As per certain fresh reports, a large number of aspirants from several nations, interested in the Canada Federal Skilled Worker category, are getting their submissions returned together with the processing charges they had paid earlier. Reportedly, the country has the right–through a specific bill–to lawfully remove or cancel the petitions of over 270,000 candidates who were eager to arrive in the country as Federal Skilled workers with petitions filed before 2008.
Ottawa has reportedly guaranteed the applicants that it would return the petition charges even as they would do well to file a new submission fulfilling the latest laws. The aspirants ought to know that they won’t be offered the gift of “fast-tracking” even though they may have cooled their heels for several years.
Immigration minister’s views
Allegedly, the incumbent immigration minister believes that immigration would take a further 4-5 years’ time to successfully do justice to the backlogs of the petitions filed before 2008. Doing the same to the ones filed after 2008 would be a new difficulty for the administration however. The good news is that the minister is rather apologetic for the inconvenience caused to the aspirants and he opines that the returning of the petitions and the charges fee should assuage their hurt feelings.
Effects on candidates
Many candidates have been waiting to land in the Maple Leaf Country for several years even as there are some who may plan out their families only in case they manage to turn-up on the nation’s soils.
However, thanks to the new declaration, all such people are caught in some sort of a time wrap. These people have been cooling their heels for over six years only to be informed about the refusal of their petitions. Courtesy the new development, their plans of completing their family, and/or giving a superior standard of living, besides education, to their kids have nearly ended.
Harm caused by the declaration
There were some aspirants who leaned that the processing of their submission had started only to unexpectedly know now about the return & reimbursement. Strangely, in certain cases, some vital steps of processing were duly done, such as police verification & collection of papers for identity. The same left the candidates with a big hope of obtaining a permit in no time. However, the new statement, as mentioned before, has destroyed their dreams and greatly distressed them.
Given this, some observers worry that the world will not have a good opinion about Canada, and think that it asks candidates to present documents, then cool their heels for several years only to inform them after that that their submissions are being cancelled and their application charges being refunded.
The court case
Nearly 40 distressed candidates have allegedly moved the courts against Ottawa for taking such a shocking decision. These aspirants still believe that they would gain justice in the coming days.
