Hospital Staff Shortages Immigration Backlog Leaves Professionals On The Sidelines
In February 2021, Sharlene Ullani applied for a permanent resident card after years of working in Canada as a childcare provider. Eighteen months later, the internationally trained nurse with more than seven years of experience has heard nothing from Immigration Canada about the status of her application. Online, the government estimates the processing time for new permanent resident cards to be 2.6 months, or 81 days, as of August 2....