New form availability after C-6 becomes law

[Richnew]

Does anyone know when the new forms will be available? There will be a sudden influx of eligible applicants. Thanks.

 

[Bs65]

Royal assent first at 19 ET today 6/19 then at some point they will publish effective dates together with any dates any new forms if any will be available. No way to know this timetable in advance so just have to wait for due process to be followed anything else would of course be speculation. Cannot in anyway have expected immigration to preempt any decision on any bill so they would only probably set a timetable post royal assent.

Having come this far everyone just has to remain patient and be happy it has passed now.

 

[dpenabill]

Application forms for applying based on the 3/5 rule are NOT likely to be available much, if at all, before the change itself actually takes effect.

Consider for example, the change to the 4/6 rule provided by Bill C-24 which took effect June 11, 2015. The form, however, was not available even as of that day. Similarly the presence calculator.

There is an important practical reason why IRCC might NOT issue or otherwise make available the new form until after the change actually takes effect: to minimize confusion and use of the wrong form by applicants.

A new version of the application form (but not for use when the presence requirement changes) is likely sooner than that, depending on the prospective timeline for changes such as the 3/5 rule. For example, as of today/tomorrow there will be no intent to continue residing in Canada requirement, so Item 10 in the current form needs to be removed.

The application form is revised from time to time without much fanfare. It is an administrative action. Thus, while there is some possibility that IRCC will continue to use the current form for awhile pending further changes, such as the 3/5 rule, unless the timeline for all changes is short there will probably be some interim versions of the form employed, one with the current item 10 removed for example. (As of today, the application form is a version issued last October).

 

[NewPRReciever]

Does anyone know when the new forms will be available? There will be a sudden influx of eligible applicants. Thanks.

Just my opinion, is that IRCC has a few changes to do with respect to the application,
1) The intent to reside
2) Physical presence in Canada
perhaps 3) The changes to the physical presence calculator itself.

It would be logical to have all the changes done at once, so they changes are tracked. So this could most likely lead to a slightly longer wait times for the new applications.

flipside

they could do 2 or more application changes in a systematic way. Which I think would be very hard, knowing that the number of people who apply per change would/could dramatically increase.

 

[CAforCA]

Does anybody understand the conditions of 3/5 years ..will they just look at total 1095 days or will it be based on some complex calculations

 

[canvis2006]

Does anybody understand the conditions of 3/5 years ..will they just look at total 1095 days or will it be based on some complex calculations

You would use the calculator on CIC website.......it will help you.