Canada’s immigration department is hiring staff and increasing office space to target a return to one-year standard processing for spousal applications.
In an announcement on Friday March 5, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says additional resources will be aimed at the processing of overseas applications in the family class.
“These added resources will help IRCC process more applications and shorten processing times that have been extended during the pandemic,” an IRCC statement said.
The additional staff and office space will be provided at the Case Processing Centre in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Currently working at 30 percent capacity, the new space will also allow existing employees to return to the office.
“Most notably, the extra space and increased capacity will speed up processing times and help us return to the one-year standard for spousal applications,” said Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino.
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Canada plans to welcome 401,000 new immigrants in 2021, of which 103,500 are expected to come via family class programs.
The ambitious numbers included 80,000 spouses, partners and children, and 23,500 parents and grandparents.
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
Overall Permanent Resident Admissions | 401,000 | 411,000 | 421,000 |
Spouses, Partners and Children | 80,000 | 80,000 | 81,000 |
Parents and Grandparents | 23,500 | 23,500 | 23,500 |
Total Family | 103,500 | 103,500 | 104,500 |
Family sponsorships, one of the fastest and most popular ways to gain permanent residence in Canada, are expected to boom again as international travel restrictions ease up later this year.
As the borders loosen up with the worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and economies recover from the financial impact of the pandemic, the family sponsorship class of immigration programs promises to provide great opportunities for foreign nationals who want to make Canada their home.
Under family sponsorship programs, a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, aged 18 or more can sponsor certain family members to become Canadian permanent residents.
With that permanent residence, those family members are able to live, study and work in Canada.
The sponsor assumes all financial responsibility for their relative once he or she arrives in Canada.
To be a sponsor, the Canadian citizen or permanent resident must:
Relatives who can be sponsored include:
Spouses and common-law partners who come to Canada under the sponsorship programs are allowed to work under the Spousal Work Permit Pilot Program.
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