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[wec660]

Yes, I have noticed that too! I am wondering why they reduced. That sucks :-(

Where did you get the March 15 date 'cut-off'? Some calculations?

Also, they closed Buffalo and supposedly those cases were supposed to be moved to Ottawa... And still the reduction.

I believe the cases sent to Ottawa are packed. Not likely Ottawa Officers will complete the intial quota this year, so they reduced the number. You can do the math. By April 8, CPC-O reieved 11665 cases. The extra 665 is unlikely to be processed this year. To be safe, files transferred to Ottawa before March 1st are safe.

 

[user828]

15K, 11K - man these are huge numbers..need lot of staff for this

 

[Suin]

When you compare the historical data, some LVO did process slight more or less than the quota. Usually more for each LVO, however no benefits for CIC officers to process more, since they are paid for annual salary, not hourly salary. No overtime will be paid if doing so.

they still can keep processing them during their working hours.

 

[Suin]

I believe the cases sent to Ottawa are packed. Not likely Ottawa Officers will complete the intial quota this year, so they reduced the number. You can do the math. By April 8, CPC-O reieved 11665 cases. The extra 665 is unlikely to be processed this year. To be safe, files transferred to Ottawa before March 1st are safe.

why did they send more letters in the end of April then? they just make it sound more complicated...

 

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Minister’s Message

I am pleased to present the 2012–2013 Report on Plans and Priorities for Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).

In an uncertain global economy, the Government of Canada is committed to helping Canadian businesses and families achieve a sustainable and prosperous economic recovery. As part of that commitment, the government will make changes to Canada’s immigration program that will support our country’s economic recovery.

In the coming year, the government will make our economic immigration system more streamlined and efficient, and improve its selection of economic immigrants, while continuing to uphold Canada’s long tradition of humanitarian and family immigration. Specifically, CIC aims to make our immigration system more flexible, so that it can reflect changing labour-market realities and adapt to Canada’s evolving economic needs.

Altogether, we anticipate welcoming about 157,000 immigrants under our various economic programs, of which an estimated 65,000 would be primary economic immigrants and around 92,000 would be family members accompanying the primary immigrant. As a result, immigrants under economic programs represent almost 62 percent of all projected admissions for the year.

Within this overall economic immigration program, we expect to welcome 55,000 to 57,000 in the federal skilled worker category to Canada in 2012 (about 22,000 principal applicants and roughly 35,000 family members). Although performance of federal skilled workers has improved as a result of changes we have made in the last six years, including focusing on specific in-demand professions and applicants with pre-arranged job offers, the system needs further improvements. Building on hard data gathered by CIC, we will modernize our points system for federal skilled workers to place more emphasis on younger workers, on workers with stronger official language proficiency, and on Canadian labour market experience, among other criteria that our experience shows best predict success for newcomers to Canada.

We will also propose improvements to the Canadian Experience Class to make it more responsive to labour market needs, develop options for a new federal skilled trades stream to address acute regional labour market needs, and look at ways to develop focused immigration streams to address specific economic needs that are not adequately addressed by existing programs.

We also expect to welcome 42,000 to 45,000 economic immigrants through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). The results of the first comprehensive study of the PNP show that, overall, it has been successful, and that immigrants in the PNP perform better economically than those in the Federal Skilled Worker Program in the first five years they are in Canada. However, the study also identified problems, particularly with provinces and territories using PNP allocations for immigrants who are not filling immediate labour market shortages. Accordingly, CIC will work with provinces and territories to eliminate non-labour-market-driven PNP streams. We will also be introducing minimum language requirements for PNP participants, to encourage better social integration and to ensure that they have the skills needed to adapt to changing work conditions.

Overall, we will continue to modernize and improve the efficiency of our operations. A key area of focus will continue to be the reduction of backlogs that lead to long wait times and make it more difficult to implement needed improvements.

One important example of this is our new Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification. By the end of 2013, this plan will reduce the backlog of parents and grandparents by 50 per cent and significantly speed up the process of reuniting family members in Canada. In the meantime, the new “super visa” enables parents and grandparents to more easily make extended visits of up to two years with their Canadian family members. Also as part of the Action Plan, this year Canada will admit the highest level of sponsored parents and grandparents to Canada in almost 20 years.

We will also prepare to collect biometric information from certain visa applicants as part of our Temporary Resident Program. Actual collection of biometric information will begin in 2013. The use of biometrics in this process helps improve the integrity of our immigration system, brings Canada in line with most other developed countries, and represents a historic development in security screening.

The Government will continue to embrace Canada’s international treaty obligations and Canada’s humanitarian traditions. Once implemented, additional refugee reforms tabled in February 2012 as part of the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act will build on the reforms passed in the Balanced Refugee Reform Act and ensure that those refugee claimants who need our help will get it even faster, while those who abuse the system will be sent home more quickly. We will also toughen penalties against those individuals involved in international human smuggling.

Our Settlement Program helps new residents maximize their potential and integrate into the economic, social, and civic life of the country as smoothly as possible. We will undertake a review of this program with an eye toward strengthening our settlement processes. We will also continue to work with other levels of government, and with the community organizations that deliver front-line settlement services, in order to make the program more efficient, more uniform and better coordinated.

Protecting and strengthening the value of Canadian citizenship remains an important priority for the Government. We will continue our efforts to crack down on citizenship fraud, to look for ways to improve the integrity of the Citizenship Program, to streamline case processing, and to ensure that the Citizenship Act reflects the true worth of Canadian citizenship. We will strengthen language assessment of citizenship applicants to ensure that new citizens have the language skills necessary for successful integration into Canadian society. Building on the introduction of a new citizenship certificate, CIC will work with our partners to further extend electronic validation of citizenship status. Finally, a number of special citizenship ceremonies will take place throughout 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada.

Through our Multiculturalism Program, we will continue to work with our partners to promote integration and to address unjust racial and religious discrimination, including anti-Semitism. Through our Inter-Action program, we will help fund programs that promote inter-cultural understanding and harmony. Canada will also assume the Chair of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research in 2013.

As Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, I am confident that our plans over the coming months will help the economy continue to recover and grow, and will make for a stronger and more socially cohesive Canada.

I would like to thank all of the staff at CIC for their hard work and dedication to excellence in planning and implementing Canada’s citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism programs.




The Honourable Jason Kenney, PC, MP
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism



Section I: Organizational

 

[wec660]

why did they send more letters in the end of April then? they just make it sound more complicated...

I guess Ottawa is trying to add files in the queue for the next year, so in this way it can reduce the workload for each LVO and reduce the backlog. I think Ottawa is over-estimate the number in the beginning, at the end they found it's an impossible task to finalize 15k, and CIC did not expect the budget cut and immigration officers lay off this year.

 

[kandel]

You need to sing the song from Sharaabi " inteha ho gayi intezaar ki "

LOL so true

 

[Sana7]

You need to sing the song from Sharaabi " inteha ho gayi intezaar ki "

Intehah Ho Gayi Intezaar Ki = The wait has crossed the limit of my patience. So true...

 

[canvis2006]

Any people who sent documents to mississauga in July heard anything yet?

 

[happyguy]

My sponsorship was approved and app file was transferred to LVO Singapore on May 7th 2012. It's been 3 months waiting for medical request. Is there anybody here in the same status?

 

[starzibal]

I know this question is not relevant for this thread but i didnt get any response from super visa thread so I am posting it here if anyone can advise, would appreciate it.

Question: My father is now retired and no income source except his sons income and rental income in that case he wont be able to provide the job letter or enough income proof but off course i will be his sponsor for super visa and have enough LICO/bank stmts, insurance etc.
Would that be a issue if he doesn't have enough income/job ?

Thanks

 

[jatt-going-canada]

I know this question is not relevant for this thread but i didnt get any response from super visa thread so I am posting it here if anyone can advise, would appreciate it.

Question: My father is now retired and no income source except his sons income and rental income in that case he wont be able to provide the job letter or enough income proof but off course i will be his sponsor for super visa and have enough LICO/bank stmts, insurance etc.
Would that be a issue if he doesn't have enough income/job ?

Thanks

as far as i know employment status of parent doesn't matter

 

[saini01]

I am getting frustrated. Looks like the officer is sitting on my parents medical file and waiting for their old medical records from last year from ND. It is about 3 months now since the medicals were received by Ottawa and status does not show medical received. Anyone in this forum whose medical status took that long?

I will be ordering GCMS notes again soon.

 

[Suin]

I know this question is not relevant for this thread but i didnt get any response from super visa thread so I am posting it here if anyone can advise, would appreciate it.

Question: My father is now retired and no income source except his sons income and rental income in that case he wont be able to provide the job letter or enough income proof but off course i will be his sponsor for super visa and have enough LICO/bank stmts, insurance etc.
Would that be a issue if he doesn't have enough income/job ?

Thanks

usually they do not expect income proof for the parent as it should be an inviting site that must prove enough income... but one never knows - all depends on the officer who will be dealing with your case.

 

[cslave]

My sponsorship was approved and app file was transferred to LVO Singapore on May 7th 2012. It's been 3 months waiting for medical request. Is there anybody here in the same status?

Have you recieved any AOR from Singapore. I am waiting since Jan. 2012