加拿大优先处理港人「救生艇」积压个案：2027年拨出3.2万个永居配额，有望一年内审完
渥太华——加拿大政府在11月5日公布的《2027—2029年移民水平计划》中推出一项限时措施：2027年在每年38万个常规永居目标之外，额外为已经在加拿大境内、申请已在队列中的人群提供最多20万个处理名额，其中人道类别最多10万个，涵盖已经停止接受新申请的香港永居通道（Hong Kong Pathway，即俗称的「救生艇」计划）尚待审理的全部剩余个案。香港监察（Hong Kong Watch）11月6日表示，其中拨给港人通道的配额为3.2万个，并对这项措施表示欢迎。
「救生艇」计划2021年推出，设有供在加拿大毕业生的 Stream A 与供具工作经验者的 Stream B 两条通道，已于今年8月31日停止接受新申请。积压规模正是这次措施出台的直接原因：香港监察10月29日在国会移民委员会作证时指出，截至2026年6月约有34,150人正等待永居审批，而相关类别2026年的年度接纳目标只有800个——按此速度，积压需要40多年才能清完，此前不少申请人被告知等待时间可能超过十年。
香港监察共同创办人兼加拿大主席 Aileen Calverley 表示，这项措施给数以万计已经在加拿大安家、却多年等不到永居决定的港人带来了确定性；该组织同时呼吁政府加快实际处理速度，并给出清晰的时间表。
按计划，加拿大2027至2029年每年的常规永居目标维持38万人；限时措施只处理已在境内、已递交申请的人群，不新开通道，等待中的申请人无须另行申请。为港人申请人而设的开放式工作许可临时措施则将于2029年5月到期。
对在加港人而言，2027年有望成为积压个案的清理年：3.2万个配额与目前约3.4万名等待者的规模大体相当。加拿大移民、难民和公民部尚未公布逐月处理时间表，实际进度仍待观察。（来源：加拿大移民、难民和公民部）
Canada to Prioritize Hong Kong 'Lifeboat' Backlog: 32,000 Permanent-Residence Places in 2027 Aim to Clear the Queue Within a Year
Ottawa — In its 2027–2029 Immigration Levels Plan, tabled on November 5, the Government of Canada announced a time-limited measure for 2027: on top of the regular target of 380,000 permanent-resident admissions a year, up to 200,000 additional processing places will go to people already in Canada whose applications are already in the queue. Up to 100,000 of those places are in the humanitarian stream, covering all remaining applications under the Hong Kong permanent-residence pathways — the 'lifeboat' scheme — which closed to new applications earlier this year. Hong Kong Watch said on November 6 that 32,000 of the places are allocated to the Hong Kong Pathway, and welcomed the measure.
Launched in 2021, the Hong Kong Pathway offered two streams — Stream A for graduates of Canadian institutions and Stream B for applicants with Canadian work experience — and closed to new applications on August 31, 2026. The backlog is the direct reason for the new measure: testifying before the House of Commons immigration committee on October 29, Hong Kong Watch said about 34,150 people were waiting for a permanent-residence decision as of June 2026, against an admissions target of just 800 for 2026 — a pace at which clearing the queue would take more than 40 years. Many applicants had been told they could wait more than a decade.
Aileen Calverley, co-founder of Hong Kong Watch and chair of Hong Kong Watch Canada, said the announcement brings long-awaited certainty to tens of thousands of Hong Kongers who have made Canada their home and waited years for a decision, while calling on the government to deliver faster processing and a clear timetable.
Under the plan, Canada's regular permanent-resident target stays at 380,000 a year for 2027 through 2029. The temporary measure creates processing space only for people already in Canada with applications already filed; it opens no new pathway and requires no separate application. A temporary open-work-permit measure for Hong Kong pathway applicants remains in place until May 2029.
For Hong Kongers in Canada, 2027 could become the year the backlog is cleared: the 32,000 places roughly match the roughly 34,150 people now waiting. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has not yet published a month-by-month processing timetable, and actual progress remains to be seen. (Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
来源：加拿大移民、难民和公民部
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