@ Raptors Ca please also send me and if you can let me know which option under webform did you use to attach the letter?
The one-time 2-year initiative regarding 115,000 protected persons
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Add a document to file on web form option. No worries i will send you as well
They likely only received any action because they were very close to receiving a final decision anyways. What are the details of your case?
For the letter to have any effect you still need grounds to have received PR by now. When did you apply for PR? Are you stuck in background check and for how long?
When i contacted MP they told me to wait 8 months more in july as per IRCC, When i send the letter it was effective for me...So why not give a shot..
thanks i recieved it, fingers crossed hope i will get my FD too.
I applied in March 2024 got my eligibility passed both me and my dependants in Jan 2026 and since then radio silence, background has been like for ever cause they havent even started criminality the last time i called to ask.
You likely would have received PR in the same timeframe had you not sent the letter. Not highlighting the fact that you were likely going to receive PR within a similar timeframe and so it’s impossible to tell how much the letter changed your processing time is important. Many will spend a lot of money on a letter that may not have any outcome and if more people start sending letters IRCC may stop being responsive to cases where there are grounds for letters before moving to writ of mandamus. There have been other examples where everyone starting doing similar things and it ends up backfiring in the end because IRCC changes their policies. There are certainly cases where writ of mandamus or letter before filing writ of mandamus are warranted. It is not supposed to try to force IRCC to make a decision when people’s application timeline are within normal processing times if compared to others.
This is still normal processing time. Are you in Canada with your dependents? What country are you from and when did your background check start? There are some countries which are known to have longer background checks. I would suggest ordering GCMS notes for you and for your spouse if they are one of your dependents to see if there is more information on whether you are going through more extensive background check
I can even see many people posted that your responses are negative and it's AI response you are using. Why you want to discourage other people on this forum?
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ta/immigration-stats/permanent-residents.html
This site may explain why the published IRCC Estimated Processing Times did not change in October 2026 while there were more files processed. For example, there are 31,900 applicants ahead of me (Aug 2025), compared to 41,400 as of Sep 3, 2026. Yet, the estimated processing times remained unchanged (5 months).
In a previous comment, I anticipated here that IRCC may be slowing down processing of our files. According to the statistics on this page (as of end of August 2026), IRCC finalized 31,300 out of 46,000 the target for protected person under the one-time initiative for 2026 (68%). This means that for the remaining 4 months of 2026, IRCC will be processing ~14,700 protected person applications under this initiative. The remaining files (69,000 applications) under this initiative are supposed to be processed in 2027.
Also on this page, IRCC finalized 25,500 out of 49,300 PR applications (~52%) for refugees and protected persons (including the government-assisted refugees, privately sponsored, protected persons under PRRA and us, the In-Canada protected persons). This means that until the end of 2026, there is a room for ~23,700 PR but these are not limited to us. I read before that IRCC had already allocated 20,000 of these 49,300 for us, the In-Canada protected persons.
As for Humanitarian and Compassionate class, IRCC finalized 4,900 out of 6,900 PR (~71%) for 2026 as of end of Aug 2026.
As for the dependents of protected persons, there is a total of 67,600 applicants as of Oct 2026. How many of these are outside Canada? How many inside Canada? No detailed statistics. I read before that IRCC’s allocation is 20,000 per year for dependents of protected persons (outside QC). This means it will take more than 3 years to process all these applications. This is simply unfair for protected persons and their dependents.
I hope that in the new Immigration Level Plan for 2027, IRCC will introduce a one-time initiative to accelerate the reunification of protected persons with their families. This remains part of Canada’s humanitarian obligations, as it does not make sense to grant the protection status to the applicants and leave their dependents separated – and possibly in endangered zones – for a very long time (sometimes over 4 years).
In the new Immigration Level Plan, I think that IRCC may hopefully try to address the dependents of protected persons and the humanitarian and compassionate class. The estimated processing times are +10 years which renders this program completely dysfunctional.
This site may explain why the published IRCC Estimated Processing Times did not change in October 2026 while there were more files processed. For example, there are 31,900 applicants ahead of me (Aug 2025), compared to 41,400 as of Sep 3, 2026. Yet, the estimated processing times remained unchanged (5 months).
In a previous comment, I anticipated here that IRCC may be slowing down processing of our files. According to the statistics on this page (as of end of August 2026), IRCC finalized 31,300 out of 46,000 the target for protected person under the one-time initiative for 2026 (68%). This means that for the remaining 4 months of 2026, IRCC will be processing ~14,700 protected person applications under this initiative. The remaining files (69,000 applications) under this initiative are supposed to be processed in 2027.
Also on this page, IRCC finalized 25,500 out of 49,300 PR applications (~52%) for refugees and protected persons (including the government-assisted refugees, privately sponsored, protected persons under PRRA and us, the In-Canada protected persons). This means that until the end of 2026, there is a room for ~23,700 PR but these are not limited to us. I read before that IRCC had already allocated 20,000 of these 49,300 for us, the In-Canada protected persons.
As for Humanitarian and Compassionate class, IRCC finalized 4,900 out of 6,900 PR (~71%) for 2026 as of end of Aug 2026.
As for the dependents of protected persons, there is a total of 67,600 applicants as of Oct 2026. How many of these are outside Canada? How many inside Canada? No detailed statistics. I read before that IRCC’s allocation is 20,000 per year for dependents of protected persons (outside QC). This means it will take more than 3 years to process all these applications. This is simply unfair for protected persons and their dependents.
I hope that in the new Immigration Level Plan for 2027, IRCC will introduce a one-time initiative to accelerate the reunification of protected persons with their families. This remains part of Canada’s humanitarian obligations, as it does not make sense to grant the protection status to the applicants and leave their dependents separated – and possibly in endangered zones – for a very long time (sometimes over 4 years).
In the new Immigration Level Plan, I think that IRCC may hopefully try to address the dependents of protected persons and the humanitarian and compassionate class. The estimated processing times are +10 years which renders this program completely dysfunctional.
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