2021 was another year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; the HMC team has selected some highlights in the Canadian immigration industry.

Recap 2021: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invites no candidates under the Federal Skilled Worker program via Express Entry for Canadian permanent residence.

Recap 2021: Finalizing a grant-of-Canadian-citizenship application takes about 27 months, more than twice the benchmark of 12 months.

Recap 2021: Canada welcomed the most permanent residents within one year!

Recap 2021: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada invited candidates with scores as low as 75 for Canadian permanent residence – the lowest threshold in the Express Entry history.

43 percent of Canadian permanent residents admitted through Express Entry in 2020 are of Indian citizenship.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada issued 336,419 authorizations and visas for Canadian permanent residents from January to October 2021.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has not issued invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence via Express Entry for the past two weeks.

Some response delays from the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada web form could last due to the ongoing resource shift.

A small step may help relieve some anxiety of applicants toward long processing time in their Canadian immigration applications amid the COVID-19 pandemic.