- Document review for foreign credentials was almost entirely manual, with every file checked from scratch by hand
- Qualified engineers and other professionals sat outside their field for years while their files waited in a queue
- Adding more reviewers reduced the backlog only as long as new applications did not keep arriving faster
- Document intelligence matched foreign credentials against known equivalency standards automatically on intake
- Complete, straightforward files moved to a fast track while genuinely complex cases reached senior assessors directly
- Applicants could see exactly where their file stood instead of waiting months for any update at all
A two year wait does not make Canada safer. It just means a qualified professional spends two years not doing the job they are actually qualified for.
Hary Periya
- The backlog was never about a shortage of qualified applicants. It was about a process that never scaled
- Newcomers were not the risk to manage carefully. The outdated review process was the actual risk
- Speeding this up was never about lowering the bar. It was about applying the same bar faster and more consistently
- Average credential assessment time dropped substantially across the pilot application group
- Backlog of pending files declined meaningfully within the first two quarters of use
- Assessor capacity increased enough to handle a larger volume without adding headcount
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