Here are some world famous quotes that reminds me about my application.
"We're looking at all options for dealing with these backlogs... It's not fair to [applicants] and it's not fair to our economy,"
The backlog of immigration applications is hurting Canada's reputation as a top immigration destination for skilled migrants. In some cases people are choosing Australia as an alternative immigration destination.
Critics say that while the government talks about alleviating the backlog, they are also continuing to accept large numbers of new Canadian immigration applications, so exacerbating the problem.
The people who suffer the longest waiting times include parents and grandparents of permanent residents and immigrants who applied before the changes introduced in 2008.
Moreover, people who apply as skilled workers and have experience in a prioritized job sector are fast tracked and have their applications approved within months.
Pre 2008 applicants are now focused by Canadian Government and their processing is speedier than ever.
CIC will build on this momentum to continue reducing the backlog through the third set of Ministerial Instructions, issued June 25, 2011, with a view to eliminating the pre-2008 FSW backlog as soon as possible.
"We have an obligation to several hundred thousand people in that backlog. We cannot just shut the door on them either. So we have to work away at all these problems at the same time."
"I think immigration is about nation-building,"
we are launching a pilot project that will allow provinces and territories to ‘mine the backlog' – in other words, to nominate applicants from the existing backlog.”
It would mean giving employers direct access to the backlog database so, for example, hospitals in Manitoba can find foreign doctors and nurses who've said they'd like to settle in the region
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"We owe it to newcomers to do that. So we haven't made any decisions, we're still consulting, we're looking at all the options, but I do think that we can't continue to tell people that they're going to wait for eight years for a decision on whether they can come to Canada,"
“Having to process applications that are as many as eight years out of date reduces our ability to focus on new applicants with skills and talents that our economy needs today.”
“The Federal Skilled Worker Program backlog is a major roadblock to Canada's ability to respond to rapidly changing labour market needs,”
“At this point, we're looking at all options for dealing with these backlogs and coming up with a faster, more responsive system. We owe it to newcomers to do that,”
“We've been trying to basically keep juggling the system, to keep drawing down on the backlog but allowing some of the better prepared people with jobs to come in and it's still not working,”
“We have to get to a fast system that connects employers with immigrants by bringing them in in a matter of months. We won't get to that fast system unless and until we deal decisively with the old backlog that we inherited and that's why we're taking this difficult but necessary step,”
“Instead of wasting time and energy processing old applications, their resources can now be put towards actively matching all applicants to current jobs and economic needs,”
“This legislation has been closely examined by the Department of Justice and we believe it's lawful, it's fair and it will survive any judicial challenge.”
