Canada faced a rapidly-growing backlog of applications for citizenship and temporary and permanent residence in the first five months of this year as Ottawa set a record-breaking pace for welcoming new immigrants.<\/p>\n
By the end of the first week of June, Canada\u2019s backlog of immigration applications had hit almost 2.39 million. The exact number was 2,387,884.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a spike of almost 12.1 per cent, or 257,499 applications, from the slightly more than 2.1 million \u2013 exactly 2,130,385 \u2013 in the backlog at the beginning of May.<\/p>\n
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How To Avoid Processing Delays Through Canada\u2019s Start-Up Visa<\/a><\/span> Ottawa\u2019s move to welcome an unlimited number of Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn country is being blamed for at least part of the increase in applications.<\/p>\n \u201cThe inventory for temporary resident visas and work permits has also increased significantly with the introduction of the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel<\/span><\/a> (CUAET),\u201d noted Peter Liang, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in an e-mailed response to Immigration.ca<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe CUAET is a temporary program that allows us to bring people to Canada quickly based on demand by leveraging our existing temporary resident visa processes, networks and infrastructure to bring as many Ukrainians as we can to Canada as quickly as possible \u2026 As of June 8, IRCC had received 296,163 CUAET applications.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n
\nCanada\u2019s Federal Budget Includes $2.1 Billion To Improve Immigration Processing<\/span><\/a>
\nCanada Has An Immigration Application Backlog Of More Than 2.1M<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nUkrainians Fleeing War-Torn Homeland Drive Up Temporary Residency Applications In Canada<\/h3>\n
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