The prime minister deems passport and immigration processing times "unacceptable."

The creation of a new task group has been announced by Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, in order to solve the historically long wait times for government services including passports, airports, and immigration application processing.

The task force, which is made up of a sizable number of federal ministers, will assess service delivery, look for significant gaps in these services, and offer suggestions for how these aspects might be improved.

The task group will identify priority areas where change is required and pay particular attention to the processing of immigration applications. The objective is to develop both short-term and long-term solutions that will reduce backlogs and boost service quality and speed.

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As per Trudeau, "We realize that help delays, particularly lately, are inadmissible. We will keep on giving our best for work on the conveyance of these administrations in a convenient and effective way, and this new team will assist with guiding crafted by the public authority to all the more likely meet the changing necessities of Canadians and keep on giving them the great administrations they need and merit.

More than 2 million people have applied for immigration to Canada.

2.4 million people are still waiting to enter Canada through the immigration system.

Between April 29 and June 1, there were 257,499 more applicants. The fact that more people are looking for temporary housing is a major reason why numbers are still rising.

There are 1,471,000 people waiting for temporary residency as of June 1, 2022, up 216,380 from the information made public on April 29. Though it should be emphasized that the seasonal nature of programs like the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), which frequently hires significant numbers of employees in the agriculture and tourism sectors, makes a surge in this sort of visa application normal

Through programs including the Federal Skilled Workers Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP), and the Canadian Experience Class, there are currently a little over 31,600 candidates in the Express Entry backlog (CEC). This is a drop in applications of over 9000 since the end of April.

On July 6, all-program Express Entry draws are anticipated to resume.

Express Entry drawings for the FSWP, FSTP, and CEC have been postponed till December 2020 and September 2021, respectively. In order to make room for new applicants, IRCC recently gave priority to finishing Express Entry applicants already in the application pool.

Sean Fraser, the minister of immigration, has promised that beginning in early July, Express Entry draws for all programs will restart, with the pre-pandemic processing time standard of six months. In an effort to uphold this standard, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) have increased both staffing levels and technological expenditures.