While the rank and file of the immigration department blames the errors on the rising number of “casual employees” hired to replace well-trained permanent staff, the government insists that has not compromised the integrity of these programs.
“Since the (Stephen) Harper government came into power, Citizenship and Immigration has seen too many cuts and lost many qualified employees,” said Steve McCuaig, national president of the Canada Employment and Immigration Union.
“You have casual employees brought in within a short time with little training while qualified people are shown the door, and the public is left with people who are not on top of their job,” he said.
I feel from this Friday or Monday onwards majority of people should start getting their second line update Medical/ PPR request as there was long weekends of christmas and New year so they might have started working from Monday onwards
Hi. I am from Mumbai. Working in Pune. NOC 2173 applicant. App date October 16 2014. No communication since then..
Any 2173 applicants who got fee charged or PER after August?