Let me take a stab at it..
High Skilled Immigrants are Humans Too! Don't let them be relegated to mere files in cabinets of Canadian Immigration.
Since early 2020, High Skilled Immigrants applicants from outside Canada have had their lives put on a permanent hold while Canada stumbled from one immigration priority to another. Following a bewildering sequence of events involving irrational policy decision, geo-politics, pandemic and human error, Canada currently has an unbelievable backlog of 1.8 million applicants waiting for their permanent or temporary resident applications to be processed. Among them one of the worst affected applicants are those belonging to Highly Skilled outland applicants. Most of them have applied for Canadian permanent via a much vaunted Express Entry system which promises a processing time of six months or less. However, almost all of these applicants have been waiting for a decision on their applications for two to three years. In 2022, Justin Truedoe administration has made clearing this backlog a priority and has earmarked resources to process these applications. However, owing to a severe shortage of trained staff in Canadian immigration system, there is not enough capacity to process all these applications while admitting new permanent resident applications from the same express entry system. Further Canada's commitments to its humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan calls for a significant share of these resources. Hence, we the Highly Skilled Immigrants will like to request Canadian decision makers : Mr. Sean Fraser, the Hon. Minister of Immigration and Mr. Justin Truedoe the Hon. Prime Minister of Canada to take a prudent course of action and :
1. Cease ANY fresh intake of applicants via express entry or new economic immigration routes this year and the next.
2. Commit ALL the necessary resources to processing of humongous backlog pending with Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada.
3. Restore the trust and respect once commanded by Express Entry and Canadian Immigration by honouring its commitment to processing deadlines.
Thank you
Highly Skilled Immigrant Applicants of Canada