Labour disruptions impact at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
The Government of Canada is committed to negotiating collective agreements that are fair for employees and reasonable for taxpayers.
However, bargaining groups representing approximately 159, 000 public servants may be in a legal strike position as early as mid-April. These employees provide a range of services for the public.
In the event of a labour disruption, certain services may be affected.
Services partially or fully disrupted
In the event of a labour disruption, like most Government of Canada services, most IRCC services would be impacted. You should expect delays with:
- "processing applications"
- in-person appointments or events including citizenship ceremonies
- "contacting IRCC via email, phone or social media"
- consular citizenship and passport services
- passport services in Canada
As we learn more about a possible labour disruption, we will continue to update this page to tell you how services may be impacted.