Shocking! The latest statistics released by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) show that the number of applications being processed soared to more than 2.36 million, a record high.

The shocking more than one million applications made people amazed: Are you going to catch up with the neighboring United States and enter the ranks of "immigrant queues"?

01. Severe backlog of temporary residence has become a severely affected area

Since the beginning of this year, Canada has experienced many changes in immigration policies, and the immigration management department has also encountered unprecedented tests.

Especially for short-term residence permit applications such as tourist visas, study visas, and work visas, the number of applications has increased sharply, which has led to a significant delay in the approval process and the cumulative application cases have become more and more serious.

Of the 2.3647 million applications currently processed by Immigration Canada, 1.366 million of them are temporary residence applications. Of these 1.366 million applications, 701,600 are still within the prescribed processing time limit, while the remaining 664,400 have exceeded the processing time limit, forming a backlog.

Although the number of applicants for permanent residence (PR) and obtaining nationality is relatively small, the backlog of these applications is also worthy of attention.

39,000 nationality applications are backlogged

Permanent residence applications are backlogged 299,000

Faced with the problem of numerous applications and accumulated problems, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) solemnly promised to increase the approval speed as the core task of future work, and is committed to overcoming the two major difficulties of permanent resident status and temporary resident status approval.

To be honest, even the IRCC itself predicts that by mid-2025, the backlog of cases will only be reduced by 20 to 30 percentage points, so everyone should be prepared for a protracted war, and at the same time they should reasonably arrange their life and work during the waiting period.

02. Latest visa processing cycle

After seeing this, someone must ask: How long will it take to process a Canadian visa application now?

Outreach has compiled the average processing timetable for Canadian visas for you, so let’s find out.

Short-term visit visa 58 days

Study visa 10 weeks

Work visa 14 weeks

Federal Express Track 5 Months

Provincial nomination for 12 months

Federal Startup SUV 40 Months

Federal self-employed for 48 months

Among all types of immigration visas, federal expressways exist, but popular options such as provincial nominations, entrepreneurship and self-employed immigration generally take place for more than one year, and some even exceed three years, which just reflects the current real progress of Canadian immigration.

The sharp increase in the number of applications has led to a significant decline in the efficiency of Canadian immigration processing compared to a few years ago. Therefore, people often lament that the best time for immigration has become history.

If you draw the axis of time from a distance, it is undoubtedly an excellent time for immigration. Canada has not yet encountered a long decade waiting for neighboring countries, and it is not like many European countries that have implemented a comprehensive blockade of the "golden visa" and closed the door to immigration.

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