The regulations for AFIP applications stipulate: "Applications that do not meet the requirements of section 11 of the Regulations will not be counted toward the annual cap and will not be processed." In January, numerous applicants submitted their applications without fulfilling the one-year work requirement, and consequently, a significant number of these applications have been returned. In accordance with the regulations, the quotas from these returned applications should be made available again, thereby giving us a fair opportunity to apply!

We have worked in the Canadian agriculture or food industry for one year and fully meet all the application requirements for the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot (AFIP) program. We strictly adhere to rules and laws. However, some individuals who failed to comply with these regulations submitted applications improperly, disrupting the application process and preventing us from submitting our own. We seek fairness, and Canada needs permanent residents who value fairness and respect the law.