Immigration Canada’s backlog stands at 1.8 million people, but there are signs of improvement [citizenship numbers]
2022/02/11 Leave a comment
But not for citizenship :
Citizenship backlog has grown by 20,000 persons
IRCC reported the backlog for citizenship applicants was standing at about 468,000 on December 31, 2021. On October 31 of last year, there were around 448,000 citizenship applications in the inventory. In 61 days, the citizenship backlog grew by 20,000 applicants.
In its email to CIC News, a spokesperson from IRCC said in all of 2021, Canada processed more than 206,000 citizenship applications. Compared to 2020 when IRCC processed 80,000 citizenship applications.
Source: Immigration Canada’s backlog stands at 1.8 million people, but there are signs of improvement