Under the 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan IRCC plans on admitting 21,200 people through the H&C and Public Policy category. As of September 2024 there were 5,432 such applications in the Landing Inventory, 59,782 in the Processing Inventory, and 3,316 in the Prospective Inventory. Keep in mind the Immigration Levels Plan measures people, while the inventory consists of applications, many of which were submitted by families. Unless something changes that's basically a 9-year processing time for new applications. The 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan also forecasts IRCC admitting 4,000 people through the Federal Business category, which includes the Self-Employed Class and the Start-Up Visa PRogram. As of September 2024 there were 1,983 such applications in the Landing Inventory, 20,830 in the Processing Inventory, and 23,827 in the Prospective Inventory. That's an 11+ year processing time for new applications.
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