In addition to what @MMK2022 said, if there is a dedicated place for you to upload the new form, you could combine it with your letter of explanation (into one PDF form, if possible) correcting your earlier mistake about having been rejected for an earlier visitors visa. If you can submit the correction this way, rather than separately through a webform, they may get processed more quickly. Best wishes!
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Although I won't be the one to take this to court because I have received my PR, I believe that there is an argument to be made in a court, if a good lawyer was willing to pursue it, that there is definitely an intended and/or implied service standard for the TR2PR program despite the fact that it is not stated in the TR to PR policy or guidelines. The following is an excerpt from a letter I wrote to CBC:
"Before the pathway opened, it was informally promoted in live presentations made by IRCC staff to immigration firms & representatives as a ‘quick’ pathway to permanent residence, but since then it has retroactively been referred to as a “pathway with no stated service standard so please stop calling us &/or writing us." This is the answer that applicants who have been waiting for almost 2 years get from call centre agents and MPs alike. It's a very poor read-the-fine-print-oh-wait-there-is-none kind of answer. In truth, there is no stated service standard in the policy, however, there is an implied 6-month to 1-year standard in that the ‘TR to PR Pathway’ is considered part of the Economic class, and deep inside IRCC’s website there are performance tables from 2021 that have headings actually stating a 6-month standard. Also, it is counter-intuitive that IRCC would deliberately want to reward essential workers and try to meet their own immediate post-Covid immigration catch-up goals by launching an indefinite/protracted program."
I have raised the above with several agents when I got the 'there is no service standard' answer and their responses have been "um" or "unfortunately that's all we know." Sadly, they are ill-equipped to provide answers beyond what they are told.
Best wishes!
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For the most part, everyone's initial file starts in Sydney, then is sent to Whitehorse for further processing (with some batch processes & temporary policy updates sent from Ottawa, for example, on the need or not for new Medicals), then is sent to regional PR landing offices like Calgary, Brampton, Vancouver, Montreal, etc. for the final PR steps. (The French streams may be different.). Best wishes.
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Hi Joyyy, I don't see an answer yet to your question (or I missed it). Did you provide a digital photo within the pixel guidelines of measurements between 715x1000 and 2000x2800 pixels? If so, IRCC can crop it to the right size at their end so don't try to crop it yourself. A passport photo place took my photo, too, The portal wouldn't take it until I resized it to between the above pixel sizes, then it was accepted. I did not try to re-crop it. I hope that helps!
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If you want my guess on how long the strike will last, my money is on 1 week max and then it's either resolved or there is back to work legislation so that the government's revenue streams through the CRA/tax are not adversely affected, among other things.
Sorry for a whole slew of responses all at once!! I've been away. Kindest regards to all!
Sorry for a whole slew of responses all at once!! I've been away. Kindest regards to all!
I talked to my lawyer about going for CEC. He keeps telling me to wait and not apply to any other program. He said IRCC is still processing the files but they are picking up the files in random order. Not sure what to do now 
Mine took 3 weeks through CBSA back in Oct/Nov 2022, but who knows now with the strike, etc.
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For those interested in where I get my intended or implied 6 month Service Standard for the TR to PR Pathway, here again is IRCC 2021 review of their internal service standards up to December 2021. If you scroll down to the (red) TR to PR line, you will see an actual performance of 7 months (up to that date) and a Service Standard goal of 6 months. Remember that they only have to process 80% of the applications in that timeframe to be consider 'in' the standard. Also, standards only apply to fully complete applications, not those with requests for additional documentation.
Pasting this here misaligns the headers in the table, so here also is the link: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/committees/cimm-feb-15-17-2022/processing-times-line-of-business.html
CIMM – Processing Times by Line of Business – February 15 and 17, 2022
IRCC Overview - December 31, 2021
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Ciao Bella/o! Trying to come up with a new sign-off!
Pasting this here misaligns the headers in the table, so here also is the link: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/committees/cimm-feb-15-17-2022/processing-times-line-of-business.html
CIMM – Processing Times by Line of Business – February 15 and 17, 2022
IRCC Overview - December 31, 2021
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| 12 Month Period ending on Dec 2020 | 12 Month Period ending on Dec 2021 | Service Standard (PR in months, PR Cards in Days) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Type/ Immigration Category Group | Application Type/ Immigration Category Sub-Group | Application Type/ Immigration Category | Processing TimeFootnote 1 (PR in months, PR Cards in Days) Last 12 months | ||
| Economic | Canadian Experience Class | Canadian Experience Class (EE) | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Canadian Experience Class (No EE) | 64 | 27 | |||
| Caregiver Program | Caring For Children Program | 18 | 33 | ||
| Home Child-Care Provider Pilot | 7 | 23 | |||
| High Medical Needs Program | 17 | 34 | |||
| Home Support Worker | 7 | 24 | |||
| Interim Pathway Measure | 10 | 27 | |||
| Live-in Caregiver Program | 57 | 69 | |||
| Federal Business | Federal Business | 22 | 38 | ||
| Federal Skilled Workers | Federal Skilled Workers (C-50) | 66 | 31 | ||
| Federal Skilled Workers (EE) | 13 | 26 | 6 | ||
| Federal Skilled Workers (Pre C-50) | - | - | |||
| Ministerial Instruction Economic Programs/Pilot Programs | Atlantic Immigration Pilots | 11 | 14 | ||
| Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot | - | - | |||
| Out-of-status construction workers in the GTA | - | 3 | |||
| Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot | - | 11 | |||
| Start-up Visa | 20 | 29 | |||
| TR to PR | TR to PR | - | 7 | 6 | |
| Provincial/Territorial Nominees | Provincial/Territorial Nominees (EE) | 10 | 21 | 6 | |
| Provincial/Territorial Nominees (No EE) | 21 | 24 | 11 | ||
| Quebec Business | Quebec Business | 49 | 64 | ||
| Quebec Skilled Workers | Quebec Skilled Workers | 26 | 27 | 11 | |
| Skilled Trades | Skilled Trades (EE) | 16 | 23 | 6 | |
| Skilled Trades (No EE) | - | 28 |
Ciao Bella/o! Trying to come up with a new sign-off!
A reminder that as of Nov 2022, IRCC still planned to complete all remaining TR to PR in 2023. If the strike is short, they should be able to do that. From: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/committees/cimm-nov-29-2022/economic-immigration.html
"In 2021, IRCC created a time-limited Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway, which targeted recent international graduates and essential workers in areas such a healthcare. Dedicated streams for French-speaking temporary residents were included. Close to 24,000 new permanent residents were admitted through this pathway in 2021 and approximately 37,155 more have been admitted to the end of September 30, 2022 (i.e. 93% of the 40,000 planned admissions for this year). A further 25,000 admissions are planned in 2023."
Ciao! She did respond to me, thanked me for my story and indicated that she might use it in future articles.