According to recent report, there are a number of people who are getting stuck in a Canadian Citizenship application backlog which is affecting their travel plans. Since holding of a passport to travel between the nations like United States and Canada been made mandatory, people who are born abroad, but have been living for decades in Canada are not having the essential Canadian Citizenship documents to obtain a passport to freely travel between these two nations. Even if they apply for it, according to some, it takes a long time to wait, sometimes several years to hear back. There are about 300,000 Canadian Citizenship applications stuck in backlog.

Because of the backlog, the travel plans that you have made, may get delayed, if your application for Canadian citizenship is not processed quickly. If you are planning to apply for Canadian Citizenship in the near future, approaching an immigration expert or immigration lawyer would be quite beneficial for you. An experienced immigration lawyer can help you in preparing your application properly by avoiding mistakes. If there is any mistake in your application or it remains incomplete, then your application will be returned to you instead of processing, which will double your waiting time.

However, there is another option available if you don’t want to wait for long for your application process. If you already have applied for Citizenship of Canada, then by approaching your local MP, who may get the real cause of the problem, and can speed up the process of your Canadian Citizenship application.