Parents & Grandparents Program(PGP) 2025

[prabh7777]

2025 applicants
anyone received pre-arrival letters ??
gckey account - background check in progress ?

 

[canuck78]

2025 applicants
anyone received pre-arrival letters ??
gckey account - background check in progress ?
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There is a significant backlog of applications and processing times are around 3 years these days but could get longer. Would suggest not focusing on trying to monitor applications this closely because there will be very long periods of time when nothing changes. You were just asking about medicals. You are going to drive yourself insane if you try to monitor applications so closely knowing that processing is very slow and the majority of the processing time is waiting in line for your turn over and over again.

 

[ms082]

I read a post that someone who submitted their application in first week of Aug 2025 received pre arrival letter in GCKey So it sounds like things are moving- slowly but surely.

I don’t see anyone updated anything to excel tracker yet.

 

[shahroze]

My parents have received Biometric Instruction Letter for their PGP2025 application. However, their biometrics are still valid until 2031, as they were completed during their Super Visa application. The biometric validity is also showing in the GCKey portal under their PGP application. Is it mandatory for them to provide biometrics again for the PGP application, or should we raise a webform to inform IRCC that their biometrics are still valid?
Has anyone experienced a similar situation with their PGP application?

 

[sribrosrs]

My parents have received Biometric Instruction Letter for their PGP2025 application. However, their biometrics are still valid until 2031, as they were completed during their Super Visa application. The biometric validity is also showing in the GCKey portal under their PGP application. Is it mandatory for them to provide biometrics again for the PGP application, or should we raise a webform to inform IRCC that their biometrics are still valid?
Has anyone experienced a similar situation with their PGP application?

I was in the same situation. I contacted CIC and they said the biometrics are tied to each application so they can't use the one done for Super Visa. I had to re-do it and it's been updated on the portal that biometrics is complete. You should do the same asap.

 

[nqtri]

Got biometrics request for my mom today. But not my dad who is the principal applicant while mom is a dependant. The request letter only mentions her name. Is that normal? I remember we paid biometric fee for both.

 

[shahroze]

Update: eligibility completed

 

[nqtri]

Update: eligibility completed

How does eligibility work? Do they just send you letter?

 

[victorcquin]

Hi, I was asked to provide the additional requested document last week, as I uploaded the document through the View submitted application or upload document page in the GCKey, I did not get any confirmation email after that, I am pretty sure I reached to the page where I put the name of applicant and security question and click the transmit. However, I did not see the so called Congratulation page, when i sign back in the check the page View submitted application or upload document page, I saw the detail column as this Replacement Provided Uploaded Filename: XXXX and the placeholder for upload document and required date are all disappeared. Did I submit my ADR successfully?

 

[nitink01]

2025 applicants
anyone received pre-arrival letters ??
gckey account - background check in progress ?

Yes I did today. But it doesn't help much . Still waiting for med request

 

[nqtri]

Anyone still cant link their parents GCKey to the application? Ive been exhausting the tries

 

[P@ssw0rd1]

Yes I did today. But it doesn't help much . Still waiting for med request

Based on current trends for 2025 applicants, pre-arrivals are coming out first, followed by medical requests about a week later. Hopefully, you get yours soon!

 

[canuck78]

Based on current trends for 2025 applicants, pre-arrivals are coming out first, followed by medical requests about a week later. Hopefully, you get yours soon!

Pre-arrival can come at any time after eligibility and if anything you want a medical to be requested at a later date in the hopes you won’t have to repeat one again. Realistically most will have to complete a second medical. Processing for PGP is often multiple years and there is still a backlog of applications so there will be long periods of time where there is no movement of the application and that is normal. Even if it takes years to process getting selected for PGP is still winning the lottery.