Special program to sponsor Afghan refugees without refugee status from the UNHCR or a foreign state
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Anyone receive the Interview date? if yes, can you please let me know, how many days before the interview date did you receive the email?
I hope everyone who applied for this program receive their Canada permanent residence... Let's pray together
I hope everyone who applied for this program receive their Canada permanent residence... Let's pray together
We applied on 17 oct 2022 for my uncle who is in pakistan. The sponsorship application has been approved in 21 February and the email indicated that file has been transfered to islamabad vfs. Then we got some questionaries on how they crossed the border, do they have visas etc... send back the reply and no update since then.
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Please note that you must provide for yourself and for each accompanying family member in the application:
o A copy of the passport showing the Pakistan Entry Stamp
o A copy of the approved Pak Visa document from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ministry Of Interior.
Please confirm the information below for ALL the applicants listed on the file.
1. Are you in Pakistan?
2. What is your current address and phone number? (Apt/Unit#, Street, City/Town, Province/State, District, Postal Code)
3. On what date did you cross into Pakistan?
4. Where did you cross into Pakistan? Which border?
5. Did you cross with a valid Passport and Pakistani Visa?
6. Did you only use a Tazkira?
7. What is the number of your Passport and Tazkira?
8. Was your passport stamped at the border crossing?
9. How long is your entry in Pakistan valid for (stay duration)?
10. Did someone help you cross the border?
11. If YES, did you pay that person to help you cross the border?
12. Did you cross the border with all of your family members listed below?
13. Did each family member cross the border with a valid passport and visa?
14. Has each family member had their visa and/or passport stamped when crossing the border?
15. If you have not crossed with all of your family members, have they already crossed the border OR when will they cross the border?
We urge you to respond to this email as soon as possible, within the next two days.
Regards,
This was the email we got from IRCC
We live in Dubai and and applied from here... Now we are waiting for the interview date email... I just want to know anyone received the email for interview date?
We were also thinking that after sponsorship approval the next step will be interview but this is what we got and no reply after replying to the above email.
is your sponsorship application approved?
we are in the same situation, both of us , our sponsorship approved... but when did you receive this email as your family is in Pakistan? we did not receive any email after of sponsorship approval.
All the questions are related to Pakistan so it makes sense why you haven’t received the questionnaire. You will likely be flying on a regular commercial aircraft and not a charter for only Afghan refugees so processing will also be different because of that as well. More refugees from Afghanistan are scheduled to arrive during the next few months but there already isn’t enough resources to deal with current asylum seekers, Ukrainians on special WPs and Afghan refugees. There is already a shortage of healthcare workers especially GPs, there is a shortage of teachers and especially a shortage of teachers who can provide integration classes and English or French language learning, there a housing affordability issue throughout most of Canada and a limited supply of rental housing especially rental housing for larger families at an affordable rate, lack of spots for adults wanting to attend English or French classes and affordable daycare is tough to secure at least right away, etc. Most regions are trying avoid accepting new refugees until some have moved out of temporary housing, have become more self-sufficient, some have found employment, etc. because they can’t deal with the number of people needing help and the number of people who have been in temporary housing munch longer then expected. The holidays means people take vacations so more staff in holiday from settlement staff to healthcare staff. People should anticipate that system is very overwhelmed at the moment and hopefully contact friends and/or family in Canada for help when they arrive in Canada versus depending on settlement agencies. I would suggest travelling with a 3 month supply or any mediations you take because accessing healthcare may take quite a while just for the basics.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/experts-call-on-government-to-support-hundreds-of-afghan-refugees-coming-to-waterloo-region-1.6411895
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/experts-call-on-government-to-support-hundreds-of-afghan-refugees-coming-to-waterloo-region-1.6411895
One of our friends who got the same questionaries just a month before us has received interview date and her application was approved on the sport and then she got medical and biometric. Waiting for my uncle to receive the interview with IOM now.