Canada Immigration Minister Marc Miller has said that the department will be able to process only about half of the visa applications filed by Indians by the end of 2023
This comes as Canada said earlier that it has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India
The remaining five IRCC staff in India is now focussing on essential tasks within the country, including urgent processing, visa printing, risk assessment, and overseeing key partners such as visa application centers, panel physicians, and clinics that perform immigration medical exams.

Senior IRCC officials say the government is working to return to normal processing for Indian applications by early 2024, the CIC News report added. IRCC said that all in-person services at consulates in India have been temporarily paused until further notice, but they will continue to accept and process applications from India.

While the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) was expecting to process 38,000 visas by December, it will n