According to the Sing Tao Daily in Canada, due to a large influx of immigrants in recent years, especially the booming Canadian investment immigration market, Canadian immigration citizenship oath waiting times have shown a trend of extension: the average processing time for Canadian citizenship applications in 2010 was 19 months, and in 2014 and 2015, this average processing time surged to 29 months.
Analysts point out that the extension of Canadian citizenship processing times is mainly due to two reasons:
First, the number of immigrants to Canada has surged.
According to local English media reports, the latest immigration data report released by the Federal Statistics Bureau shows that as of July this year, a total of 320,900 immigrants landed in Canada over the past year, a significant increase of 33.3% compared to the previous year (240,800), reaching the highest growth rate in 30 years.
Additionally, a report from the Canada Council in early October indicated that by the end of this century, Canada's population needs to increase to 100 million, which means a significant increase in Canadian immigration numbers.
Second, there is a temporary shortage of citizenship judges.
It is reported that since the Liberal government took office, there have been at least 300 senior federal government positions unfilled. Before the Liberal government took office in September 2015, there were 26 citizenship judges in the Ottawa Immigration and Citizenship Department, but now there are only 13 left, a reduction of half.
In response to this situation, Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum stated that the government is currently appointing candidates to fill the vacancies. Just last week, Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced the appointment of 24 new judges. With the appointment of new judges, it is believed that the waiting time for Canadian citizenship may be shortened in the future.
Worldway Immigration experts state that the new Minister of Immigration hopes that the federal government can further increase the number of new immigrants to alleviate the challenges posed by an aging population. It is expected that in the next five years, Canada's immigration policies will become increasingly lenient, and the thresholds will be lowered. Taking advantage of the current weak Renminbi and the historically low Canadian dollar, now is the perfect time to immigrate to Canada!
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