Prior to the pandemic, Canada was aiming to welcome 70,000 new immigrants under its Spouses, Partners and Children category. Under its new 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan, this target will increase to around 80,000 annually moving forward.
Most of the individuals welcomed under this category are wives, husbands and partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents who sponsor them.
Immigration processing and admissions have slowed, due to the pandemic. However, IRCC made a major announcement in Late-September that it would aim to expedite up to 6,000 spousal applications per month between September and December 2020.
New Data by IRCC
Latest data provided by IRCC shows that the number of spousal sponsorship applications that have been finalized by IRCC doubled in September 2020 compared with July. In September, IRCC finalized and decided upon just over 4,000 applications, compared with just under 2,000 in July. Both in-land and overseas applications have seen significant improvements.
Given IRCC’s announcement in late September about expediting the processing of spousal applications, we should expect even higher levels of finalized applications for the remainder of 2020.
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