Canada Immigration – Backlog Of 800,000

 
 
January 23rd, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

The Edmonton Sun reports that the Ontario government is requesting that the federal government speed up immigration processing to clear the backlog of 800,000 applications that has been allowed to build up over several years.

In a market where other desirable countries are competing for skilled migrants, Ontario is concerned that candidates with the highest skill levels are moving to Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Europe rather that waiting years for the Canadian authorities to approve their applications for residence.

Ontario has asked the federal government to increase the number of applications it processes from 250,000 to 350,000 per annum and clear the backlog over the next five years.

Toronto immigration lawyer Mendel Green told The Sun that 40,000 parents are sponsored to Canada yearly, leaving 300,000 others waiting abroad for processing.

 

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  1. Comment by yousouf khan umarkhan on 1 July 2008:

    I applied for permanent resident to canada in 2006
    and I got no news since then.I sent an update to change my mailing address as I have sold my house already as part of my plan to move to canada;more than two months have elapsed and my address has not even been changed in e-cas.How can I get some information about the status of my case.

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