APPEAL TO MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION & IRCC TO PRIORITISE CANADA SPOUSE OPEN WORK PERMIT APPLICATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE

An Appeal to Minister of Immigration, Honable Marco Mendicino, IRCC, Canada High Commissions & Visa Offices across the globe to expedite and prioritize Spouse Open Work Permit Applications under Family Reunification objectives of IRPA.

On behalf of all Canada Spouse Open Work Permit Applicants and their families from India and across the globe who have an active Spouse Open Work Permit on which decision has not yet been rendered because of procedural delays at Canada High Commission & Visa Offices because of COVID – 19 Impact.

We humbly request High Commission to prioritize application processing and decision making process so that spouses who are not being able to meet their life partners and small kids who are facing distress because of not being able to meet their mother/father.

We sincerely acknowledge and appreciate hard work being done by IRCC employees across the globe and who are posted at various Canada High Commissions & Visa Offices, but at the same time we have witnessed serious delays in rendering decisions on Spouse Open Work Permit applications which are pending since as long as September 2020.

In view of recent travel exemptions expanded to non essential travellers on September 7, 2021, we humbly request IRCC to now prioritize application for applicants under this class of application and review it under compassionate grounds as it is directly linked with the family reunification objectives of Immigration & Refugee Protection Act.

Thanks