Hopefully they announce that one time initiative and send all of us the final decisions at the same time
2023 PR Applications Timeline (Protected Persons & Refugees)
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Maybe the quota for 2025 has already been reached (admitting around 17,000 protected person per year)..
Now we can only wait until next month to see if IRCC will really start that one-time initiative for admitting 115,000 protected persons over 2 years. This means admitting around 58,000 per year, hopefully in addition to the annual quota of 17,000 bringing total admissions to 75,000 per year and 150,000 over 2 years...
Yes, they said the 115,000 are not in the other categories , so ut is additional. But the thing is how they will distribute the number, cant send FD to all same time. And people still need to pass the security screening. No pass, not PR.
Security screening shouldn't be exaggerated so much. Because this security screening is also done when an asylum claim is made, and approval at that stage generally takes 2-3 months.
For people who have already been living in Canada for a while, what they call the security screening shouldn't take too long.
Repeated steps.. During the refugee claim process, these steps are already there: security screening, medical exam and biometrics.
I hope that IRCC, as part of their efforts to clear the protected persons backlog, will consider removing these repeated steps..
The security screening during the refugee claim is lengthy and extensive. Since a protected person has already passed this, the security screening for PR purposes should - logically - be geared only inside Canada and should ideally not take more than 1-2 weeks..
For biometrics, this can be completely skipped since the biometrics are already there.
For medical, it is still required, especially that for the majority of refugee claims, it takes +18 months, and there could be some health developments...
There is a big room for streamlining the process, all in line with the objective of IRCC to clear the protected person backlog...
Short answer: yes — what you wrote is logically correct,but legally and operationally IRCC does not treat it that way.
A person may have passed security screening in 2019, but we must confirm again before granting PR in 2026. That's IRCC approach
and this take a lot of time unfortunately.
They probably delay this process in protected person PR applications due to quotas, spreading it out over time. Normally, it takes a maximum of 2-3 months, and since it's a repeated stage, it could actually be done even faster than the asylum claim stage.
Ultimately, this stage also exists in economic PR applications and is quite short.
For me processing is 31 months and 27 days and no final decision up to now 
What you're saying is understandable, but there's a logical flaw here. Under normal circumstances, an application should be evaluated according to the conditions at the time of application. So, if the application was submitted in 2023, you should evaluate it according to the situation at that time. Operational delays shouldn't result in consequences that could be detrimental to the applicant.
What I'm trying to say is that it doesn't make sense to do a security screening in 2026 for an application made in 2023. If someone who made an asylum claim in 2022 passes the security screening in 2022, then their PR application made in 2023 should also pass the security screening stage quickly.
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I know , it is like inconsistent.
Make the process like rubber. Elastic, stretch.
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Make the process like rubber. Elastic, stretch.
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New GCMS note received now, security still shows not started, April 24th 2023 application Ontario,if you are April applicant and your note says security not started there is a good chance that you will be left behind from the regular file processing timetable , it's very frustrating but as I said before some countries get comprehensive security because of the place they were born,32 months now and no end in sight
I applied 21 April and processing is the same as you , Security not started .
I hear you, unfortunately there is nothing we can do, it's just a waiting game. Have you tried to get CBSA notes? I've heard you can get more info regarding the security progress there.we still got 7 months on the process time sheet in ircc new processing time website too so we can't even talk to our MP, life's not fair, I learned it the hard way but it is what it is, at least we were fortune enough that Canada sheltered us from danger. Millions of people are dreaming of having this protection in so many dangerous places all around the world.iam very much thankful to great people of Canada and Canada but days of life passing, so many lost opportunities just for one plastic card and the limbo most of us are in, it's really mentally damaging.
