Thank you.
The answer depends on an individual case file. We don't yet have a completely digital system where you can search a database from start to finish and simply pull up a file. I very much want to change this in the years ahead. We have, in many ways, a paper-based system that can be antiquated in certain elements. It can require us to have to reach out to offices on the other side of the world, which may actually have to dig out paper applications that have been submitted. They then have to relay information back.
This is something I desperately want to change because in the 21st century, we need a 21st-century immigration system. The investments have already been made. The work is under way, but how long it takes depends on the facts of an individual file.