I'm nervous about leaving and applying for this travel doc. PR cards typically take 45 days to process, but due to covid they are now estimating 127 days. I've already been away from my family for 1.5 years. Another 5 months will be brutal. I can't find any estimated processing times for PRTD's though, which is really keeping me on the fence.
Any idea how long they're likely to take? Surely if I have a return flight booked I should be able to speed it up in some way.
Thanks in advance.
If you look around the forum about PR cards you'll see some people have been waiting for 6 months and counting to get the PR card -- maybe even longer than the PR processing itself! That said, there have also been reports of people getting them in 2 weeks, and anywhere in between. There's just no real answer.
They're also intentionally vague about the PRTD processing times. The only hint is this:
If your return flight to Canada is in less than six weeks:
- mark your application “urgent”
- provide your travel dates and flight itinerary when applying
I totally understand your predicament. I'll also be facing the same issue (once I actually get approved, that is...) so I'd be torn.
