I concur in the observations by spyfy, that notwithstanding an almost certain surge in new applications following the implementation of the 3/5 rules, it is highly probable it will be more like a rising tide than a tsunami and, in particular, it will take weeks, at the least, and more likely months, for the increased number of new applications being made to start slowing processing down. And there is little reason to apprehend a major slowdown in processing overall. Some slowdown, sure, that is likely given the virtual certainty of a substantial surge in applications, doing more will take longer . . . but IRCC is well aware of how this is going to affect incoming applications and has promised to prepare for this, to do this transition in a way which will not too severely denigrate service objectives . . . OK, it's a bureaucracy, it is bound to fall short of its objectives, but there is no reason to apprehend a major let alone catastrophic failure.
In the meantime, it is not at all likely an avalanche of applications will arrive at Sydney within days of the changes.
After all, it is not at all likely anyone in the public will even see the new application form, or the new presence calculation, or the new instruction guide, until the day the changes take effect . . . assuming IRCC makes any let alone all of these available even on that day.
Sure, most of the changes in these can be readily forecast. But only fools will ignore the details in the form, the calculator, and the instruction guide, and the odds are high those are NOT going to be available in advance. Even those who have fully prepared for the day the changes take effect (and spyfy is right to observe that is a much, much smaller number than the number of PRs who will suddenly expand the pool of those who are eligible and could apply) will take some time to actually complete and submit the application.
Moreover, since IRCC is a bureaucracy, since bureaucracies are prone to stumbling in the process of big transitions, many are bound to think it prudent to wait a bit, to wait and watch how things unfold in the first week or three, to see whether there are flaws in the online calculator for example, to watch for IRCC to make adjustments.
Forums like this are overflowing with the drive to rush getting citizenship. Forums like this are also overflowing with tales of woe, rife with reports of non-routine processing and the travails of delays in processing. No coincidence. Really.
In the meantime, it is not at all likely an avalanche of applications will arrive at Sydney within days of the changes.
After all, it is not at all likely anyone in the public will even see the new application form, or the new presence calculation, or the new instruction guide, until the day the changes take effect . . . assuming IRCC makes any let alone all of these available even on that day.
Sure, most of the changes in these can be readily forecast. But only fools will ignore the details in the form, the calculator, and the instruction guide, and the odds are high those are NOT going to be available in advance. Even those who have fully prepared for the day the changes take effect (and spyfy is right to observe that is a much, much smaller number than the number of PRs who will suddenly expand the pool of those who are eligible and could apply) will take some time to actually complete and submit the application.
Moreover, since IRCC is a bureaucracy, since bureaucracies are prone to stumbling in the process of big transitions, many are bound to think it prudent to wait a bit, to wait and watch how things unfold in the first week or three, to see whether there are flaws in the online calculator for example, to watch for IRCC to make adjustments.
Forums like this are overflowing with the drive to rush getting citizenship. Forums like this are also overflowing with tales of woe, rife with reports of non-routine processing and the travails of delays in processing. No coincidence. Really.
