We are April 2019 applicants and we received requests yesterday to complete biometrics and medical and submit with an extension of 90 days, due to pandemic. We might need to request for a longer extension depending when they open travel for Cuba, Trinidad or Barbados.
If they wait for a vaccine it could be 2 to 3 years before travel is open without any quarantine or isolation required. They need to allow for Medicals and Interviews in Cuba. We need to push our government for change.
We are trying our best to stay positive through all of this. We originally submitted in October 2018 to have it returned in February 2019, so we have been hopeful since then. This process is definitely not for the weak hearted jaaa!!! We are just happy we are were moved from the bottom of the pile to the top!
My interview was scheduled in Trinidad for March 26. When the borders closed it was cancelled. Since then the medical has expired. If we have to go to a third country for a new medical and face 2 weeks quarantine in each direction of travel and then do the same for an interview, that would be a total of 8 weeks quarantine. Possibly at great expense. Canada needs to do something to fix this situation. Medicals could be done in Cuba. Interviews could be done in other ways. I'm an August 2018 applicant, 21 months with possibly another 1, 2 or 3 years to go???
We are in the same boat - the only difference is that we submitted in Oct. 2018. I can't even imagine all the travel restrictions, isolation protocols, expense. It is truly disheartening and we all need to be writing to the Minister of Immigration for our Cuban family members.
Thank you very much...at least they are still working...I had my interview in TT on February, got my Pre-arrival letter next day of my interview and still waiting because of the pandemy.
They should give you a medical extension so you don´t have to pass another one...that´s what they did with mine on February..I am a May 2018 applicant so I am also on the same boat like many of us here..I hope they do something about it because this is already too much...I already passed my interview in TT on February and was only waiting for my PPR but this pandemy changed it all...
