Modernization of the immigration system

Government of Canada introduced legislative amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to modernize the immigration system. The idea behind this is to reunite families faster and to give priority to skilled workers applications. It is no secret that wait times and number of applicants are increasing, specially in the skilled workers category. This amendment will allow Citizenship and immigration Canada to have more flexibility in processing new applications, especially from skilled workers and address those to current labour market needs. They expect to reduce wait times and improve service. On the other side, these measures will only apply to new applicants under the skilled workers category which applications were received on or after February 28th, 2008. Additionally, it will not apply to refugees and those who applied before February 28th 2008, will be left out in the cold ( old and messy process).

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