PR under Ukraine Family Reunification Public Policy

[JulianS]

Any updates from anyone? Has anyone received their PR under this program?

 

[JulianS]

It is like watching paint dry!

 

[JulianS]

Actually, paint dries a lot faster.

 

[JulianS]

I see that many countries have now frozen asylum claims from Syrians. This has me somewhat concerned that should the war stop in Ukraine, the Canadian government could put a stop to all of our applications. What are your thoughts on this?

 

[bsht]

I see that many countries have now frozen asylum claims from Syrians. This has me somewhat concerned that should the war stop in Ukraine, the Canadian government could put a stop to all of our applications. What are your thoughts on this?

Please stop panicking.
A) Govenrment can't just cancel already submitted applications for a program it itself initiated. This would be immediately challenged in court.
The same goes for a possible conservative government. Once an application has been submitted, it can't be cancelled without a cause and eligibility can't change retroactively, no matter who is in power.
What a new government can do is cancel, stop receiving new applications and change eligibility for any immigration program it wants, but this is irrelevant for our program as it has already ended and no new submissions are possible

B) May be we should create application tracker just like the ones for other PR programs. That would help is understand a process better and keep calm

 

[JulianS]

This government looks close to collapse. Freeland is stepping down. The government is now reneging on the $250 HST cheques. Again I ask, is this government or the next going to go back on promises.

 

[JulianS]

It is amazing how nothing gets done over the Christmas holidays.

 

[wildguess]

It is amazing how nothing gets done over the Christmas holidays.

I can confidently say that government employees often spend about 80% of their work time idle throughout the year.
Having worked on contracts with a few governmental organizations, I found it difficult to witness this firsthand.

 

[Canuck_Morb]

I see that many countries have now frozen asylum claims from Syrians. This has me somewhat concerned that should the war stop in Ukraine, the Canadian government could put a stop to all of our applications. What are your thoughts on this?

As they should!

 

[JulianS]

Has anyone had any movement of their applications?

 

[Sens5]

Hi Everyone, yesterday we finally received conditional approval under this program. Applied on the first day of the program opening. The conditions are as follows: 1) Provide military service history (if applicable). 2) Current financial information such as employment letter. Quote: "You must provide evidence that you made arrangements for your care and support. Your application for permanent residence could be refused if you are not self-supporting.".

Good luck to all of you!

 

[JulianS]

Our application is for my 69 year old mother in law who does not work and relies on us to support her. She is definitely not self-supporting and has been living with us for the last five years. I thought these applications were not sponsorship applications. It seems like the government is trying to slide in extra conditions after the fact. Do you have more details about what this new requirement of "made arrangements for your care and support" are? I am sure that there are a lot of senior applicants in this class. Is the government going to throw them out of Canada because they are not self-supporting?

 

[NN24]

Hi there, just wondering how old is your relative?
My mom is 73 and of course there is no possibility of employment for her .
I was afraid this would happen…

 

[JulianS]

My mother in law is 69. Of course we will support her and she will of course live with us. However, this was not supposed to be a sponsorship application and they seem to be turning it in to a sponsorship application, which is not fair. They are doing it indirectly by putting the onus on the application to prove that arrangements have been made for care and support. Our plan was for my mother in law to stay with us until the end of her life, which we hope is in the far distant future. This is typical government slippery stuff. I have a colleague who also has his mother in law living with him. His wife has a sister and the sister is here with her husband. The husband is a skilled welder and has a job with a good salary. There are no concerns about that part of the family being self-supporting.

 

[scylla]

Hi there, just wondering how old is your relative?
My mom is 73 and of course there is no possibility of employment for her .
I was afraid this would happen…

IMO this is around social assistance. IRCC wants to see the individual won't end up on government assistance. So the way to show self-sufficiency for an older relative is to show evidence they will be living with their Canadian family member in Canada, what that Canadian's salary and savings are, etc. Self sufficient = not reliant on government financial support.