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.

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New Delhi: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is going to raise the fees for all permanent residence applications from April 30, 2022, according to the government officials.

This hike includes economic, permit holder, family and humanitarian classes.

According to the information the PR fees for applicant and accompanying spouse has been increased by CAD15 to CAD515.

The government has hiked a nominal fees structure of all major categories for immigration to Canada.

Meanwhile, government previously hiked residence fees in 2020 to account for inflation and in 2002, it was announced that fees would increase every 2 years to adjust for inflation.

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Ottawa: Canada welcomed more than 405,000 new permanent residents in 2021— more than any year in Canadian history. To meet the demands of our growing economy and help make our immigration system more responsive to Canada’s economic needs and humanitarian commitments, the federal government’s 2022-24 Immigration Levels Plan—tabled in February 2022—sets an even higher annual target of 451,000 permanent residents by 2024. The majority will be skilled workers, which will play an important role in addressing persistent labour shortages.

To support the processing and settlement of new permanent residents to Canada as part of Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan—including the government’s increased commitment to Afghan refugees—the government has committed $2.1 billion over five years and $317.6 million ongoing in new funding.

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OTTAWA: Aimed to bolster economy, Canadian government has set a target to bring about 13.29 lakh immigrants in the next three years.

To ensure Canada has the workers it needs to fill critical labour market gaps and support a strong economy into the future, the 2022–2024 Immigration Levels Plan aims to continue welcoming immigrants at a rate of about 1% of Canada’s population, including 431,645 permanent residents in 2022, 447,055 in 2023, and 451,000 in 2024. This plan builds on the previous levels plan, with an increased focus on supporting our economic resurgence and post-pandemic growth.

Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, tabled the 2022‒2024 Immigration Levels Plan, which charts an ambitious but responsible path for immigration that will help the Canadian economy recover and will fuel post-pandemic growth, all while strengthening communities and industries across the country that rely on immigration.

The pandemic has highlighted the contributions of newcomers to the well-being of our communities and across all sectors of the economy. Last year, Canada welcomed more than 405,000 new permanent residents—the most immigrants in a single year in our history. Despite having regained many of the jobs lost during the pandemic, there are still hundreds of thousands of positions in all sectors waiting to be filled. Immigration already accounts for almost 100% of labour force growth, and with 5 million Canadians set to retire by the end of this decade, the worker to retiree ratio will drop down to only 3:1. This is a clear sign that we have a strong economic need for increased immigration.

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