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Immigration Lawyer wins battle against CIC over processing delay and application wipe-out

OK, this is not a case that goes directly against the recent Bill C-38, which, if passed, will allow Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to wipe out all Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) applications submitted before February 27, 2008. However, according…

My application for permanent residency is taking very long time and CIC will not tell me the reason for the delay. What Can I do?

There may be various reasons for the delay. Often times your application is placed in a long queue in the CIC backlog, and your file might be stuck at the criminal/security or medical check stage. When CIC processes immigration applications,…