Immigration from India is expected to drop as Canada pulls personnel out of the Asian country due to a row over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.<\/p>\n
The Toronto Star<\/i> cited senior government sources as saying the drop in staff in India will create a backlog of 17,500 \u201cfinal decisions\u201d across Canada\u2019s global immigration system by the end of this year, over a two-month period.<\/p>\n
The latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals Canada welcomed 22,460 new permanent residents from India in July and August.<\/p>\n
IRCC data also reveals that Canada approved 77,935 work permits for Indians under the International Mobility Program<\/span><\/a> (IMP) and another 5,310 work permits under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) during the same two months.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a total of 105,705 final decisions made about work permits and permanent residents for Indians hoping to come to Canada in July and August.<\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n Marc Miller Says Canada Will Raise Francophone Immigration Targets<\/a><\/span> A drop of 17,500 in those decisions \u2013 if the senior government officials are including work permits in their calculations – would represent a slowdown of 16.5 per cent.<\/p>\n A 17,500-drop in permanent residency decisions over the coming two months \u2013 if the government officials were referring only to permanent residency decisions – would be a reduction of almost 78 per cent.<\/p>\n Immigration Minister Marc Miller has made it clear that regardless of the diplomatic tension in Indo-Canadian relationship, Canada will continue to accept and process all immigration applications from India.<\/p>\n Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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