Who knows. Likely not but limit dramatically who can apply and try to categorize application in order to identify quick refusals to reduce processing times. Limit how many times you can apply also a possibility.
That is the general category. If you take all forms of H&C applications I believe that is where the 70k comes from and is actually the more important figure because the PR targets are for all forms of H&C not general H&C.
Hi, I applied for H&C in December 2023. Does anyone know how long it usually takes to get a decision? Has anyone here received approval, and if so, when did you apply?
That is the general category. If you take all forms of H&C applications I believe that is where the 70k comes from and is actually the more important figure because the PR targets are for all forms of H&C not general H&C.
Hi, I applied for H&C in December 2023. Does anyone know how long it usually takes to get a decision? Has anyone here received approval, and if so, when did you apply?
Yes and wait times between AIP and PR will likely get longer than around a year as backlog grows. IRCC can’t prioritize H&C applications over economic and family sponsorship for example which make up the largest quota of PR. Without adding to the PR annual target how will you find more quota for H&C? The answer is limiting who can apply for H&C and not adding more programs. You would also need to pause refugee programs to focus on processing the backlogs of protected people and refugees applying for PR to get through that PR backlog, stop parent sponsorship which would require a ban of parents applying for H&C and would be very unpopular with PRs and citizens (ie. voters), etc. Even if you did all this it would still take many years to address the backlogs. Also hard to pause targeted programs in response to wars and disasters when there has been a precedent set.
Volume of applicants, ability for department to process applications and limited quota. The file isn’t taking 19 months to process. Most of the time is waiting in a queue waiting to be assigned to an officer after over a year.
