I was thinking to travel after I receive PR. But instead I took risk to travel in March 2025. I applied in February 2023, The processing time was 22 months at that time. I thought I will receive PR in the beginning of 2025 but had nothing after AOR until March 2025. I received eligibility and pre-arrival in June 2025 after my trip. Meaning our travelling won’t make any difference to our progress on the application. I understand everyone’s stress, I’m going through it as well. But give yourself some break. Meet your family in a third country so that you can peacefully get through 2 years of citizenship process after PR. As long as your file says under processing it means they are working on it. There’s nothing wrong with it.
Totally agree!! Go ahead and do that! We just returned from traveling and meeting with our kids in Costa Rica. It fueled our hearts as we continued to wait... We chose that country because its process for a visitor's visa for Canadian refugees was fast and inexpensive.
I’m also in August 2023. It’s been a long journey, but we’re getting closer to the end. All the stress and frustration that’s affected our personal and professional lives and relationships will soon be over. I understand that it’s unfair that some people attended their citizenship ceremony 3.5 years after applying to be a protected person, while others must wait up to 5 years to receive the FD. We’re all in this together, and hopefully, we’ll receive some good news by the end of this year.
Not likely, going forward towards end of year means we enter the holiday season, most IRCC employees will take vacations, they are lazy as it is and now holiday season coming they wouldn't process applications any better. After new year when they come back to work all they do is talk about where they went for a couple weeks, then they will start working on files slowly again. And with current Canada Post strikes, the delivery of any mail is almost impossible until after new year. I have been waiting for my PR card for a month now, I'm sure I will be waiting for another few months just to get a simple stupid card they could easily print and ship it before the strike.
Make sure to upload at least 2 ID documents. When I request, I upload my driver's license with my updated address, Work permit and NOD letter. Also, you can add your eligibility letter.
