Hello,
I'm about ready to submit the application to sponsor my spouse, who is living outside Canada. I'm counting on being given the ok to go ahead to submit to Quebec before the pause is lifted on June 26. First, is this a reasonable assumption--do we know what the current processing times are for this first step at IRCC? Second, I maybe naively felt optimistic that after having had almost a year of no new applications to Quebec, the backlog would have cleared and timelines might not be so horrendous. Do we still expect a bottleneck somewhere in the process after the pause has lifted, and if so where?
Third question: for requesting a visitor's visa, citing dual intent (intent to return to her home country after the visit as well as the longer-term intent to immigrate to Canada), do you think there is any difference in the likelihood of getting a positive answer if we apply immediately after getting AOR from Canada, versus waiting until we have submitted to Quebec?
And finally there is a thing I don't understand, looking at the timelines I've seen posted here. People's time to get the CSQ seems quite reasonable after being invited to apply, like less than 6 months. Since this is the part of the process where Quebec has its own process distinct from other provinces, I would have thought this should mean it wouldn't take more than an extra 6 months, compared to the rest of the country, to complete the process in Quebec. What am I missing, where have the horrendous delays people have previously experienced in the Quebec process come from?
I'm about ready to submit the application to sponsor my spouse, who is living outside Canada. I'm counting on being given the ok to go ahead to submit to Quebec before the pause is lifted on June 26. First, is this a reasonable assumption--do we know what the current processing times are for this first step at IRCC? Second, I maybe naively felt optimistic that after having had almost a year of no new applications to Quebec, the backlog would have cleared and timelines might not be so horrendous. Do we still expect a bottleneck somewhere in the process after the pause has lifted, and if so where?
Third question: for requesting a visitor's visa, citing dual intent (intent to return to her home country after the visit as well as the longer-term intent to immigrate to Canada), do you think there is any difference in the likelihood of getting a positive answer if we apply immediately after getting AOR from Canada, versus waiting until we have submitted to Quebec?
And finally there is a thing I don't understand, looking at the timelines I've seen posted here. People's time to get the CSQ seems quite reasonable after being invited to apply, like less than 6 months. Since this is the part of the process where Quebec has its own process distinct from other provinces, I would have thought this should mean it wouldn't take more than an extra 6 months, compared to the rest of the country, to complete the process in Quebec. What am I missing, where have the horrendous delays people have previously experienced in the Quebec process come from?
