It says prioritization is thought for inland applicants. But they already only process inlands, I haven’t heard any outland file processing in the last 13-14 months.
For outland people they have an excuse (covid travel restrictions); for inland, there are no excuses for all the delays.
Travel restrictions will be lifted on 21st of May. I think that even after that date they will not continue to process outlands.
both are treated unfairly by the delay.. But logically , even if they process outlands, they cant bring them in due to covid and outlands are not actually contributing anything to canada's economy at present. So personally I feel inlands can be processed first until situation gets better .
They never asked for more documents. I was asked for medicals and biometrics in early March, but due to COVID I wasn't able to submit biometrics until April.
Outlands can also easily travel to Canada with mandatory quarantine, vaccination certificates or valid PCR tests etc. But it is restricted till 21st of May. Ridiculous!
This is sad to hear.
Canada is not processing any outland candidates in any immigration programs. Ontario even wants to stop international student from entering the province. That's why IRCC created new program for people currently working or graduated in Canada. This people are living in the country right now, so they what to give them a chance. It's not fair for the outlands but this solution is cheaper and faster for them because most of the people who qualify has already a job or studied and live here. I don't think that IRCC will start processing outlands before the end of this year. The situation is very unstable and they have a solution for now.
Did you try writing to the newspapers about your situation? Romain Schué from radiocanada is writing lots of articles about our waiting time. I would write to him: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/profil/24575/romain-schue
