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Concerns regarding the amount of refusals for international students from Africa.
Addressing spousal sponsorship processing times
Immigration Pathways for Caregivers and Processing Plan
Status update on in-person and video oath ceremonies.
Status of the Express Entry system which is used for managing applications in a number of economic immigration categories.
Canada is experiencing a continued increase in the volume of asylum seekers crossing from the U.S. into Canada between ports of entry.
International students have been impacted by processing delays due to a major increase in the volume of applications. The Department has put several measures in place to assist international students and those who have graduated from their studies in this post-pandemic recovery time.
Increasing Francophone immigration to reach a target of 4.4% of French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec by 2023
Regularizing the status of undocumented workers
Canada-Québec Accord and immigration-related issues