Today, IRCC Minister Sean Fraser provided an update on on managing labour shortages, reducing backlogs, enhancing client experience, and reuniting families. During the press conference, he unveiled a new IRCC webpage which will be updated every month. It will be providing “immigration applications at a glance: Inventories and backlogs.”

Minister said it is important to understand the number of
- applications under processing still within the normal IRCC processing times standards
- V/s
- applications in backlog exceeding the normal IRCC processing standards

As of July 31, 2022 there were around 2.4 million applications under processing. Out of which 1.3 million are backlog, while 1.1 million are within service standards. This webpage will also link to further pages offering the information on what IRCC is doing with temporary residence, permanent residence, and citizenship applications.

The new webpage will be providing breakdown of the aforementioned categories as well as in detail information for actual and projected backlog and processing data. The data will be updated at end of every month on this new webpage.

1.1 Million immigration applications within IRCC service standards

*IRCC applications within Service Standards*

1.3 million immigration applications outside IRCC service standards

IRCC applications outside Service Standards

Below are the category-wise IRCC backlog projections

1. Federal High Skilled

Month	Backlog
Jan 22	89%
Feb 22	92%
Mar 22	98%
Apr 22	99%
May 22	100%
Jun 22	100%
Jul 22	99%
Aug 22 (projected)	86%
Sep 22 (projected)	72%
Oct 22 (projected)	59%
Nov 22 (projected)	46%
Dec 22 (projected)	20%

2. Provincial Nominee Program

Month	Backlog
Jan 22	56%
Feb 22	55%
Mar 22	54%
Apr 22	51%
May 22	47%
Jun 22	45%
Jul 22	43%
Aug 22 (projected)	39%
Sep 22 (projected)	35%
Oct 22 (projected)	31%
Nov 22 (projected)	28%
Dec 22 (projected)	20%

3. Spouses, Partners and children applications

Month	Backlog
Jan 22	34%
Feb 22	32%
Mar 22	30%
Apr 22	29%
May 22	27%
Jun 22	27%
Jul 22	26%
Aug 22 (projected)	24%
Sep 22 (projected)	23%
Oct 22 (projected)	22%
Nov 22 (projected)	20%
Dec 22 (projected)	19%

4. Citizenship

Month	Backlog
Jan 22	46%
Feb 22	45%
Mar 22	42%
Apr 22	40%
May 22	39%
Jun 22	37%
Jul 22	34%
Aug 22 (projected)	31%
Sep 22 (projected)	30%
Oct 22 (projected)	29%
Nov 22 (projected)	27%
Dec 22 (projected)	25%

5. Study Permits

Month	Backlog
Jan 22	42%
Feb 22	34%
Mar 22	27%
Apr 22	32%
May 22	31%
Jun 22	30%
Jul 22	31%
Aug 22 (projected)	39%
Sep 22 (projected)	42%
Oct 22 (projected)	33%
Nov 22 (projected)	31%
Dec 22 (projected)	33%
Jan 23 (projected)	36%
Feb 23 (projected)	33%
Mar 23 (projected)	23%

6. Work Permits

**As per IRCC, approximately 70% of work permits applications are from the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel.

Month	Backlog
Jan 22	48%
Feb 22	51%
Mar 22	29%
Apr 22	23%
May 22	26%
Jun 22	28%
Jul 22	28%
Aug 22 (projected)	29%
Sep 22 (projected)	35%
Oct 22 (projected)	49%
Nov 22 (projected)	55%
Dec 22 (projected)	60%
Jan 23 (projected)	58%
Feb 23 (projected)	47%
Mar 23 (projected)	30%

7. Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) or Visitor Visa

**As per IRCC, approximately 20% of temporary resident visa or visitor visa applications are from the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel.

Month	Backlog
Jan 22	70%
Feb 22	74%
Mar 22	55%
Apr 22	55%
May 22	56%
Jun 22	71%
Jul 22	67%
Aug 22 (projected)	68%
Sep 22 (projected)	71%
Oct 22 (projected)	70%
Nov 22 (projected)	67%
Dec 22 (projected)	66%
Jan 23 (projected)	66%
Feb 23 (projected)	62%
Mar 23 (projected)	58