How long does it take to immigrate to Canada?

Canada is an open and diversified country, and its tolerant attitude towards international immigrants attracts immigrants from all over the world to settle down. Canada has a good level of social equity and economic development, and its perfect education system enjoys a high reputation in the world. Many China students choose to go to Canada for higher education and consider working and living there after finishing their studies, so being far away from their families is a concern for many people. Canada's family immigration policy to Canada is a relevant immigration clause that fully considers the family reunion of immigrant applicants, also known as the parents' reunion immigration policy. So, do you know how long it takes to apply for immigration to Canada according to the family immigration policy?

According to relevant Canadian media reports, the high-level government documents obtained show that there is a clear gap between the actual time-consuming approval of some immigration categories and the established approval time standard of the Immigration Department. Among them, the application time for parents' reunion immigration is the longest, with an average waiting time of 67 months.

The data shows that the Canadian Federal Immigration Department (CIC) has performed well in the examination and approval of applications for temporary residence visas, such as the standard of short-term residence visas and the actual operation time 14 days; The application standard for student visas is 60 days, and the actual approval only takes 39 days; The work visa is relatively long, and the standard for applying for a work visa overseas is set at 60 days, but it actually takes 129 days.

In the category of economic immigrants, the standard set by the Immigration Department for federal skilled immigrants is 12 months, and the actual approval time takes 42 months. However, in the federal skilled worker program, the time consumption was reduced to eight months. Provincial nominations need to wait 17 months to complete the examination and approval, which is more than half a year longer than the service standard time. Experienced immigrants perform well, the standard is ten months, and the actual approval takes 12 months, with little difference.

The most serious problem in the policy of family immigration to Canada is the immigration application of spouses and children. The government promised that the approval time was 12 months, but it actually took 18 months. For the federal government that wants to keep young talents in Canada, it is not optimistic to extend the approval of such applications.

Most of the applicants for spouse and children are from young families. The social problems caused by the separation of young families are one of the main reasons that affect the Canadian economy. Many people think that the quota restrictions on such immigration applications should be relaxed.

However, among all immigration approvals, the reunion of parents and grandparents still takes the longest time. The cumulative trial time has been as long as 67 months, and the Immigration Department has not set a standard time for the approval of this category.

As an important embodiment of Canada's pursuit of international humanitarianism, family immigration policy is not only an important part of Canadian immigrants, but also an important factor directly related to the happiness of immigrant applicants. At present, the quota of such immigrants has accounted for more than a quarter of the total quota.