Reports released by the IRCC show that Canada’s immigration backlog has decreased, with approximately 2.1 million applicants still awaiting processing in December, a decrease from approximately 2.2 million.
Since July 2021, the following progress has been made in all lines of business:
- 2152,220 people were counted between January 2-3, 2023
- 2,243,097 people on December 3, 2022
- 2,411,388 individual’s on 3 November 2022
- 2600,000 people as of September 30, 2022
- 2,583,827 people as of 31 August 2022
- 2,679,031 people between July 15-17, 2022
- Between June 1 and 6, 2022, 2,387,884 individuals were.
- Between 30 April to 2 May 2022, 2,130,385 people were present.
- There were 2,031,589 individuals there on April 11 and 12, 2022.
- Between 15 March and 17 March 2022, 1,844,424 individuals were.
- 1 February 2022 will see 1 815 628 persons.
- On December 15, 2021, there are projected to have been 1,813,144 persons overall.
- On 27 October 2021, there were 1,792,404 people.
- On 6 July 2021, 1,447,474 people were.
Inventories at present
On January 3, there were only 301,388 citizenship applicants, compared to 314,630 on November 30.
The number of permanent residents increased from 512,342 to 521,552 as of January 2. According to the Census Bureau, as of December 3, 1,416,125 people lived in temporary housing, while 1,329,280 did on January 3.
Two out of the three major categories experienced a decrease in applicants from the December 3 record due to 86,845 fewer applicants.
Inventories of PNP and Express Entry
As of January 2, 2021, the number of applicants waiting in the queue for Express Entry programs had increased by 4,083 since December 2. The total number of applicants waiting in the queue on January 2 was 48,409, while the corresponding number on December 2 was 43,326.
People have applied for the Express Entry programs in greater numbers in the previous month, with 3,733 applying for the CEC and 1,869 applying for the FSWP.
IRCC has begun issuing invitations for Express Entry candidates from all programs since July of this year. Due to the IRCC’s inability to achieve its service requirement, the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) only had draw dates available between September 21, 2021, and July 6, 2022. IRCC was able to reduce the inventory and reinstate six-month service standards. For those who received an invitation as of July 6 by halting Express Entry invitations to Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and Canadian Experience Class candidates as of that date.
It is common for Express Entry draws to take place every two weeks. The Express Entry draw has not taken place since November 23. Are there any upcoming draws that candidates can look forward to?
There are currently 62,720 applicants in the PNP database. It represents a marginal increase over the 62,343 applicants listed in the December inventory data.
Inventory of family class
Since December 3, when it was 127,091, there has been a slight decline in the inventory for all family-class immigration programs.
One of the highest inventories among all business categories is held by the Spouses and Partners sponsorship program. It has 61,481 inventories down 1,460 from 62,106 on December 2.
Currently, 52,960 parents and grandparents are listed in the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP), down from 53,770 who were waiting for decisions in December.
Services standard
As of November 30, the total number of applications that have been received by IRCC but are yet to be processed is 1.09 million.
According to data, 110,000 applications were cleared from the backlog in November, with 1.2 million applications still pending. As a result, the IRCC rejected fewer candidates than it did in September and October when it rejected 350,000 candidates. However, the backlog is steadily improving despite an increase in permanent residency applicants.
There has been an inconsistency in the handling of backlogged applications. Application processing timeframes are specified in these requirements. The actual processing time of applications by the IRCC differs from the service standard. It refers to applications that have not been processed in accordance with the service level for their program. It usually takes approximately six months for applications for permanent residency submitted through Express Entry to be processed by the Canadian government. Other economic classes have a greater wait period. According to the IRCC, sponsorships for spouses and children need twelve months of service.
Depending on the type of application, service standards for temporary residency applications range from 60 to 120 days.
