Canada\u2019s Auditor General says the mismanagement and changing priorities of immigration officials has caused an inventory backlog and resultant extension of waiting times.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the delays were really being caused by inefficient management practices around applications and managing the inventory,\u201d said Karen Hogan at the release of her audit of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a backlog of inventory that, at times, is greater than the immigration level for a given year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe department has the ability to improve how they process applications, but also to be more transparent with the applications about what their wait time might actually be.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Canada\u2019s record immigration levels targets for the upcoming years, at 465,000 this year, 485,000 in 2024, and 500,000 in 2025, the Auditor General\u2019s findings hint at a systemic incapacity to handle the additional workload.<\/p>\n
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Advantages of Buying or Starting a Business in Ontario Through the OINP Entrepreneur Success Initiative<\/a><\/span> The audit was conducted to establish IRCC\u2019s efficiency \u2013 or lack thereof \u2013 in processing permanent residence applications.<\/p>\n Eight permanent residence programs were focused on under the economic, family, and refugee and humanitarian classes.<\/p>\n All of those programs remained backlogged at the end of the previous year.<\/p>\n \u201cOn average, privately sponsored refugees waited 30 months for a decision while overseas spouses or common-law partners waited 15 months to be reunited with their partners in Canada,\u201d Hogan says. \u201cWhile processing times improved in most of the programs we examined, they continued to exceed the department\u2019s service standards for most applications in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n Moreover, the Auditor General reported that some applications waited in the queue for longer periods of time after they were initially submitted by applicants. This was most common with refugee applications, which waited an average of 15 to 20 months before receiving an initial assessment.<\/p>\n Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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