Immigration

A consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been increased processing times at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).  Until recently these processing times appeared to only be worsening, as IRCC each day seemed to receive more applications than it could process. After several years of unfulfilled promises that processing times would ...

Canadian immigration law requires that applicants be honest in their applications.  The need for people to be thorough and truthful has perhaps never been more imperative than ever, as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is becoming increasingly effective and strict in determining that people have committed misrepresentation, and barring ...

Growing backlog of applications The first thing Fatima Zeba does every morning is check the status of her citizenship application. She applied in 2019 and what was supposed to be a 12-month process, has now taken two-and-a-half years and counting.  “I just feel cheated,” she said.  Zeba moved to Canada from India in 2011 ...

Canada has launched a new application tracker for family sponsorship candidates to check the status of their immigration file as it works its way through the system as part of efforts to shorten processing times. “Last week, I outlined our plan to modernize Canada’s immigration system and lower wait times for ...

An unfortunate reality of Canada’s immigration system is that one’s country of citizenship can impact the likelihood of success in a visa application. When it comes to visitor visas, study permits and work permits, certain source countries consistently have higher approval rates than others. Statistics The approval rate for some regions has ...