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How could the separate 90-day processing clocks affect India's migration pathways?

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Immigration delays may complicate pathways for workers from India The lack of coordination between Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Service Canada creates a systemic gap where temporary foreign workers can lose their legal status even when their employer has filed all required documentation on time. When the LMIA assessment is pending, IRCC may reject work permit renewals, ordering the worker to stop working immediately. Because IRCC policies directly influence the migration requirements and population flow of individuals from India, these bureaucratic delays and rejections increase the uncertainty and difficulty for those individuals attempting to secure legal status in Canada.

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  • IRCC and Service Canada operate on distinct 90-day processing clocks.paherald.sk.ca
  • IRCC rejects renewal if 'No LMIA approval has been matched to file' and the 90 day mark has passed.paherald.sk.ca
  • A worker who was legally following the rules can suddenly have their legal ground collapse if the assessment hasn't cleared Service Canada within 90 days.paherald.sk.ca
  • IRCC policies directly influence the migration requirements and population flow of individuals from India.paherald.sk.ca

Why it matters

For individuals from India seeking to work in Canada, this bureaucratic mismatch creates extreme uncertainty. They risk losing their income and legal status, forcing them to either leave Canada or remain without legal work authorization, even if they followed every rule perfectly. This systemic failure undermines the stability of the migration pathways that individuals from India rely on to establish themselves in Canada.

This issue is not isolated to one industry or region; it is a systemic failure across the Canadian federal government. Other employers, such as Glenn Cormier, owner of Bowen Island Pub, and Rupinder Sidhu, who operates Saffron Restaurant, have already lost trained staff due to the same timing problem, demonstrating the widespread impact on the labor market.

What we don't know yet

  • What is the average LMIA processing time currently, and how is it coordinated with IRCC?
  • Is there a federal mechanism to synchronize the two timelines or provide an emergency override for workers trapped in the gap?

What would change this answer

IRCC and Service Canada implement an automatic data-sharing mechanismThe systemic gap would close, allowing IRCC to match pending LMIA approvals to work permit files, significantly reducing the risk of rejection and stop-work orders.
Service Canada's backlogs decrease substantially below the 90-day statutory windowThe pressure on IRCC to reject applications due to pending assessments would lessen, stabilizing the legal status of temporary workers.

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