Security News > 2021 > August > Canada accepted 7,300 more immigration applications due to technical bug
A bug in the Canadian immigration system led to the government accepting an additional 7,307 immigration applications, surpassing the imposed limit.
Canadian immigration law typically sets an annual limit for the number of immigration applications that can be accepted in a year under each route.
"In some cases where two or more applications were submitted simultaneously, the electronic application system counted them as a single application."
Without ministerial approval, as the current law dictates, applications accepted in excess due to the glitch would normally have been returned to the applicants, along with the fees.
As more people come to Canada and application volumes continue to rise, IRCC must keep improving its operations and provide timely and efficient service to attract more immigrants and visitors and remain globally competitive, says the department.
"We move applications around our global network to ensure they are processed as efficiently as possible, which means applications may not be processed at or decided upon by decision makers at the office closest to where a client lives, or where an application is submitted," concluded IRCC in their email to BleepingComputer.