Estimated processing time is up to 3 years. This is a very slow process where you may not hear anything for a full year during the process. This isn’t family sponsorship where things happen slowly but much quicker than PGP.
Parents & Grandparents Program(PGP) 2022
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Agree that they are often in acreage but processing times have increased dramatically over the past few years. Most PGP applications used to be processed in close to 1 year. Most PGP applications are now processed in 2-3 years. Very rare to be processed in close to 1 year. Any don’t even hear anything for a full year sometime during the PGP process. People need to realize that this is a long process so one shouldn’t focus on when you can expect the next step like in family sponsorship.
Hello Dear. IRCC send 23,100 Invites to fill in 15,000 spots. Approximately 155,313 people applied to receive the Invites. After filling in 15,000 spots there will still be ( 155,313-15,000 = 140,313 ) applicants leftover in the previous pool. As we all know that IRCC is not accepting any more Interests to sponsor for the last couple of years. Looks like they want to clear the backlog. Simple mathematic calculation reveals that it will take (140,313/ 15,000) = 9.4 ............which is approximately 9 years from now till they start accepting more Interests unless IRCC increases the intake from 15,000 to a bigger figure.
Best would be to call your Parents on Super Visa.
Unfortunately message is clear. They want young people to work not senior citizens. That is why they set up quota system. Someone should challenge this in court. No develop country does this to citizens
Thanks for the clear explanation, one thing I don`t understand is does that mean we have to wait for interest to sponsor application to open again? 9 years? It is a bit too extreme, do you know how often they accept interest to sponsor applications in the past?
One small correction, IRCC sent 23,100 invites expecting at least 15,000 complete applications. If all 23,100 applicants sent complete applications that qualify then all 23,100 will have to be approved by IRCC. So for now, I would safely assume that 155,313 - 23,100 = 132,213 applicants are in the pool. Only 2023's data will give a clear picture.
Hi all, I also received an email from IRCC asking to resubmit IMM 5476 (Use of a Representative) using hand-written signatures. I did the whole print-->sign-->scan-->convert to PDF process and emailed it back to IRCC as an attachment. It's been over 3 weeks and I still haven't heard anything back about whether they've received my new form.
A thought occurs: nowhere did the email from IRCC mention any size limit on attachments, but I do recall when first submitting my application that the portal has a size limit of 4MB per file.
Do you think the same 4MB size limit applies to documents emailed to IRCC? Mine is slightly over at 4.3MB. I would hate for my application to be returned or rejected due to something as trivial as this.
A thought occurs: nowhere did the email from IRCC mention any size limit on attachments, but I do recall when first submitting my application that the portal has a size limit of 4MB per file.
Do you think the same 4MB size limit applies to documents emailed to IRCC? Mine is slightly over at 4.3MB. I would hate for my application to be returned or rejected due to something as trivial as this.
Do you remember the date when you initially submit the full application? And how long after that IRCC asked for signatures? Did you send it through portal or used your email?
Application submitted November 14.
IRCC emailed me Dec 7 to resubmit IMM 5476 with handwritten signatures.
I sent the new IMM 5476 in via email, as per their instructions.