Canada is going to flush immigration backlogs soon
The Canadian government is all set to eliminate the backlog of skilled worker immigration applications by the end of 2014.
The Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) officials have announced that by tossing out the pre-2008 applications, the department will not only get rid of these backlogs faster than expected, but will also be able to work on other immigration projects.
Jason Kenney said that this would be the best way to ensure that only those foreign skilled workers are allowed in the country which come up to the local labor market demands, instead of working on first come first serve basis
Previous estimates before the elimination predicted that it would take until 2017 for the backlog to be dealt with but now Mr. Kenney is expected to announce that this target has been reduced by three years. Without flushing the system, it was estimated the backlog wouldn't be cleared until 2017, but the decision is being challenged in court by lawyers who plan to launch a class-action lawsuit on behalf of people whose applications were expelled.
Kenney says that by the end of 2013, the government will be able to process skilled immigrant applications within a year, rather than eight years, which had become the norm.
Last spring, Jason Kenney said about the plan, Employers are best positioned to decide who can best fill the open jobs rather than a passive and bureaucratic system. It's not about privatizing the immigration system, it's about a more active role of recruitment for people so they have jobs when they show up. I would rather have an engineer working as an engineer than as a cab driver. That's the only aim we are trying to achieve.
The immigration minister said there was 640,000 applications stuck in the system just a few short years ago, this has been reduced to just 100,000. Mr. Kenney said the reforms are finally unshackling Canada from the outrageous backlogs and wait times of the past and allow migrants to enter Canada faster and for the purpose intended.
Kenney has also announced that Canada plans to admit between 53,500 and 55,300 new Canadians in 2013 under the revamped federal skilled worker program, which will be geared more toward accepting young people.
By 2015, this fast-track to immigration will be expanded across the country and opened to employers as well. It could also be opened to other economic streams, not just those who apply through the federal skilled worker program.
The Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) officials have announced that by tossing out the pre-2008 applications, the department will not only get rid of these backlogs faster than expected, but will also be able to work on other immigration projects.
Jason Kenney said that this would be the best way to ensure that only those foreign skilled workers are allowed in the country which come up to the local labor market demands, instead of working on first come first serve basis
Previous estimates before the elimination predicted that it would take until 2017 for the backlog to be dealt with but now Mr. Kenney is expected to announce that this target has been reduced by three years. Without flushing the system, it was estimated the backlog wouldn't be cleared until 2017, but the decision is being challenged in court by lawyers who plan to launch a class-action lawsuit on behalf of people whose applications were expelled.
Kenney says that by the end of 2013, the government will be able to process skilled immigrant applications within a year, rather than eight years, which had become the norm.
Last spring, Jason Kenney said about the plan, Employers are best positioned to decide who can best fill the open jobs rather than a passive and bureaucratic system. It's not about privatizing the immigration system, it's about a more active role of recruitment for people so they have jobs when they show up. I would rather have an engineer working as an engineer than as a cab driver. That's the only aim we are trying to achieve.
The immigration minister said there was 640,000 applications stuck in the system just a few short years ago, this has been reduced to just 100,000. Mr. Kenney said the reforms are finally unshackling Canada from the outrageous backlogs and wait times of the past and allow migrants to enter Canada faster and for the purpose intended.
Kenney has also announced that Canada plans to admit between 53,500 and 55,300 new Canadians in 2013 under the revamped federal skilled worker program, which will be geared more toward accepting young people.
By 2015, this fast-track to immigration will be expanded across the country and opened to employers as well. It could also be opened to other economic streams, not just those who apply through the federal skilled worker program.
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