CIMM – Q-2426 - Annex A – May 27, 2024
Q-24262 — With regard to application backlogs and processing times at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to date: (a) how many temporary resident applications, permanent resident applications, and citizenship applications are in backlog, broken down by individual stream, including pilot programs; (b) what is the month-to-month reduction or increase in the number of applications in backlog, broken down by each individual stream, including pilot programs for the previous 60 months; and (c) how many applications have been processed and accepted for each individual stream, broken down by year, and by province or territory?
Name of organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
| Line of Business | Inventory as of end of July 2022 | Inventory as of February 29, 2024 | % of inventory within Service Standard as of end of July 2022 | % of inventory within Service Standard as of February 29, 2024 | Processing Times Tablenote** as of end of July 2022 | Processing timesTablenote ** as of February 29, 2024 | Service Standard/ Objective Tablenote ***** | Forward Looking Processing Time Projections | What most new clients can expect |
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| Spouses, Partners and Children (except Quebec) | 60,900 | 65,700 | 73% (44,500) | 85% (55,900) | 18 months | 12 months | 12 months | 10-12 months |
New clients (destined outside Qc) as of July 2022 = 12 months We are currently meeting service standards for 80% of clients destined outside Quebec. |
| Provincial Nominee Program - EE | 25,800 | 21,500 | 55% (14,200) | 80% (17,300) | 17 months | 7 months | 6 months | 5-6 months |
New clients as of July 2022 = 6 months Department is able to offer the service standard to new applicants. The Department also continues to process older files, in order to reduce the age of inventory. The processing time will continue to decrease in the upcoming months. |
| Federal High Skilled | 20,200 | 37,400 | 1% (200) | 83% (31,000) | 25 months | 5 months | 6 months | 5-6 months |
New clients as of July 2022 = 6 months Processing times have been reduced so that 80% of applications processed in the last 6 months as of April 30, 2023 have been finalized in 6 months or less. |
| All Permanent Resident | 714,700 | 717,700 | 40% (285,900) | 58% (413,400) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| All Temporary Resident (including extensions) see next slide for additional detail on TR | 1,714,000 | 1,145,100 | 48% (822,700) | 52% (598,650) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Citizenship Grants | 382,000 | 254,000 | 64% (244,500) | 81% (198,500) | 26 months | 14 months | 12 months | 10-12 months | Expected processing wait time for clients as of July 2022 = 12 months |
| Citizenship Proofs | 58,000 | 18,400 | 72% (41,800) | 90% (16,500) | 17 months | 7 months | n/a | 7-9 months | Expected processing wait time for clients as of July 2022 = 12 months or less |
| All Citizenship | 440,000 | 263,400 | 65% (286,000) | 82% (215,000) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| PR Card Phase I – New Cards | n/a | 57,700 | n/a | 72% (44,600) | 54 Days | 36 Days | 60 Days | n/a | Processed within Service Standard |
| PR Card Phase II - Renewals | n/a | 48,340 | n/a | 70% (40,600) | 55 Days | 65 Days | n/a | n/a | Although there is no processing time service standard for phase II, IRCC is striving to keep processing times within 60 days. |
| All PR card (not in grand total above) | n/a | 48,340 | n/a | 70% (40,600 | 55 Days | 65 Days | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grand Total excluding ETAs and PR cards Tablenote **** | 2,868,700 | 2,126,200 | 49% (1,143,300) | 58% (1,227,050) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Table Notes
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Source: IRCC (EDW) CBR Data as of July 27, 2022 & IRCC (EDW) CBR Data as of February 29, 2024 & PR Card Data as of February 29, 2024
Q-24262 — With regard to application backlogs and processing times at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to date: (a) how many temporary resident applications, permanent resident applications, and citizenship applications are in backlog, broken down by individual stream, including pilot programs; (b) what is the month-to-month reduction or increase in the number of applications in backlog, broken down by each individual stream, including pilot programs for the previous 60 months; and (c) how many applications have been processed and accepted for each individual stream, broken down by year, and by province or territory?
Name of organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
| Line of Business | Inventory as of end of July 2022 | Inventory Tablenote* as of February 29, 2024 | % of inventory within Service Standard as of end of July 2022 | % of inventory within Service Standard as of February 29, 2024 | Processing Times Tablenote** as of end of July 2022 | Processing times Tablenote** as of February 29, 2024 | Service Standard/ Objective Tablenote*** | Forward Looking Processing Time Projections | What most new clients can expect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary Resident Visas (TRV) (including CUAET + non-CUAET) | 907,000 | 723,100 | 33% (299,300) | 39% (284,200) | 90 days | 92 days | 30-60 days | n/a | IRCC is funded only for 300K CUAET applications and 200K arrivals. And we have received 1,300K CUAET applications (July 15th) |
| TRV non-CUAET | 723,000 | 722,200 | 26% (188,00) | 39% (284,200) | 98 days | 91 days | 30 days | 70-80 days | There is currently no date for return to processing times of 30 days. Most new client who apply now can expect 70-80 days processing times, which increased due to high intakes of non-CUAET by 85% more than last year (and 55% more for all TRV). |
| Study Permits (SP) | 187,000 | 67,800 | 69% (129,000) | 57% (38,900) | 84 days | 68 days SDS: 46 days | 60 days SD: 34 days |
30-40 days SDS: n/a |
Processing times are now 68 days, which is higher than the service standard of 60 days. Following the announcement to cap the number of study permits issued each year, the intake and inventory have decreased significantly since January, 2024. Most new clients who apply now can expect 30-40 days processing times. |
| Work Permits (WP) Non-CUAET | 101,000 | 104,000 | 53% (53,500) | 66% (68,700) | 192 days | 106 days GSS; 16 days |
60 days GSS: 20 days |
60-70 days GSS: n/a |
Due to the processing of a high volume of H1B applications submitted in July 2023, processing times are now at 106 days. Projections are indicating the return to service standard in April 2024. Most new clients who apply now can expect 60-70 days processing. |
| Work Permits (WP) CUAET | 224,000 | 5,200 | 56% (125,400) | 4% (200) | 81 days | 454 days | n/a | n/a | IRCC is funded only for 300K CUAET applications and 200K arrivals. And we have received 1,300K CUAET applications (July 15th). IRCC is working on finalizing old applications, most of wich are non-compliant. As such, processing times will continue to increase in the absence of new intake. |
| All TR extensions | 295,000 | 245,000 | 71% (209,500) | 84% (206,700) | 160 days | 94 days | 120 days | n/a | Processing times returned to service standard of 120 days. |
| Visitor Record | 89,000 | 54,500 | 65% (57,900) | 85% (46,100) | 175 days | 73 days | 120 days | n/a | Processing times returned to service standard of 120 days. |
| Study Permit Extension | 32,000 | 36,000 | 84% (26,900) | 87% (31,300) | 54 days | 75 days | 120 days | n/a | Processing times returned to service standard of 120 days. |
| Work Permit Extension | 174,000 | 154,600 | 72% (125,300) | 84% (129,200) | 163 days | 100 days | 120 days | n/a | Processing times returned to service standard of 120 days. |
| All Temporary Residents Tablenote** | 1,714,000 | 1,145,100 | 48% (822,700) | 52% (598,650) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Table Notes
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Source: for TRV, 30 days is a commitment, not the service standard; IRCC (EDW) CBR Data as of July 27, 2022 & IRCC (EDW) CBR Data as of February 29, 2024. Data is operational and subject to change.