removed all the travel restrictions.
