根据加拿大移民、难民和公民局的资料，目前80％配偶团聚移民的平均等待时间为一年，以前通常需要两年。
仅在一年多时间里，移民官已经大量清理了积压的申请，积压文件从大约7.5万份下降到大约1.5万份。
移民部长Ahmed Hussen說, 这样做是出于“人道”的考虑。
“我们希望确保一个家庭不必分隔两地，处理家庭团聚申请是政府关键的优先事项，”他在接受采访时说。“这也是配偶担保移民过去是、现在是未来也将继续成为国家移民体系的关键组成部分的原因。”
Hussen说，做到这一切是通过部署员工组成一支“飞虎队”来解决积压问题，并简化申请流程以避免延误和重复。
他说，尽管大多数申请来自他所说的“名副其实的”夫妻，但是政府并没有在严格的筛选过程中走捷径。
部长将于美国东部时间上午9:30在安大略省密西沙加的D Spot Dessert咖啡馆正式公布该文件处理的进展情况以及旨在提高效率的申请流程。
'处理速度大幅加快'
Hussen表示，决定在情人节这天完成向出席的夫妇发出宣告，意在强调移民政策对现实生活的积极影响，这些夫妇都是已经从更快的处理流程中受益，得以家庭团聚。
“这对在场的每个人来说都意义非凡，尽快与家人团聚对他们来说是最重要的事情，”他说。
加速配偶担保移民处理的计划源自2016年12月，当时的移民部长是John McCallum 。 与此同时，家庭团聚申请指南从180页缩减为75页的文件，申请表的语言表述也更通俗易懂。
温哥华的移民律师Zool Suleman表示，自那时以来，文件准备适当的客户明显能感觉到处理速度“大幅加快”。
Today, the
Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship,
announced that the government has successfully met these commitments:
· More than 80% of those who
were in the global spousal sponsorship backlog on December 7, 2016, have now
received final decisions for their applications. We reduced the spousal
inventory from 75,000 applications to 15,000 as of December 31,
2017.
· As of December 31, 2017, we
met our commitment to process 80% of spousal applications that were received in
December 2016.
In addition, after introducing a new
spousal sponsorship application package in December 2016, IRCC continued to
respond to client and stakeholder feedback to further improve the application
process, and make it simpler and easier for sponsors and applicants to
understand and navigate. As a result, we made a number of improvements to the
application package in June 2017. And today, we introduced further
updates to the application kit and process to
improve the client experience and make sure we can process applications as
quickly as possible.
·
To
bring families together, IRCC plans to welcome
66,000 spouses and
dependants in 2018, well above the average over the past decade of about 47,000.
Associated link
Web Notice: Updated application kit for spousal sponsorship
· Graphic:
Clearing the backlog
· Graphic: Reuniting families
faster
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