Canadian Press: Canadian State and Month Timeline

canadian press: I have always felt it was wrong for the heavy hand of the Canadian state to keep people apart for two years, McCallum said in an interview with The Canadian Press, according to CTV. The changes mean anyone with an application currently in the system will see a decision on their case by December 2017 at the latest, while about 80 per cent of new applications will be processed within the 12-month timeline. Current wait times ranging from an average of 18 months for overseas applications to upwards of two years for spouses already in Canada will plunge to 12 months, Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum said. The last federal budget set aside 25 million to help get family sponsorship wait times down and that money, along with a new application process and making more room in the immigration program for spousal sponsorship, are behind the change, McCallum said. In 2016, the target for admission is 60,000 and for next year, it will be 64,000. In 2015, the target was to admit about 48,000 people but there were over 70,000 applications, the Immigration Department said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.