QUERY wrt PARENT/GRANDPARENT sponsorship started September 2018

[KLWRR]

Hi everyone - we are being sponsored in to Canada by our daughter (PR) and her husband (Canadian citizen) - the process was started in September 2018: we are now 3 days off the full 24 months stipulated by CIC online (they say 20-24 month processing time) and we have heard nothing. Calls to CIC produce stock standard responses about Covid and delays. My question is in several parts: 1) anyone else in the same boat with the two year deadline almost up and no word on COPR (or any other comms, either) 2) anyone else managed to get some sort of ball-park idea from CIC or lawyers for immigration on the anticipated "covid" delays to this process? HOW much longer can we expect to wait...? I don't expect exact days here, but would love to have someone give me a ballpark idea instead of the fob off I get from CIC when I query this. 3) I have seen on other threads that there seems to be confusion about who meets the "immediate family" requirement for entering Canada (upon receipt of COPR) - and it would appear that PARENTS are considered immediate family (as well they ought!) - can anyone confirm, please. 4) we are currently in Canada on extended TRV's (awaiting the approval of yet another 6 month extension) - if I was to leave Canada to fly back to South Africa for a month (whilst waiting for this PR confirmation) is it likely that I will encounter difficulties getting back in (not visa related, so much as Covid related - accepting, of course, the 14 day quarantine, period, which would happen in the basement at my daughter's home, anyway)

 

[YVR123]

You have not gotten ANY communication?
AOR? Medical request? Police check? Transfer to local VO?

It will give us better idea if you tell us how far are you along the application process.

 

[scylla]

Hi everyone - we are being sponsored in to Canada by our daughter (PR) and her husband (Canadian citizen) - the process was started in September 2018: we are now 3 days off the full 24 months stipulated by CIC online (they say 20-24 month processing time) and we have heard nothing. Calls to CIC produce stock standard responses about Covid and delays. My question is in several parts: 1) anyone else in the same boat with the two year deadline almost up and no word on COPR (or any other comms, either) 2) anyone else managed to get some sort of ball-park idea from CIC or lawyers for immigration on the anticipated "covid" delays to this process? HOW much longer can we expect to wait...? I don't expect exact days here, but would love to have someone give me a ballpark idea instead of the fob off I get from CIC when I query this. 3) I have seen on other threads that there seems to be confusion about who meets the "immediate family" requirement for entering Canada (upon receipt of COPR) - and it would appear that PARENTS are considered immediate family (as well they ought!) - can anyone confirm, please. 4) we are currently in Canada on extended TRV's (awaiting the approval of yet another 6 month extension) - if I was to leave Canada to fly back to South Africa for a month (whilst waiting for this PR confirmation) is it likely that I will encounter difficulties getting back in (not visa related, so much as Covid related - accepting, of course, the 14 day quarantine, period, which would happen in the basement at my daughter's home, anyway)

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https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...randparents-sponsorship-2018.513951/page-1036