CUAET applications and special measures continue to be a priority for IRCC. The Department was originally funded for 300K CUAET applications and 200k arrivals. As of January 22, 2023, we have received more than double the amount of CUAET applications, for a total of 793K. Despite this challenge, IRCC has reduced CUAET work permit inventory and processing times. In July 2022, inventory stood at 224k and has since decreased to 214k as of January 22, 2023, even with a constant flow of new applications. Processing times have also decreased from 81 days in July 2022 to 26 days as of January 22, 2023. In regards to the CUAET TRV application inventory, the inventory stood at 154,600 as of the end of July 2022 and has since decreased by over 30K to 124,500 as of January 2023.