Im not worried about points I have them around 455 but I'm more concerned about my question. I have an asylum pending in usa and I would like to know if I can still apply for canadian PR through Express entry ?
Canada express entry for asylum applicant in the U.S.A.
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Yes - you can certainly apply. Just make sure you fully and accurately declare your immigration history in the application.
hi guys,
I'm in the same situation. Im in pending asylum since 2012.
I got Aor nov 2018 and hope for the best.
Recently I found out that my case was transferred to Montreal visa office which is notorious to take longer then 6 months in processing time. I wonder if its because of my USA asylum claim.
Do any of you with asylum claims in USA know which visa office is your EE application processed?
Thank you.
I'm in the same situation. Im in pending asylum since 2012.
I got Aor nov 2018 and hope for the best.
Recently I found out that my case was transferred to Montreal visa office which is notorious to take longer then 6 months in processing time. I wonder if its because of my USA asylum claim.
Do any of you with asylum claims in USA know which visa office is your EE application processed?
Thank you.
Hi
I just submitted my PR application. I don't have any update yet. But let's keep each other posted here. I think your application would be the first one to clear out of us all. Please keep us posted as your application status changes.
Did you do everything yourself or you hired someone for application?
Hi Sonu
If you have enough points you will definitely get an ITA. But i am still not 100% certain if they consider our status in US as legal or not. But i am taking my chances and i filled my PR application. I will definitely let you know once my application status updates.
Sorry for late reply.
If you have enough points you will definitely get an ITA. But i am still not 100% certain if they consider our status in US as legal or not. But i am taking my chances and i filled my PR application. I will definitely let you know once my application status updates.
I put together everything my self, and then I got a consultant on hourly base to review all my documents and my situation, before submitting. Consultant said that everything is fine, but you never know. Just hope it all works out.
Will keep posted.
Did you wrote a Letter of Explanation(LOE) for your whole situation? That's what the consultant suggested me in my case.
No, not in LOE.
I have put all the details in the Statutory questions. The one that asked about Have you ever applied for refugee in Canada or any other country.
I don't recall the exact question formulation.
I also ordered GCMS notes in Jan, and got it few weeks ago. And it says review required for my Statutory questions. Waiting for my second set of notes to see if there is any difference from the first one.
REVIEW TYPE: Program Assistant APPLICATION #: xxxxx REGULATION: FSW I have reviewed this
application based upon the documents submitted by the applicant and the information contained in the file and
note the following. MIN.SCORE: 442 CRS SCORE: 448 Principal Applicant Application Promoted: Existing UCI
Spouse Application Promoted: Existing UCI PA: Statutory details located in separate GCMS note SP: Statutory
details located in separate GCMS note Primary Applicant Medical Attached to UCI: Yes Spouse Medical
Attached to UCI: Yes Client Fees: Verified —LANGUAGES— Principal Applicant English- IELTS and Met
Threshold & Verified Spouse English- IELTS and Verified —EDUCATION— Primary Applicant ECA report
Verified on issuing agency website; foreign credential confirmed on ECA site ECA Canadian Equivalency
Summary reported by issuing agency as Master's degree Foreign credential provided Spouse ECA report
Verified on issuing agency website; foreign credential confirmed on ECA site ECA Canadian Equivalency
Summary reported by issuing agency as Bachelor's degree (four years) Foreign credential provided —POLICE
CERTIFICATE— Primary Applicant XXXX police certificate: Provided-NRT USA FBI police certificate: Provided-
NRT R10 OK Recommendation: Review Required - Stat Questions Spouse XXXXX police certificate: Provided-
NRT USA FBI police certificate: Provided-NRT R10 OK Recommendation: Review Required - Stat Questions —
AGE— Applicant's age reviewed and No Change from ITA to e-APR
REVIEW TYPE: Program Assistant APPLICATION #: xxxxx REGULATION: FSW I have reviewed this
application based upon the documents submitted by the applicant and the information contained in the file and
note the following. MIN.SCORE: 442 CRS SCORE: 448 Principal Applicant Application Promoted: Existing UCI
Spouse Application Promoted: Existing UCI PA: Statutory details located in separate GCMS note SP: Statutory
details located in separate GCMS note Primary Applicant Medical Attached to UCI: Yes Spouse Medical
Attached to UCI: Yes Client Fees: Verified —LANGUAGES— Principal Applicant English- IELTS and Met
Threshold & Verified Spouse English- IELTS and Verified —EDUCATION— Primary Applicant ECA report
Verified on issuing agency website; foreign credential confirmed on ECA site ECA Canadian Equivalency
Summary reported by issuing agency as Master's degree Foreign credential provided Spouse ECA report
Verified on issuing agency website; foreign credential confirmed on ECA site ECA Canadian Equivalency
Summary reported by issuing agency as Bachelor's degree (four years) Foreign credential provided —POLICE
CERTIFICATE— Primary Applicant XXXX police certificate: Provided-NRT USA FBI police certificate: Provided-
NRT R10 OK Recommendation: Review Required - Stat Questions Spouse XXXXX police certificate: Provided-
NRT USA FBI police certificate: Provided-NRT R10 OK Recommendation: Review Required - Stat Questions —
AGE— Applicant's age reviewed and No Change from ITA to e-APR
Let's Hope you get PPR request soon. You should ideally hear from them in a month or two max.
Hey , sorry for the late reply - I got logged out of a forum and weren’t receiving any emails for some reason . So, I’ve got biometrics request a month ago , submitted my fingerprints in one of the USCIS service centers - by the way they check your legal right to stay in the US before taking your fingerprints. Haven’t heard anything since then .
Hey, sorry for a late reply ! I created EE profile myself , but I used consultant services for actual PR application. Not sure if it’s a good idea - in that case you won’t have access to your application and can only rely on consultant to keep you updated .
Yeah , you can apply indeed , you can see that all of us here did . Just keep in mind that you’ll have to land in Canada within a year of your medical exam (in case you get Canadian PR) , and won’t be able to come back to the US until you become Canadian citizen. Also, you’ll have to give your fingerprints in one of the USCIS offices - and they will check your eligibility to stay in the US ( work permit through asylum would work). And last thing is that you’ll have to provide police certificate from your own country and that depends
on your country consulate procedures.