I just wanted to comment regarding the way IRCC handles applications in general in Canada. I THINK it's a deliberate 'culture' to slow things down even without any valid reason for doing so. If not, what would be their explanation for an application that has no ADR or any other requirements that should cause any further delay in making their decisions? I think it's just an 'annoying culture of doing things their own way!' This is not limited to immigration applications, it also affects guys with study permit applications!
There is this feeling in me that they know what to do if they want applications to move fast without any issues regarding the quality of their decisions.
For instance, I see no reason why the IRCC still does handle the extension of study permits, which also add a whole lot to the backlogs of applications. Though I don't have the data to verify this conjecure(which is why it remains a specultaion), I believe if study permit extension is out of their repsonsibilities, it will have a significant impact on number of completed applications in other areas, such as immigation applications.
In the United States, for instance, the USCIS( Canadian equivalence of IRCC) has no business in the extension of I-20 documents( Canadia equivalence of Study Permit). Usually, all Post Secondary Schools in the USA have Designated School Officials -DSO-( also called Immigration Specialist) who have special access to USCIC's portal to print out new I-20 documents. They simply check if the student that needs extension is actively pursuing their studies by checking the student's profile. Once this is confirmed, a student can get their study permit renewed in less than 24hrs. You simply get an email from the DSO to come grab your new I-20 document which has been printed within the school. Here in Canada, one can wait for four months getting study permit extended. While waiting to get the new study permit, there some thngs one cannot do. For instance, in Ontario, if you have a Health Card,courtesy of your spouse being a worker, and such health card expires while waiting to get the study permit renewed, you won't be issued a new one even when the Health Department knows one is in Maintained Status. They usually tie the expiry date in the Health Card to one's expiry immigration document. This is not even the point I'm making. What I'm simply saying is that the IRCC can easily apply the USA model to re-issue the study permit so that other immigration applications can receive significant increase in processing time. I think the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship , Sean Fraser, mentioned something along this line which he called 'Automated processing of study permit extension applications' ( though the method to be used was not specifically highlighted) sometime in October this year.
If the IRCC can adopt this model and probably start conducting a face-to-face study permit interview for first time applicants, with immediate approval or rejection just like the USA system, this may considerably increase the efficiency of other real issues, which is the immigration systems.
As I ealier suspected, it seems the IRCC system of implementation simply 'derives joy' in seeing tones of work before them, delibrately making things complicated and slowing down things! Hey, what do I know, does all this 'online rant' of mine change anything, is Canada not different from the USA, who am I to teach them their job, do they even know someone like me exist? If there is nothing I can do, why the 'rant'? These are the probable questions that I may need to contend with;it is what it is!
Many in here will definitely get their PR comes year 2023, that is the good news! 'The wait is really worth it but very excruciating,' many have alluded. I wish everyone a happy New Year in advance.
