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About

Reference number:
IRCC - 2023-QP-00023
Date received:
Dec 15, 2023
Organization:
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Name of Minister:
Miller, Marc (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Issue/Question:

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Suggested Response:

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Background:

Status of Operations

IRCC continues to work to reduce inventories [REDACTED] and improve processing times for all lines of business [REDACTED]. Some categories of applications are seeing an [REDACTED] improvement to processing times, such as applications for certain Family Class clients, Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Workers [REDACTED]. However, improvements have been incremental as inventories of older cases are processed [REDACTED]; all while respecting targets set by Cabinet for immigration levels [REDACTED].

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Increased Federal Funding

The Government of Canada is continuing to invest in processing capacity to ensure that all applications are processed as quickly as possible and to eliminate backlogs. [REDACTED].

Mitigation Strategies

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Additional Information:

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