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Number of spousal PR applications processed in a year

vis678

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Jan 8, 2020
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Hi everyone, can anyone tell me how many spousal PR applications are processed by the Canada immigration every year? I came to know that the government has decided to process 18000 applications by the end of 2020
 

armoured

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Feb 1, 2015
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Somewhere around 90,000 in 2019. I think your 18,000 in 2020 is rather low.
There are figures on statscan site as well as ircc.

I recall appr 80-90 thousand annually.

But : published figures are for total individuals (includes dependents), and under family class. Published figures are also for arrivals (landings) not processed, so excludes refusals, people who get copr but never show up, and there is a lag between issuance and arrival especially now.

The 18000 was a target for files "finished" for last three months of the year.

You could make some educated guesses about how to compare but would only be an estimate.
 

scylla

VIP Member
Jun 8, 2010
92,802
20,476
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
Hi everyone, can anyone tell me how many spousal PR applications are processed by the Canada immigration every year? I came to know that the government has decided to process 18000 applications by the end of 2020
That number is incorrect for the full year. That's just for the last three months of the year. IRCC has announced they are aiming to process 49,000 applications by end of 2020.
 

Jyotika_kumar

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Feb 5, 2020
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Here is a news release about it. Hopefully I am in this boat and others as well lol. Been 14 months with barely anything done.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2020/09/ircc-speeding-up-processing-for-spousal-applications.html
According to this, quoted exactly "IRCC will be piloting, in the upcoming weeks, technology to conduct interviews with applicants remotely, in adherence with public health protocols."
WHEN? when will it happen? Its so disappointed. Just tired now.
 

BRIL23

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Feb 27, 2017
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That number is incorrect for the full year. That's just for the last three months of the year. IRCC has announced they are aiming to process 49,000 applications by end of 2020.
Are those numbers Inland Applicants only or include outland?. Sorry I only see where mention in canada.
 

scylla

VIP Member
Jun 8, 2010
92,802
20,476
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
Are those numbers Inland Applicants only or include outland?. Sorry I only see where mention in canada.
I think it's both