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GOOD NEWS for Permanent Residence applicants and International Students:
A new mandate letter has been issued by the Prime Minister of Canada to its cabinet minister
GOOD NEWS
for Permanent Residence applicants and International Students:
A new
mandate letter has been issued by the Prime Minister of Canada to its cabinet
minister.
- Issued on
16th December, it has been ordered that the IRCC will now act with
urgency to provide resettlement opportunities to people under threat, including
Afghan citizens and human rights defenders. Also they have been advised to
strengthen family reunification and reduce application processing times,
especially the ones impacted by COVID-19.
- Canada will
facilitate the safe passage and resettlement of vulnerable people from
Afghanistan while emphasizing on individuals who supported Canada.
- In order to
realize these objectives it is expected that the IRCC will continue to bring
new comers to Canada to drive economic growth as per 2021-2023 Immigration
plan..
- Major emphasis will be to reduce
the processing times, including addressing delays that have been impacted by
COVID-19.
- The team will work to
strengthen the family reunification by introducing electronic application for
family reunification and implementing a program to issue temporary resident
status to spouses and children abroad while they wait for the processing of
their permanent residence application.
- Canada now has Made the
citizenship application process free for permanent residents who have
maintained the eligibility for it.
- Global
talent stream is a work-permit program with some occupations in demand with 2
weeks processing and now the IRCC may probably set up an employer hotline and to simply the
work permit processes.
- To build on
existing pilot programs who are contributing to Canadian communities.
- Expanding pathways to permanent residence for
international students and temporary foreign workers through express entry system and
various provincial
nomination programs.
- More
investment is being put in as budgeting to improve the effectiveness of
processing the cases. Roughly 85 million dollars will be allotted for the processes to improve and remove backlogs.
- RNIP and
AIPP are pilot programs that will se more working from 2021 onwards and along with it, Canada is adding new Municipal level nominee programs as well, which will be be given importance as well.
- There are
many other points but the main thing to consider is that the processing times
of the permanent residence cases will be taken in due consideration so that
more and more candidates from overseas become permanent residents as
immigration is the main backbone of Canada’s economy in meeting the semi
skilled labor demand-supply requirements.
It is
very much clear that the upcoming year will certainly be a boom in terms of
immigration numbers and all those people waiting for their chance to become
Canadian permanent residence will now be a reality soon.
Hence, it’s
imperative for people to start their journey well in advance so that they are
eligible for the Invitation to Apply at the right time considering the Tie-Breaking
rule being applied in every rounds
of invitation
Hence, applying
for Permanent residence at the earliest would really save your time and
energy.
Transformers
Immigration and Education consultants wishes everyone good wishes and luck for their
immigration journey!
Happy
immigration to you!