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[JALT]

Your file is being processed in Sydney.
That's the central intake office.

BC fires have nothing to do with delays

Ah, OK I checked back through the thread - yes the AORs come from Sydney - it's the portal emails that come from Calgary, Vancouver etc. And, to be fair, I wasn't being very serious when I said that as I'm well aware that Vancouver is pretty far away from the fires

 

[JALT]

Do you need a letter from the IRCC to do an RCMP criminality record check? I saw it on an RCMP accredited fingerprinting Company's website where it says,

• All digital fingerprinting requests for Canadian Citizenship must include a letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. This letter must include the address for third-party results and should have a CIC file number, which will be included in your transaction. Please ensure this letter is available during the fingerprinting application session.

Well if you're getting the criminality check because the IRCC have asked you to do it then surely you can use that as the letter?

 

[Syed Tasnim Ahmed]

Well if you're getting the criminality check because the IRCC have asked you to do it then surely you can use that as the letter?

I am thinking about doing it upfront so that I can submit it asap when asked. I already have the PCC from my home country.

 

[salahgamal]

Good news for people who applied in this stream and their work permit is about to expire. Now, you can apply of open work permit until your application is finalized.

Source in the link below

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/07/new-open-work-permit-available-for-recent-permanent-residency-applicants.html

 

[fsss]

Could be the reason

12:17 PM from Toronto, nothing so far. SO its not only Vancouver

 

[Tomican]

GREAT NEWS TODAY
New open work permit available for recent permanent residency applicants
July 15, 2021—Ottawa—The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced today that, beginning July 26, 2021, individuals who have applied for the recently opened pathway to permanent residence will be eligible for an open work permit while awaiting the results of their application.

The pathway to permanent residence was opened to international students who graduated from a Canadian institution, health care workers and those in other designated essential occupations on May 6, 2021. To qualify for the pathway, individuals must be legally working in Canada at the time of their application and maintain their temporary resident status until a decision is made on their permanent residence application.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/07/new-open-work-permit-available-for-recent-permanent-residency-applicants.html

 

[fsss]

GREAT NEWS TODAY
New open work permit available for recent permanent residency applicants
July 15, 2021—Ottawa—The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced today that, beginning July 26, 2021, individuals who have applied for the recently opened pathway to permanent residence will be eligible for an open work permit while awaiting the results of their application.

The pathway to permanent residence was opened to international students who graduated from a Canadian institution, health care workers and those in other designated essential occupations on May 6, 2021. To qualify for the pathway, individuals must be legally working in Canada at the time of their application and maintain their temporary resident status until a decision is made on their permanent residence application.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/07/new-open-work-permit-available-for-recent-permanent-residency-applicants.html

Fixed lots of issues there. Good decision.

 

[Alberta2018]

GREAT NEWS TODAY
New open work permit available for recent permanent residency applicants
July 15, 2021—Ottawa—The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced today that, beginning July 26, 2021, individuals who have applied for the recently opened pathway to permanent residence will be eligible for an open work permit while awaiting the results of their application.

The pathway to permanent residence was opened to international students who graduated from a Canadian institution, health care workers and those in other designated essential occupations on May 6, 2021. To qualify for the pathway, individuals must be legally working in Canada at the time of their application and maintain their temporary resident status until a decision is made on their permanent residence application.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/07/new-open-work-permit-available-for-recent-permanent-residency-applicants.html

Tomican always spreads positive vibes

 

[AJDrinko]

Have you maxed out your 24 months on your IEC yet? If you haven't you can apply for an extension. But otherwise yeah you're kind of screwed.

IRCC have mentioned a couple of times (don't remember where) that they are going to process applications from each of the streams simultaneously to make it fair. According to this forum, some people in the non-essential workers stream are getting AORs even though they submitted their application later than some of the IGs that are still waiting. So I'm sure the essential workers stream won't have to wait until all the IGs are done first. That being said being processed by mid-August is unlikely. As of right now there is no bridging open work permit (BOWP) and yes, you're correct, this pathway doesn't have maintained status. But, I've seen a few rumours bouncing around that they may introduce a BOWP for this pathway. Considering they are moving at snails pace and are still processing people that applied within 20 minutes of the pathway opening, it's probably in their best interests to allow a BOWP as you're not supposed to leave the country before you get PR - but like you say you have to support yourself somehow.
Phone an IRCC agent - see if they can help you further.

My IEC is at 23 months in, my visa expires on August 13th.
I've read that if you were offered the 24 months you can't extend it.

Thanks for the other information. I will give IRCC another call.

I feel like I'm going around in circles and my poor employer is freaking out (being a small essential business and needing my skills is stressing her out)

 

[loveforsaskatchewan]

I have received my Biometric instruction letter and police certificate request.
I also linked to my cic account and uploaded all the police certificates.
Letter received- 9:52pm
Application submitted- may6, 12:21pm
Processing office- sydney

Hi, Where we can check which office is processing my file?

Thank you

 

[kda]

Hi, Where we can check which office is processing my file?

Thank you

You can call IRCC and ask an agent or order GCMS notes.

The trend seems to be Sydney for completeness check then Whitehorse for processing then to another VO to finalize.

 

[NA2000]

Fixed lots of issues there. Good decision.

that means people's application will likely not process till December 2022.

 

[Quackisss]

My IEC is at 23 months in, my visa expires on August 13th.
I've read that if you were offered the 24 months you can't extend it.

Thanks for the other information. I will give IRCC another call.

I feel like I'm going around in circles and my poor employer is freaking out (being a small essential business and needing my skills is stressing her out)

See post above! New open work permit will be available to those who have applied for tr to pr on July 26th. Once you apply for that you're on implied status and can keep working!

 

[Quackisss]

GREAT NEWS TODAY
New open work permit available for recent permanent residency applicants
July 15, 2021—Ottawa—The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced today that, beginning July 26, 2021, individuals who have applied for the recently opened pathway to permanent residence will be eligible for an open work permit while awaiting the results of their application.

The pathway to permanent residence was opened to international students who graduated from a Canadian institution, health care workers and those in other designated essential occupations on May 6, 2021. To qualify for the pathway, individuals must be legally working in Canada at the time of their application and maintain their temporary resident status until a decision is made on their permanent residence application.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2021/07/new-open-work-permit-available-for-recent-permanent-residency-applicants.html

This has literally made my day after weeks of stress and anxiety trying to figure out how I will survive months of being unemployed!

This is the best news

 

[TheFoxTrail]

This has literally made my day after weeks of stress and anxiety trying to figure out how I will survive months of being unemployed!

This is the best news

This is glorious news, but at the same time I hope the IRCC officers don't slow down, knowing that their deadlines have extended. Nonetheless, good news!