It was a typo
2025 is 2000
Yes you are right, 2000 principal applicants could be 500 to 700 projects depending on team size
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2025 is 2000
Yes you are right, 2000 principal applicants could be 500 to 700 projects depending on team size
1. The intake for the self-employed program is paused, but it seems they still process applications from the past (and the backlog is huge). Based on the stats above, it appears they process one self-employed applicant for every two startup visa applicants. Therefore, the actual quota for the startup visa is approximately 66% of 2,000, or about 1,320 per year in 2025, and around 660 in 2026.
2. These numbers represent PRs to be issued (there are no separate lines in the report for PRs issued to dependents, so they are all likely included under the 'startup visa' category). Consequently, 1,320 are both primary applicants and their family members in total.
Hi,
I fully agree with you my friend!
I have found the source that is the same as what you had figured. I do hope having some empty chairs remaining for some of us this year of 2025.
"The number of approved PRs is not the same as the number of admitted PRs, as "Admissions" refers to permanent residents who have actually arrived in Canada and become residents, while "Approvals" are the decisions made to grant permanent residence but don't account for the actual arrival. For example, in the first seven months of 2025, IRCC made 266,800 decisions (approvals) but welcomed 246,300 new permanent residents (admissions)."
Good luck to all and for me too
Cheers
Hali
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You were part of priority list of incubators or angel investors? This is unheard of getting of AOR in one month. People have been waiting years and years. I have been waiting since 2023 for the AOR.
Hey! Back when I got AOR there was no concept of priority, so I guess you can say it's just a random thing, but I'm from a DO which is currently listed as priority angel investor. ( Can't say which due to privacy reasons.)
hi Everone
Here is my Timeline
Here is my Timeline
Timeline Summary
- Application Submitted
- Date Received: July 30, 2022
- Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR)
- Automatically generated after submission in 2022
- Biometrics
- Completed: July 31, 2023
- Valid until: July 31, 2033
- Review of Additional Documents
- January 8, 2024: IRCC is reviewing the additional documents you provided
- Review of Eligibility
(In Progress)- IRCC is currently checking whether you meet the eligibility requirements
- Review of Medical Results (Not Yet Started / Awaiting)
- No medical request/clearance yet
- Interview
- Not required at this stage
- Background Check (In Progress)
- Currently being processed
- Final Decision
- Application still in progress — waiting for IRCC’s decision
Can anyone help me still how much time it will take to get my PR approve, its been 3 years still waiting for that.
Thanks
- Application still in progress — waiting for IRCC’s decision
Can you give some more informationhi Everone
Here is my Timeline
Timeline Summary
- Application Submitted
- Date Received: July 30, 2022
- Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR)
- Automatically generated after submission in 2022
- Biometrics
- Completed: July 31, 2023
- Valid until: July 31, 2033
- Review of Additional Documents
- January 8, 2024: IRCC is reviewing the additional documents you provided
- Review of Eligibility
- IRCC is currently checking whether you meet the eligibility requirements
- Review of Medical Results (Not Yet Started / Awaiting)
- No medical request/clearance yet
- Interview
- Not required at this stage
- Background Check (In Progress)
- Currently being processed
- Final Decision
- Application still in progress — waiting for IRCC’s decision
Can anyone help me still how much time it will take to get my PR approve, its been 3 years still waiting for that.
Thanks
When did you get your Medicals done
Did you order GCMS notes to know exactly where do you stand in terms of Eligibility, Crimanility, Background checks and info Sharing
Did you receive PAL - Pre Arrival Letter
Is your Designated Organisation (DO) a priority DO
Answers to these questions may help experienced people in the Forum to comment on where you stand in your PR journey, any which ways with all this info it will be an educated guess
We have asked for additional documents on in December 2023 and we have submitted all our documents by December 2023 including our medical
yes our Designated Organization is Priority DO
I have applied for gcnotes, , but still waiting for the response
PAL has not received yet
Thank you for sharing the info
The steps towards decision making are as below:
Eligibility: Passed
Security: Passed
Criminality: Passed
Medical: Passed
In your case you did your medical in December 2023, which has expired in December 2024, now we are in September 2025, so you will for sure get a re Medical request
Your background checks are in progress, even eligibility is in progress
PAL stage = Eligibility passed + Medicals valid/cleared + Criminality cleared
Hence your file is still far from decision stage, looking at the pace with which files are moving, your file will reach decision making stage somewhere md or late 2026, again this is a guess, looking at the massive rejections rate, the files may move fast
You have an advantage of your DO’s Priority status
Let’s wait for your GCMS, which will throw light on exactly where you stand in the processing line
It’s a long wait, be patient, it’s worth the wait
It’s not necessarily required to request a new medical; the officer can extend the previous one. In our case, our GCMS notes showed an extension through the end of this year (the original medical expired in November 2024).
As I have observed in my team they extended for applicants based out of USA and Saudi, and for those based out of India including me and one other partner they requested Re Medicals, its IRCC’s decision, I think they have some undocumented rules
You’re right—it’s at the officer’s discretion: extend the current medical or ask for a new one, depending on their assessment.
I think we’ve been in the final stage (comprehensive security) since March 2024, and our family’s requirements are all complete.