How important is the need to reduce the immigration backlog for Canada?

How important is the need to reduce the immigration backlog for Canada?

Immigration issues have gained all the more relevance in Canada owing to upheaval in number of cases of illegal immigration. Canadian government has been struggling since long to overcome this problem. The government finds it difficult to deal with the long list of applications of the immigrants, which sometimes comes to nearly one million. There is a desperate need to get this issue settled and steps are in process in this respect. The prominent step is modernization of immigration policies of Canada. The changes in the policy are to favor those with higher degree of skills and experience and thereby bringing them in work force as quick as possible. However, the real picture is still to be clear that whether the changes would be able to reduce the immense backlog or not.

The reason behind the preference of Canada by foreigners is that it offers incredible opportunities to foreigners. Colin Romberger of www.globalvisas.com holds the opinion that due to the immigration backlog many deserving candidates are postponed. So, there is a vital need to shape the immigration policy in such as manner that more people can derive the benefit of opportunities available in Canada. The country has lot to offer in respect of safety, economic opportunity and multicultural society also seats available in medicine and engineering sectors.

The critics are still doubtful about the current proposal of change in immigration policy that it might be a bureaucratic move in favor of certain groups or occupation. Another problem could be that it would deal with backlog after February 26, which would again leave those waiting for their turn who applied before February 26. This delay in the process ha bereaved Canada of man skilled workers, who otherwise go to Australia and New Zealand where waiting time is not more than 6 months. In Canada, 66% of the immigrants get job in 6 months and just 30% of them get the desired field, whereas in Australia there is 83%job placement.

In order to go to niche of such problem, Stephen Cryne, the Executive Vice President of Canadian Employee Relocation Council proposes to hold cross-Canada meeting in order to discuss this issue on larger forum. Such a forum will help in coming up with better solution as to how to bring the highly skilled people in the workforce of Canada who has been waiting for long.

Stephen also hold the opinion that not only the modernization of immigration policy, but also the removal of restrictions mobility of workers within Canada can come up with better results in respect of dealing with immigration backlogs. Immigration experts suggest others solutions like, increasing the immigration quota and number of staffs, or completing the immigration process within Canada. The ultimate judge of the perfect solution is time, and would bring the result along.