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Exactly. They just use that magic word and suddenly it excuses them for anything. Working at IRCC is one of the safest jobs out there right now. "Public servants", pfft.

Yes but having the main processing centers in Canada closed for so long, such as in Sydney, is inexcusable. There is no threat there. It's easy to be cautious when your customers have no alternatives and your paycheck will keep coming indefinitely -- unlike the rest of the country. As for your...

I did this. They gave me a canned response. No help.

Tell me about the IRCC services I've received the last 5 months. Spousal sponsorship --- not even AOR. TRV? No response.

CIC website says the TRV I've applied for has a processing time of 19 days. When I applied it was 11. It's been 19 days. Not a single update. Also, "Last update: June 30, 2020 Updated weekly". Huh? It's July 9. What a mess. Their process clearly needs more automation. Simple tourist visas for...

Poster iglu is not something good.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/politics/article-covid-19-slows-visa-processing-leaving-many-families-separated/?utm_medium=Referrer%3A%20Social%20Network%20%2F%20Media&utm_campaign=Shared%20Web%20Article%20Links&__twitter_impression=true “Some IRCC offices are slowly opening up, and we...

It's annoying when people who aren't in the same boat as you chime in and tell you to be patient. Yeah, thanks. We all know our stuff is going to be processed eventually. That's not helpful. The June 8th announcement has turned out to just be hot air. And now, after the recent ridiculous...

Some of the people on here with thousands of posts I suspect to be CIC/IRCC employees. Public workers often have this attitude that they are doing us a favour, that weeks/months to process things is OK because other countries are slow too, etc. Yes, COVID slowed things and we understand that...

Oh yes we are so lucky. We should be so grateful they are ... sort of... allowing families to be together.

Since permanent residency applications are going nowhere, I wonder what is? They should be issuing special temporary resident visas.

The statement from the IRCC spokesperson is just pathetic: Beatrice Fenelon, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, said the pandemic has had a “significant impact” on the department’s operations and ability to process applications, including spousal-sponsorship...

Fantastic news. Today I emailed the immigration minister, and the Conservative shadow minister on immigration. Keep up the pressure.

Eastern NS has had 54 total cases since day one. That's all it takes to bring government to its knees.

I said virtually none since April. May 1 until now there have only been 100 cases in the entire province. There have probably been 5-10 in Sydney. Cases! And the whole immigration process grinds to a halt? It's a complete overreaction. That it takes months to add plexiglass and hand sanitizers...

The CBC isn't going to go after the government, they are the government's mouthpiece.

There's no reason the service has to be so poor. There is no pandemic in Sydney NS. They probably haven't had even one case since April. It's a joke. They're sitting at home, giving themselves a paid vacation. 3 weeks for a reply to an inquiry? Other countries are worse? Great attitude.

Same here.

Where did you come up with that estimate?

Why are some getting decisions/approvals within a day and others weeks/months? That has nothing to do with covid, and on that point they need to get back to work.