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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...
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    Refugee Travel Document Processing Time

    Keep checking the Canada Post website tomorrow and on the coming days, hopefully you'll get it soon.. Maybe it is taking around 2 weeks on average at Canada Post....
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    Refugee Travel Document Processing Time

    That is ok.. it hasn't been for months... come on.. you will get it soon hopefully.. Try to give them a call around 9:00 on 1-888-242-2100 Hopefully they will confirm that it has been approved and send you an email with the tracking number. Good luck!
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    Refugee Travel Document Processing Time

    well... I don't know if it is luck.. I made sure that the application is filled properly.. I followed by a webform.. got confirmation after 10 days that it is in process.. then I called after 4 weeks.. got the information that it was approved.. I applied as non-urgent.
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    Refugee Travel Document Processing Time

    Hi. I sent my RTD application on Oct 13. On Nov 10 I called, they confirmed it is approved, they sent me an email with a tracking number. I tried it a couple of days on Canada Post website, the tracking number. was not identified.. Today, I tried again, it showed that delivery is planned today...
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    Again... Front-End Security Screening

    It is very good that FESS is over. The issue now if your case has not been not identified as Less Complex. This means that it could probably require a full hearing. With the huge backlog, it could take ages to set a hearing date :( Maybe it would be useful to contact IRB every 3-4 weeks to...
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    Can a protected person apply for PR through PNP or Express Entry

    It is not exactly zero advantage. The reason is that it will normally take 4-5 years for my family to join me in Canada (this is before the revised estimated processing time, now it will take them up to 11-12 years to join me in Canada). However, through a different immigration stream (EE or...
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    Again... Front-End Security Screening

    Thank you. 1. It took almost 2 months from end of May to end of July. After I removed my representative, I did not have any access to my refugee claim. I don't know about %% of completion. However, my advice is that don't rely only on your representative, especially if it is an immigration...
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    Again... Front-End Security Screening

    Yes, apparently it helped. Thank you so much. Actually I am not 100% sure if requesting ATIP from CBSA was the decisive factor. I heard stories that for some claimants it takes 2-3 years or even more to get FESS completed. I heard that some claimants did send ATIP and waited months without...
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    PROTECTED PERSON STUDY PERMIT

    The work permit clearly states that you are NOT allowed to study without a permit :( It is sad. You got the NOD in Dec 2022 and not yet PR? :( Hopefully IRCC will look at this positively, that you are trying to advance your knowledge, that you are not doing any harm to anyone.. Good Luck.
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    Can a protected person apply for PR through PNP or Express Entry

    Actually I am visiting this forum like I used to in the past. I find it compelling to say thank you to @canuck78 for all his comments across all the sections of the forum. I know that so many members here consider him as spreading negativity, pessimism and despair. For me, I respect this more...
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    Can a protected person apply for PR through PNP or Express Entry

    Thank you @Maxnajafi and @canuck78 I actually did consult 3-4 lawyers (not cheap immigration consultants) before applying for PR as a protected person. The conclusion was that it was not possible. One main reason for this was that I would, as part of the process, have to use my original...
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    Again... Front-End Security Screening

    Hi @Worried but hopeful and @newclaiment Yes, luckily it's all over. In total, it took me 2 years to receive the NOD without a hearing. My case was identified as Less Complex. Still, I received the NOD 21 months after my case was referred to IRB and 14 months after I received the letter...
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    PR card

    Hi Iftikhar. Listen to the experts like Canuck78. This is a tricky situation. I read somewhere here in the forum before about someone who was in the same situation like your wife. He Had the refugee travel document, his PR was completed but he travelled to the USA before receiving it. What...