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Canada's immigration backlog data displays minor changes

Canada's immigration backlog data
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Canada’s immigration backlog data displays minor changes

Canada’s immigration backlog data displays only minor changes per IRCC. According to the January data, the department recently confirmed that the inventory applicants are stagnant at 2.1 million. The data which is being taken into consideration lies between January 21 to February 1.

Since July 2021, this is how the inventory across all business fields showed progress:

  • January 2-3, 2023- 2,152,220 individuals
  • December 3, 2022- 2,243,097 applicants
  • November 3, 2022- 2,411,388 persons
  • September 30, 2022- 2,600,000 individuals  (rounded figure by IRCC)
  • August 31, 2022- 2,583,827 persons
  • July 15-17, 2022- 2,679,031 individuals
  • June 1-6, 2022- 2,387,884 applicants
  • April 30-May 2, 2022: 2,130,385 individuals 
  • April 11-12, 2022: 2,031,589 applicants
  • March 15 and 17, 2022: 1,844,424 individuals 
  • February 1, 2022: 1,815,628 applicants
  • December 15, 2021: 1,813,144 individuals 
  • October 27, 2021: 1,792,404 applicants
  • July 6, 2021: 1,447,474 persons 

Canada’s immigration backlog data- inventories at present

The inventory for citizenship stands firm at 302,980 applicants on February 1, compared to January 3, with 301,388 applicants. Also, the inventory for permanent residents confirms 523,557 individuals as of January 31, compared to January 2, with 521,552 applicants.

On January 31, the inventory for temporary residence was firm at 1,294,974 individuals. This figure is in contrast with 1,329,280 individuals as of January 2.

Hence, an increase in two top categories of the three categories. Additionally, there was a decline of more than 34,000 temporary residence inventory applications between January and February data.

Immigration Categories Individuals between January 31- February 1
Permanent Residence 523,557
Temporary Residence 1,294,974
Citizenship 302,980
Grand total 2,121,511

Inventory applications- Express Entry and PNP

The IRCC data displays 47,868 individuals suitable for Express Entry programs lined up as of January 31. The inventory showed a minor reduction of 541 since the data of January 3. Earlier the inventory stood at 48,409.

After the long pause, IRCC started the all-program draws again in July 2022. Draws remained restricted to Provincial Nominee Program candidates between September 21, 2021, and July 6, 2022. The pause occurred due to the department’s challenge to reach the service standard of processing applications. The Federal Skilled Worker Program and the CEC candidates helped IRCC to decrease the Express Entry backlog. Moreover, the department was able to reach the service standard of six months for applicants with ITA as of July 6.

Contrarily, the PNP inventory has nearly 66,241 applicants. This total number of applicants means a combination of base and enhanced PNPs. This figure reflects a massive rise from the PNP inventory data in January, around 62,720 individuals.

Family Class Inventory

According to the January 3, the application backlog for family class immigration programs witnessed a decline from 124,771 to 125,631. The maximum inventory applications across all business fields stand at 61,191 and belong to the Spouses and Partners Sponsorship Program. This figure shows only a minor change compared to the January 3 inventory data, that is, 61,481.

The Parents and Grandparents Program comprises 52,801 applicants, compared to 52,960 applicants with pending decisions since January.

Canada’s immigration backlog data- what about the service standards?

The service standard is crucial to determine the timeline and objective concerning the processing time of an application. However, IRCC might take lesser or more time to process an application and its service standard might differ from the fixed timeline. Furthermore, those applications which are unable to be processed within the fixed timeline fall under the backlog category.

Generally, IRCC functions with the goal to process at least 80 percent of applications within the standard service. However, this will largely depend upon the application type. For instance, permanent residence applications will require six months of processing time under Express Entry. On the other hand, other economic business fields might require a longer time. According to IRCC, the service standard for child family class sponsorship and spousal sponsorship will be around twelve months.

TR applications might service standards between 60 to 120 days based on the application type, whether work or study. Moreover, the submission must be within Canada or from outside this country.