CIC Permanent Resident Applicants Awaiting a Decision

[inderpalsidhu]

AS OF MARCH 31 (unless otherwise indicated)
Volumes (in persons)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010
(Dec 31) (Mar 31)
Working Inventory
Federal Skilled
Worker applications
received on or after
the priority processing
date of February 27, 2008* n/a n/a n/a 107,529 128,769 128,769 161,959

Backlog
Federal Skilled Worker
applications received
before the priority
processing date of
February 27, 2008*
486,548 509,585 586,109 513,018 400,005 400,005 374,827
All Other Permanent
Resident Applications** 336,370 333,849 339,608 372,857 416,547 416,547 417,365
Backlog Subtotal 822,918 843,434 925,717 885,875 816,552 816,552 792,192

Total Applicants Awaiting
a Decision 822,918 843,434 925,717 994,231 945,321 945,321 954,139

* The date the Action Plan for Faster Immigration took effect. (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2008/2008-11-28.asp)
**Other permanent resident applicants include Family Class, Refugees, Humanitarian and Compassionate and others in the Economic Class.
Source: CIC Operational Databases, 1st Quarter 2010

 

[Mezo2009]

Thanks. The numbers are really scary. Too much are waiting.