No update on my online application since April 2022. This is the response I got from MP office. Any suggestions?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting the office of MP Larry Brock. Larry has asked me to reply to your email.
In pre-Covid times, the published processing time started when a “complete” application was received at IRCC and applied to 80% of applications. 20% of applications exceeded published processing times. The current published processing time is:
Citizenship grant 24 months
Since March 2020, published processing times are overdue or no longer apply. MP offices have no ability to expedite the processing of any applications. We are aware that all immigration streams are experiencing significant delays due to the covid19 backlog.
As of October 31/22 there was a significant shift in the way IRCC allows MP offices to deal with any issues related to immigration. On November 2, 2022 our office was advised that IRCC will no longer provide email status updates. IRCC has withdrawn our ability to conduct routine enquiries/intervention for any applications related to processing times. Additionally, we are no longer able to contact IRCC by phone for any updates. Our only avenue to request information from IRCC is to submit an email, requesting a call back, with proof of urgency.
We are not satisfied with IRCC’s new procedures and MP Brock is committed to addressing the issues with the highest authority at the federal government.
Unfortunately, at this time, we are not able to intervene or provide information for any non-critical issues. IRCC defines critical issues for urgent processing as follows:
To apply for urgent processing, you must be eligible to apply and have an emergency, such as:
- Needing Canadian citizenship to:
- apply for a job
- avoid losing your job
- go to a Canadian school, college or university
- needing to travel because of death or serious illness in your family and you can’t get a passport in your current nationality
- receiving a successful Federal Court decision on an appeal on a previous application for citizenship
- Even if these conditions apply to you, we may not be able to process your request urgently. If we do process your request urgently, we may not be able to do it in time to help your situation.
You may be interested in the following link which describes IRCC service standards and how they are (not) meeting their own targets.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/service-declaration/service-standards.html#prcard
We regret this is not the answer you were hoping for, but hope you will find this information useful.
Thank you,
LAST UPDATE:
TEST INVITE DATE: April 04, 2022
TEST DATE: April 14, 2022
Name: Anand_Natesh
Location: Brantford
Date of application: Aug 25, 2021
AOR: Nov 9, 2021
Online Application
Anything we can do now? or is it just a waiting game?