I believe this could be outside because of this;
On a
positive stage 1 decision, the officer must
- put the permanent resident application on hold with a status of “In Progress – Accum. Experience” in the Global Case Management System (GCMS)
- put the work permit application into process
- issue an occupation-restricted open work permit and send a stage 1 approval letter to the principal applicant at the same time
Because we are on the first stage decision.
Those in Canada who have accumulated 24 months of work experience by Dec 2021 would i guess be included in the 6,000 CAP for PR processing.
Most of the applicants in Canada are those with existing work permit, or expired work permit or extension permit or those previously approved of permit or those who already accumulated the 24 months work experience. They are no longer on the first stage decision...
BUT those who accumulated 24 months of work experienced are candidate to this 6K cap of PR processing by Dec. 2021, i believe.
And i believe those applicants in Canada who would shift to this pilot or those with less than 24 months work experience INSIDE CANADA at this time would have to wait.
I believe the 1,500 first stage decisions for HCCP & HSWP are those OUTSIDE Canada or those who earlier applied in 2019 & 2020 when this pilot was launched.
And those Caregivers in Canada who applied when this pilot was launched was still under the old program and the reason why this "Interim pathway" exist for transition. They would have to wait until they completed the required months of experience. So i guess the 1,500 CAPS are for Outside Applicants
But then again, this is just my own understanding...
Thank you.