The Canadian government is considering extreme measures to decrease its large immigration backlog, such as relaxing eligibility requirements for nearly half a million visitor visas.
By February 2023, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will take "active action" to dramatically reduce the backlog of applications for tourist visas. The memo proposes two strategies for lowering the volume of visa requests that the Canadian Immigration Bureau considers. One alternative is processing approximately 195,000 applications in bulk, while the other involves waiving some eligibility conditions for 450,000 visa applicants. Also, visitors would still be subject to an eligibility check to ensure they don't constitute a security danger.
According to Sean Fraser, the country's immigration
minister, Canada is now processing visitor visa applications faster than before the outbreak. He claimed that, compared to a monthly average of
roughly 180,000 in 2019, nearly 260,000 visitor permits were processed in
November. To fulfill pre-pandemic processing timelines, more effort is
required, Fraser stated.
During a press conference in December, Sean Fraser,
the minister of immigration, said, "We’re actually removing cases from our
system faster than they’re coming in, which gives me confidence that we’re
getting back on track."
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