Today Canada had a federal budget. They are going to eliminate the immigration backlog by refunding the fees and closing the files. This does not affect the pre-June applications, in fact it may be good news for you guys in terms of freeing up resources.
The federal government will refund up to $130 million to federal skilled workers who applied to come to Canada before 2008 in a bid to get rid of a backlog of about 300,000 applications through legislation.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
The federal government will refund up to $130 million to federal skilled workers who applied to come to Canada before 2008 in a bid to get rid of a backlog of about 300,000 applications through legislation.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty