Canada immigration backlog drops below one million as work permit delays ease and study visa waits riseCanada's immigration backlog dropped below one million by January 2026, the first time since October 2025. While work permit processing imp...
19 Mar, 2026, 01.48 PM IST
Canada’s visa backlog grows; Indians wait over three months for visitor approvals, 2.9 lakh stuck in citizenship queueIndian applicants face the longest wait times for Canadian visitor visas, averaging 99 days, with super visas taking 169 days. While IRCC's...
11 Nov, 2025, 08.58 PM IST
Canada's visa backlog is shrinking despite higher applicationsA recent report from the Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) revealed a backlog of 802,600 applications out of a total 2,274...
19 Sep, 2023, 05.45 PM IST
Canada’s open work permit could become a permanent pathway to the US for many IndiansThe open work permit stream that was announced by the Canadian ministry of immigration last month, targeted specifically at US H-1B work pe...
23 Jul, 2023, 11.54 AM IST
Canadian visa processing at standstill as federal workers' strike enters Day 7As of March 31, number of backlogged applications dropped below 9,00,000 for the first time since pandemic, with another 20,17,700 applicat...
25 Apr, 2023, 11.48 AM IST
Canada may be considering waiving eligibility criteria for thousands to cut visa backlogAccording to the memo, IRCC has two options to reduce the number of visitor visa applications. Under the first, it aims to process an estim...
23 Jan, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
Canada issues record-breaking 4.8 million visas in 2022On a monthly basis, Canada is now processing more visitor visa applications reducing its pandemic backlog by nearly half-a-million applicat...
21 Dec, 2022, 02.21 PM IST
Canada's immigration backlog continues to shrink, temporary residence applicants benefit mostWith this, the citizenship inventory stands at 3,14,630 applicants as of November 30, compared to 3,31,401 on October 31, CIC News reported...
12 Dec, 2022, 11.37 AM IST
The immigration queue in Canada is getting shorter, but only for someThe permanent residence inventory stood at 506,421 people as of November 3, compared to 505,562 as of October 3, and the the temporary resi...
11 Nov, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
Canada announces 5 new measures to overhaul its immigration systemAs of August 22, Canada welcomed over 300,000 permanent residents to Canada, surpassing the milestone earlier than in any previous year. Th...
02 Sep, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
Canada will reopen all PR programs under Express Entry from July 6This comes as a time when the country is already struggling to cope with massive processing delays. According to data shared with ET, Immig...
05 Jul, 2022, 11.53 PM IST
Canada has a new plan to tackle growing immigration backlogCanada has announced a new task force which aims to fast-track the processing of immigration applications by identifying areas where action...
30 Jun, 2022, 09.45 AM IST
Canada plans to cut down Express Entry wait time back to 6 monthsThis will take effect once IRCC resumes Express Entry invitations to Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Canadian experience class (CEC)...
20 May, 2022, 09.58 AM IST
Canada's massive immigration backlog is finally easingAccording to reports, data released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has shown that the Federal Skilled Worker Progr...
13 Mar, 2022, 05.04 PM IST
Canada has an $85 million budget to make sure you get your work permit fasterThis comes at a time when the backlog in Canada's immigration services topped 1.8 million - including applications from future citizens, pe...
23 Feb, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
Canada is sitting over an immigration backlog of almost 2 million applicationsThe backlog includes applications from future citizens, permanent residents, temporary workers, international students and visitors, media ...
11 Feb, 2022, 11.44 PM IST
200% rise in invites to Indians for Canadian permanent residencyIndians appear gung-ho about Canada’s Express Entry programme which invites topranked candidates — under the country’s point-based immigrat...
15 Jun, 2018, 08.32 AM IST