Immigration Minister : Canada Expects to Process 20,000 Indian Visas by End of 2023
Immigration Minister Marc Miller stated yesterday at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) that of the 38,000 visas for Indians that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) expected to process by December, the department will only be able to process 20,000. He claims that only five IRCC members are currently able to conduct the on-the-ground work in India required to process applications. According to IRCC, as a result, there will be slower: · overall processing times · responses to enquiries · getting visas or passports returned IRCC now anticipates a backlog of around 17,500 Indian applicants at the start of 2024. The department intends to process 80% of all applications in accordance with service standards. These standards differ based on the application. When an application is in the backlog, it has not been processed in accordance with service requirements. An international student visa from outside of Cana