Canadian Immigration Backlog Surge

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Canada continues to struggle with its immigration applications

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The backlog of applications in the inventory is nearly 2.7 million people

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It has been following a growth of nearly 300,000 people over the past six weeks

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One of the main reasons behind this surge is the pandemic

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A total of 51,616 Express Entry applicants are also waiting on decisions

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Although the inventory of family class applicants is in a little better position with 118,251 people

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The Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) began a study on these backlogs to improve the situation

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