{"id":135602,"date":"2024-03-05T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-to-bypass-quebec-to-speed-up-family-reunification-immigration\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T08:48:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:48:11","slug":"canada-to-bypass-quebec-to-speed-up-family-reunification-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/canada-to-bypass-quebec-to-speed-up-family-reunification-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada to Bypass Quebec to Speed Up Family Reunification Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada Immigration Minister Marc Miller says that Ottawa will bypass Quebec\u2019s self-imposed cap on PR applicants to speed up family reunification<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This comes after Immigration Canada\u2019s months of failed deliberations with Quebec to increase its family reunification capacity<\/span><\/a>, which Miller describes as \u201cartificially low.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0We’re talking about people who are husbands, wives, parents, grandparents, who are waiting unsuccessfully to be reunited with their families in Quebec,\u00a0\u00bb said Miller in an interview with Radio-Canada.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0For me \u2026 it’s a question of social justice,\u00a0\u00bb he said, calling the backlog of applicants a humanitarian crisis. Miller considers it a \u201cmoral duty to find a solution\u201d to Quebec\u2019s \u201crefusal\u201d to bolster family reunification.<\/p>\n

Currently, Quebec has an annual 10,000 applicant cap for family reunification, which falls far below the number of people looking to apply.<\/p>\n

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According to Miller, he has spent months \u201cbegging\u201d Quebec\u2019s Immigration Minister, Christine Frechette, to lift the cap, but he is tired of waiting.<\/p>\n

He has instructed the federal immigration ministry to begin processing all applications for PR for family reunifications who have received the proper documents from the province of Quebec, Miller\u2019s letter to Frechette on Sunday (which was obtained by Radio-Canada) reads.<\/p>\n

As of January 31, 2024, that equates to 20,500 applications.<\/p>\n

If the backlog worsens, IRCC will continue to grant PR to applicants within the usual timeframes. This will be down even if that would exceed levels set by Legault\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

Yahoo News reports that Miller\u2019s decision could cause even further tensions with the CAQ government in Quebec, which is facing a Superior Court lawsuit over the family reunification delays.<\/p>\n

Quebec spousal sponsorship applicants face a processing time of 34 months to bring their spouses to Canada, while those in the rest of Canada have a processing time of only 12 months.<\/p>\n

For parents or grandparents, the wait is for 50 months, while the rest of Canada has a waiting time of 24 months.<\/p>\n

Quebec has a lot to gain by the raised limit, Miller said.<\/p>\n

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