He’s looking elsewhere because his future here is unclear: Karimi has been waiting a year for Canada to grant his security clearance. “We need to do proper security screening, but not being able to set down roots here is killing other opportunities for me. It is affecting my professional career.” The 40-year-old is among a growing number of Iranian applicants — many with postgraduate degrees earned in Canada — who say they face unreasonable delays in getting security clearance due to their nationality. He has been waiting for the results of his security check since July; the average processing time is six months. “Security checks are done on a case-by-case basis and their processing time varies depending on several factors,” he noted.

Source: thestar May 03, 2018 20:37 UTC