Study Abroad: Canada Speeds Up Spousal Sponsorship Processing with 2 New Tools

IRCC is improving the processing time of overseas spousal sponsorship, including the common law partner by using 2 new automation tools. The initiative of this goal is to automate the eligibility approval process for both the sponsor and principal applicant of routine family class overseas spouse and partner applications. The department is currently using similar automation tools to process post-graduation work permits (PGWPs), IEC, and LMIA based applications. 

Applicants of spousal sponsorship often face delays in processing times given that the current processing time may take around 12 months or even more. The implementation of new automated tools for eligibility approval decisions for certain applications will assist in reducing processing times. 

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Two of the new tools will now focus on determining the eligibility of these sections are listed below:

Review of Sponsorship with Automation: An officer manually reviews the sponsorship sections of applications not automatically authorized by the automation tool. They also focus on other sponsorship cases by automating routine approvals for sponsors, which will expedite the decision making process for applicants.

Review of the Primary Applicant with Automation: In case of regular applications, the automation tool has the authority to determine that the primary applicant is qualified and forward the case to an officer, who will then make the final determination regarding the applicant’s approval.

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The automation tools will shorten the time it takes to process “active” eligibility, which will directly benefit the applicants. The technologies will help applicants by processing information more quickly overall.

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