You have your point and I totally understand it’s very unfair for 2019 applicants who have waited for almost 2yrs. But do you think that, if and if this public policy is real and serious, all of the 2020 applicants will be granted PR? I have read somewhere in IRCC website about this topic. It is stated there that although they don’t usually give PR to close
Getting PR in Canada seems not easy to everyone. It also depends on their situation not how much tax or long they have stayed in Canada. That’s why some got it easily, others took decade to become PR. Just read this...
- Canada, with the exception of some streams under the Provincial Nominee Program, does not have occupation-based permanent residence on arrival programs. Instead, on the basis of longitudinal data and research on outcomes, economic immigration pathways select immigrants on the basis of their ability to succeed in the Canadian economy and society over the long-term based on their human capital attributes (official language proficiency, education and skilled work experience).
- A job offer alone, without consideration of language capacity and educational levels for permanent residency status, could increase vulnerability in the instance of a specific job coming to an end and the individual not being able to find alternate employment. For permanent residents we want to ensure that individuals are positioned to be broadly employable as conditions change.