Congratulations! This stream not a path that accepts that many people vs the number of people who apply. It is difficult to access whether you can be self employed in Canada without working a second job. Many Canadian athletes work part-time because you only make money from endorsements, and sponsorship/funding from national associations or Canadian Olympic Association. As PR, you may not have access to those funds until you are a citizen. So you would have shown the funds you get from sponsorship/endorsements and that those will carry over if your are PR in Canada. Processing used to take 7+ years..
How long does it take to get an AOR for a self-employed persons program?
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Yeah I get were you are stressing your point!but that’s upto the officer to make a decision!the problem here is a decision is taking forevermore!am a focused athletics coach who can decide to shift my talents to somewhere else depending on the vo’s yes or no!it’s just that the processing period is now an insult to professionals!!
I get it so you should be looking at other avenues. This stream has always taken many years to process. This is well known.
The question here is not eligibility but about the processing time and handling of files!they should be thinking of refunding our fees and lost valued times,applying it was 22months,without respect they have stretched it to 54months!!!and they are still acepting more files on top of the backlog!is it a money making scheme of sorts?!!
I agree so take it up with IRCC. This is a volunteer forum. You can hire a Canadian lawyer to go to federal court but that will cost $10k+. So doesn’t make sense until you really want to immigrate to Canada and fight the government.
Rest you case !am already used to the waiting ,it’s 4years and counting,let them do as they wish!!it’s there business to!!
My file is already under process!so sadly I can’t get a full refund of my application fees!if it were possible I could have applied for a refund than be part of this immigration madness !!otherwise goodluck to all of your whose files have been trapped already!!
hii,I think you are the first one I know who have similar timeline with me.I also applied online in June 2021 got AOR+BIO done in August 2023.
but I couldn't find my status in CAS system(https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/authenticate.do
have you tried yours?the information I got from others who got AOR could already identify themselves in CAS system.
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Hi, yes, I tried the CAS and I can't find my status either. Maybe because it's only for applications with immigration lawyers/consultants? I applied by myself, didn't hire anyone, so maybe that's why... Based on other people's applications, it takes around 8 months from AOR to ADR/Medical but this is just my personal guess...
thank u for your information!I thought it was paper based&online application differences.I also applied by myself,we have very similar situation.
so far as I know some applicants from April 2021 have got their ADR and medical exam request.so it will be soon our turn, keep fingers crossed!!!v