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Long waits, under-resourcing, big backlogs plagued permanent residency processing in 2022: audit

Thursday, October 19, 2023 @ 4:29 PM | By Cristin Schmitz

Privately sponsored refugees waited 30 months, on average, in 2022 for their applications to be decided, while overseas spouses or common-law partners waited an average of 15 months to be reunited...