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CIC News Canada’s immigration minister wants to make good on mandate letter commitments for refugees and undocumented workers We asked Sean Fraser what he personally wants to achieve during his term as Canada’s minister of immigration. There were four items on Fraser’s bucket list, all found on his mandate letter, a document from the prime…
CIC News Immigration Minister Sean Fraser discusses Express Entry reforms The Canadian government is on track to pass a bill that would allow the immigration minister to invite Express Entry candidates based on an economic goal. Bill C-19 is currently in consideration with the Senate. If passed, it will give the minister of Immigration, Refugees,…
CIC News Immigration Minister: Applicants can soon expect normal service standards Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser believes meaningful steps are being taken to get the immigration system back on track. Fraser acknowledged ongoing application processing and client experience challenges when he sat down with CIC News for an exclusive interview in Toronto earlier this week.…
CIC News Canada’s immigration backlog now exceeds 2 million persons Immigration Canada’s processing inventory now stands at more than 2 million people across all lines of business. The temporary and permanent residence backlog has increased. Meanwhile, the citizenship backlog went down to about 400,000 persons in April, compared to more than 453,000 in March. The…
CIC News IRCC to resume FSWP and CEC invitations in July; and offer open work permit to PGWP holders Canada’s immigration minister Sean Fraser has just announced Express Entry invitations to FSWP and CEC candidates will resume by “early July.” Minister Sean Fraser made several other major announcements, such as that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship…
CIC News IRCC back to 12-month processing for spousal sponsorship applications In January 2022, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced that Canada’s spousal sponsorship has returned to its 12-month processing standard for new applicants. According to a government media release, efforts to modernize the Canadian immigration system have allowed Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to…
CIC News Canada’s Express Entry backlog has declined by nearly 24,000 persons since December Canada’s economic class immigration backlog stands at 231,187 people waiting on decisions for their applications, according to February 28 data provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). At the beginning of February 2022, the economic class inventory stood at 230,573…
CIC News Immigration minister: Canada to resume Express Entry draws for skilled workers in “near term” When asked about when Canada would once again hold Canadian Experience Class (CEC) draws, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser replied draws would resume “in the near term” and said that he was looking into how to make the Express Entry…
CIC News Canadian immigration minister talks backlogs, international students and PGP in TV interview Canada’s minister of immigration, Sean Fraser, sat down to talk about Canadian immigration with Prime Asia TV business head, Deepinder Singh. The interview covered a number of topics relating to challenges brought on by the pandemic and possible solutions for the…
CIC News Canadian politicians take to social media to highlight issues at IRCC Members of Canada’s opposition parties have shared their open letters to Immigration Minister Sean Fraser on how to improve the immigration system. Jasraj Singh Hallan from the Conservative Party and Jenny Kwan from the New Democratic Party are incumbent shadow ministers for…