Coronavirus — Frozen immigration systems across the globe keeping thousands apart Her husband currently lives in Saudi Arabia.
The couple applied for a temporary resident visa in July 2019, but they’re still waiting for his application to be processed, despite the government’s immigration website saying it completes most applicants within a year.“It was a pre-existing problem already,” Mahmood said. “There are several people that have reached out to me saying their process has been over two to three years.”The two are part of a Facebook group with more than 2,500 members who are facing a similar situation.
On top of an existing backlog of applications, the pandemic has forced Canada’s immigration offices to scale back operations, causing.