Some news and my thoughts. (Yes, I'm upset, anxious, stressed)
Check if this officer does not have your file:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/permanent-residency-applicants-dm10032-followup-approvals-1.6401576
Note: Basically Agents can skip checking the files for YEARS if they want to.
Other Notes:
- 100,000 visas for Ukrainians are being processed as we speak. They say that it won't affect other processes (I don't think so)
- Passport backlog last year during April IRCC processed 326K passports, this year is processing 1.2Million..... BUT before covid, the same period, they process almost 3M
- Backlogs are because of the pandemic COVID-19 (But.... we haven't stopped working... why this is an excuse???, also they work with
Conclusion: IRCC will give us excuses, and excuses. Canada is always accepting refugees (Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine... etc). They should have a special department for this time of situation without affecting people that are paying taxes and making THOSE processes possible. The Pandemic is not an excuse, they haven't stopped working.... why has all this affected them? They rely on systems and searches. Why it got affected, on the contrary, they had MORE time, fewer people applied during COVID. (Work permits, Tourist Visas, Student Visas)
Sean Fraser the Immigration Minister should know and hear about our experiences. The timeline for a Citizenship application (80% of cases) was 12 months.... why is it now 27 months? I started sending messages to the IRCC account and the minister on Twitter. Being respectful, but he needs to focus on Citizenship. Every time he gets a report, he reacts.... refugees, PRs, visas.... but not Citizenship. WE SHOULD START LETTING HIM KNOW. As you see on the link above... officers really don't mind about us... they can store our files FOREVER... check the link. ANd that is JUST ONE among all the processing offices in Canada, they are just not doing their job. It is really sad that we are in this stressful situation, something that should be easy, the tough part was getting the PR....
why the citizenship is TOO complicated and takes more time than the PR?!?!?!?!