kita read it carefully my dearkita7789 said:they may drop many applications ??????????
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/backlog-wipeout-will-close-thousands-of-immigration-applications-1.1171403
In 2010, the department added caps to the program and managed to reduce the overall backlog by 25 per cent. But, without the elimination of old files, people could be left waiting five more years for a decision, according to Kenny.
$130 million in refunds
Citizenship and Immigration Canada will refund $130 million in fees paid by applicants whose file pre-dates 2008 and is being closed. They can re-apply under the new criteria.
they talked about files pre 2008??not after 2008,read it carefully and read the date of this subject 2012 april,they wanted to deal with files which submitted pre 2008 to re-apply for new criteria
plz read it carefullu again