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    The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons

    Dear @Galactus I have shared all the information that I have. Definitely if I come across anything I will post in in this forum. The Federal government's annual quota for PR for protected persons was around 15-18 thousands.. This is why IRCC's estimated processing times, back in October...
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    The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons

    These are the numbers of protected persons and dependents outside Canada (from the IRCC estimated processing times page): As of December 31, 2025: Protected persons outside Quebec: 95,500 Protected persons in Quebec: 36,300 Total: 131,800 Dependents outside Canada outside Quebec: 54,100...
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    The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons

    Hello @Galactus I don't want to disappoint you. Frankly, what was said in the meeting was that Quebec had not agreed to be part of this one-time initiative. However, discussions are still ongoing between the federal government and Quebec. Maybe it is that Quebec wants to secure additional...
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    The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons

    Totally agree with you dear @canuck78 This is what the Immigration Minister said in the discussions in the House of Commons.. that these protected persons are already in Canada, established, and they are protected by the Canadian government. This initiative is not about bringing people from...
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    The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons

    There are processes which are redundant, biometrics, medical exam, security screening, hopefully IRCC will find a way to expedite these while ensuring that all protected persons are vetted, screened and cleared..
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    The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons

    And most probably we will never see any official details.. Immigration Minister stated that IRCC have the necessary resources to do this, without taking resources from other departments.. They can do this by streamlining the process, bringing more efficiency, maybe (hopefully) removing some...
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    The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons

    This initiative is meant for In-Canada protected persons who applied for PR. As for dependents who are outside Canada, apparently they are not part of this initiative. However, when I check IRCC's estimated processing times for dependents outside Canada, it shows as 26 months, while before...
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    The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons

    Hello Community... I attended a meeting a few weeks ago with a refugee support group. They addressed several things.. like the support provided to refugees/protected persons by this board and other organizations advocating for refugees/protected persons; why IRCC's estimated processing times...
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    Pharmacist wishing to immigrate to Canada

    Thank you @pamaxev for your valuable comment.
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    Refugee claimants to co-pay health care costs

    The reason is "to help make this program more sustainable." It makes sense in light of the rapidly rising (or doubling) expenses: I read this CTV News article: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/ottawa-will-soon-require-asylum-seekers-and-refugees-to-co-pay-for-health-care/ In the...
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    Pharmacist wishing to immigrate to Canada

    Thank you @canuck78 Really appreciate all your help
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    Pharmacist wishing to immigrate to Canada

    Thank you @Naturgrl for the valuable comment.. Maybe it is easier (and faster) for her to focus more on French to go up to level CLB7.
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    Pharmacist wishing to immigrate to Canada

    Hello everyone I need your help please in advising which immigration path is most suitable for my daughter. 1. She has a pharmacy university degree. 2. She is a licensed pharmacist but has less than 1 year of experience as a pharmacist. 3. She also has few months of experience as...
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    Canada's population estimates, third quarter 2025

    Hello everyone.. Today I came across this interesting Statistics Canada page. The headline is: Canada's population decreases from July 1 to October 1, 2025. This is the link: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251217/dq251217b-eng.htm Preliminary demographic estimates indicate...
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    Work Permit Renewal for Refugee Claimant

    You are good as long as you submit the application for work permit extension 30 days before the expiry date of the work permit.. One more thing... After you receive the new work permit, you need to extend your temporary SIN (its expiry linked to your work permit) through Service Canada's website.
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    2023 PR Applications Timeline (Protected Persons & Refugees)

    Repeated steps.. During the refugee claim process, these steps are already there: security screening, medical exam and biometrics. I hope that IRCC, as part of their efforts to clear the protected persons backlog, will consider removing these repeated steps.. The security screening during...
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    Work Permit Renewal for Refugee Claimant

    For the extension of the open work permit as a refugee claimant, you do not need to do a new medical exam. I applied for extension of my work permit in July 2025. I had the same issue. I was able to proceed in the application only after I chose "Yes".. I completed the application, provided all...
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    2023 PR Applications Timeline (Protected Persons & Refugees)

    Maybe the quota for 2025 has already been reached (admitting around 17,000 protected person per year).. Now we can only wait until next month to see if IRCC will really start that one-time initiative for admitting 115,000 protected persons over 2 years. This means admitting around 58,000 per...
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    Refugee Travel Document - Questions and Answers

    @ALI-26 Don't worry. This happened to me too. I received an email with a tracking number and a link to Canada Post website. I tried for the first 3-4 days, nothing was there. I left it maybe for 2 weeks, then I tried, and yes, it showed that delivery will be done 'tomorrow'.. Indeed next day I...
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    Travel with Travel Documents For Protected Persons/Refugees

    Thank you @Flowercita and @Gusmcr for sharing your own experience and enlightening people. I think that it depends on each country/region.. For certain Schengen countries, the Canadian RTD is the only factor, and the traveler does not need any visa regardless their country of origin. However...