Demand transparency and responsiveness from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Demand transparency and responsiveness from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Started
October 24, 2021
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This petition had 358 supporters

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Started by Farhad Faghihi

Since Covid-19 pandemic began, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has become untransparent, inefficient, and unresponsive on how it is prioritizing case processing for applicants of all streams. 

Applicants lives are gravely impacted by the unpredictable manner of work at IRCC. People are separated from their loved ones, many cannot change jobs because they are on employer-specific permits and many others have been waiting more than 16 months for a final decision on their application. Not to mention the majority of inland applicants who at the moment are assigned interim permits and do not have the freedom of leaving the country without the risk of losing their status. We all have been deprived of visiting our loved ones during this long gruelling pandemic.

Moreover, following the outbreak of crisis in Afghanistan and surge of Afghan evacuees, the situation has deteriorated as IRCC has stopped responding to almost all update requests about two months ago.

This is simply not an acceptable approach to render service from such a significant government agency. We are tax-paying law-abiding residents of Canada. We work hard to contribute to this beautiful country and make it a better place to live and we deserve to be treated with respect and in a timely manner. The uncertainty has taken a toll on our living and mental health.

We are at a different stage in pandemic and processing immigration cases is part of the government response that needs to be updated accordingly.

We demand that Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Minister of Immigration, Refugess and Citizenship Sean Fraser take the following actions:

1. Re-evaluate processing priorities at IRCC in favor of inland applicants as the majority of who have arrived in Canada in the past two to four years are now carrying implied status which impedes their access to banking services, healthcare plans, employment opportunities, and their freedom of movement.

2. Implement measures at IRCC to bring back the timeline indicator on application status check web page so that every applicant can realize how long he/she should wait for a final decision. We understand that times are given tentatively, however, we demand to have them recalculated and displayed for each individual.

3. Publish the current work load and processing capacity at IRCC. We are aware that IRCC is dealing with a substantial backlog and we have the right to know how it is planning to take action in the coming 2-3 years.

 

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