Ottawa: The backlog of immigrants files worldwide has crossed over 2.4 million, to seek migration to Canada.
According to the data, India is the among most affected country as approximately 700,000 are pending, who are seeking to migrate to Canada.
Due to Covid-19 pandemic, Canada’s immigration process was running at snail’s pace and government of Canada recently announced to enhance work force to speed up the processing time of applicants.
The government has also announced to resume Express Entry draw after a gap of over one and half years to grant permanent residency under Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) class to immigrants.
Meanwhile, government is also going to infuse 85 million Canadian dollars ($65.16 million) to reduce the application inventory and hire more staff.