Why don't they hire more people to handle immigration cases?

[canadaguy238]

Why do they process express entry applicants in 14 days? Because they have a job? Someone with a spouse has to wait a year, but someone moving on express entry with a job offer in Canada can move here in 2 weeks? That should really frustrate everyone because that just seems so unfair to people here that have families waiting to move here.

They CAN process you in 14 days, they just choose to make you and your family wait a year.

 

[canadaguy238]

And if it is just a matter of money, why can't they give us an option to pay more? I bet a lot of people would pay hundreds of even $1,000 more to have their application processed in 1 month vs 1 year. If they can process an express entry application in 14 days (with NO family or ties to Canada), then why can't they process a spouse of a Canadian citizen faster?

 

[deisand]

And if it is just a matter of money, why can't they give us an option to pay more? I bet a lot of people would pay hundreds of even $1,000 more to have their application processed in 1 month vs 1 year. If they can process an express entry application in 14 days (with NO family or ties to Canada), then why can't they process a spouse of a Canadian citizen faster?

Because this is Canada and it would be unfair to make low income families wait longer because they can't afford to pay more.

Express Entry is called that for a reason. If you wanted your spouse's application to be processed faster, you could have tried qualifying for Express Entry.

 

[JUST CHILL]

I can't understand why the Canadian government does not hire more people to handle immigration cases. If it takes 6 - 12 months to approve people, why don't they just hire more workers? I think 6 - 12 months to approve someone is ridiculous. They should be able to cut that down to 1-3 months MAX. People are waiting to start their new lives here in a new country with their families/spouses.

There are Canadians that need jobs, it would be great for the economy. It would get future Canadians here faster, paying taxes here faster, and contributing to the Canadian economy faster. While people are waiting, they are contributing to their home country economies and NOT Canada.

It is just mind boggling to me why it takes the government so long to approve people. I think it would be great for the Canadian economy if they hired more workers and processed applications faster.

Because you are in hurry not them

 

[aby1098]

It's not that hard to hire more immigration officers. Canada needs to make more progress, Canada is shooting its economy in the foot by making future Canadians wait a YEAR to move. These are Canadians that have the legal right to move to Canada, just as soon as their applications are processed.

This isn't about me or my application. This is about the thousands of people that have the legal right to move and are just waiting for the government. It makes zero sense to make these people wait while they continue to pay taxes and contribute to their home economies.

Future Canadians wait for an year ? Are you kidding ? those who cant wait and so confident of providing to the tax economy can definitely try under Express entry. The spouse visa is a 100% privilege. And those who apply should consider the fact that its a 12 months process with no guarantee it will process in time. For a country the security matters more than tax money. Just consider the fact that you are shouting nonsense for no reason. if you are in this country for 30 years you should've atleast the basic knowledge of what it is all about

 

[canadaguy238]

Because this is Canada and it would be unfair to make low income families wait longer because they can't afford to pay more.

Express Entry is called that for a reason. If you wanted your spouse's application to be processed faster, you could have tried qualifying for Express Entry.

I just don't understand how they can process someone in 14 days and other people in 1 year. That seems like a very wide gap. Canada doesn't seem to give a crap about your family or mine. They care about workers....

 

[ButterflyChemist]

Why do they process express entry applicants in 14 days? Because they have a job? Someone with a spouse has to wait a year, but someone moving on express entry with a job offer in Canada can move here in 2 weeks? That should really frustrate everyone because that just seems so unfair to people here that have families waiting to move here.

They CAN process you in 14 days, they just choose to make you and your family wait a year.

14 days is not the standard processing time for PR under express entry. I understand that there are people who apply to come to Canada and are anxious about the process but Canada does not owe any applicant permanent residence in it's country for any reason and as a sovereign country, Canada determines it's immigration priorities. This might not be you exactly but there are people on this forum who act like Canada owes them PR and talk about fairness and that they are paying their money and on and on. They complain about this Visa office being slow without any idea about exactly what goes into processing an application. They need to verify information and some countries are more responsive than others in providing information. I think all the people who live in Canada would prefer that the process be slow and complete to prevent threats from entering the country than to rush a process that could put it's population at risk.

 

[canadaguy238]

14 days is not the standard processing time for PR under express entry. I understand that there are people who apply to come to Canada and are anxious about the process but Canada does not owe any applicant permanent residence in it's country for any reason and as a sovereign country, Canada determines it's immigration priorities. This might not be you exactly but there are people on this forum who act like Canada owes them PR and talk about fairness and that they are paying their money and on and on. They complain about this Visa office being slow without any idea about exactly what goes into processing an application. They need to verify information and some countries are more responsive than others in providing information. I think all the people who live in Canada would prefer that the process be slow and complete to prevent threats from entering the country than to rush a process that could put it's population at risk.

14 days is the standard processing time for the Global Skills Strategy (GSS) entry. I think it is unfair that they process someone with zero ties to Canada in 14 days, but the spouse of a Canadian can wait a year or more. You are right, it shows what Canada thinks about my spouse and what they think about a foreign worker with zero ties to Canada.

 

[deisand]

I just don't understand how they can process someone in 14 days and other people in 1 year. That seems like a very wide gap. Canada doesn't seem to give a crap about your family or mine. They care about workers....

They process the workers faster exactly because they can get to work immediately, and are pre-qualified for that. Approving spouses and families doesn't guarantee that they will enter the workforce at all.

Also, fewer people are selected for Express Entry so they can be processed faster. When you consider how many spouses and dependent applications are processed (with no annual cap, thankfully), it makes sense just by numbers.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

14 days is the standard processing time for the Global Skills Strategy (GSS) entry. I think it is unfair that they process someone with zero ties to Canada in 14 days, but the spouse of a Canadian can wait a year or more. You are right, it shows what Canada thinks about my spouse and what they think about a foreign worker with zero ties to Canada.

That is not PR. That is a work permit, which is far different. The posted processing time for an economic PR app is 6 months.

 

[glen1990]

I think you should go into politics because ranting on this forum will do nothing.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Yeah I know it will happen eventually and that is fine. I am frustrated for my application, for yours, and the thousands of other future Canadians that have to wait. I could honestly understand the long waits if it made financial sense to do that. It just seems to me that it would make financial sense to hire more immigration officers and process these applications faster. People pay income tax, property tax, sales tax, etc etc.... the taxes should more than pay the salary of these immigration officers. Then on top of that, the government collects tax money from the immigration officers salaries! When these new immigration officers spend their post-taxed salaries, they pay property tax, sales taxes, etc. It just makes all the financial sense in the world to hire more immigration officers and process people faster.

I wish someone from the government would see my rant and do something. I am trying to improve Canada here! I want to save other future Canadians from having to go through this!

You keep saying it makes financial sense. Where are your numbers? Are you aware of how many sponsored spouses don't actually work after arriving in Canada? How many end up on welfare? How much additional CCB/GST/etc. is paid out? How much additional cost to the healthcare system over the course of their lives? Do you actually have financial data to back up your claim?

 

[Krissh2179]

Like mentioned earlier here, Its your OWN application that is taking time to process, not because of the number of people working at the Immigration Offices. Adding more officers may lead to your file being picked up for processing faster but your Principal Applicant’s Background Check is still conducted by outside agencies that takes quite a bit of time for some and can happen fast for others on a case by case basis. They include this time in the total processing time and cannot just give a definitive time for each stage otherwise the applicants will start holding that against them. And even with the 12 months processing time lots of people have been approved within 60 days for spousal so there is no discrimination like you feel. Yes the immigration process needs to get better but not within Canada but at the embassies outside specifically Mexico and London since these applicants have the major wait times due to the sheer number of applications those 2 embassies process. Getting frustrated is understandable but try to understand from their point of view too. Your spouse being with you is important but for them your spouse is just another stranger they need to assess to make sure they do not let inadmissible people in the country. So stay put and keep faith in it getting done soon.

 

[canadaguy238]

These are Canadian families and I think they should be priority #1. Reuniting families in Canada should get the 14 day express entry, not these foreign workers that have zero ties to Canada. If they can process THEM in 14 days, then everyone should be processed that fast, especially Canadian families.

How anyone can think a foreign worker with zero ties to Canada should get priority processing over reuniting a Canadian Family is beyond me.

 

[Copingwithlife]

With all this complaining about Canada, the system...here’s a solution
Don’t apply.. there yah go , problem solved