hi folks,
i am in US for many years and now deciding to move to canada. I am just getting started from ZERO on the PR process for myself and also my parents. I see that since covid started, all PGP PRs seems to have been frozen/stuck, but I wanted to get a sense of how things were pre-covid... i only wanted to know the normal timelimes for Parent GC procesing.
Per my estimates it will take 3 years for me to be able to apply for PR for my parents. I will first need to move to canada on a work visa and work for 1 year to get enough points. I will be able to apply for PR after 1 year. PR I think takes 6 months (if all goes well). After this I will apply for citizenship which will take 5 years from that point. But from what I read I dont need for citizenship to be approved to sponsor Parents, and can sponsor right when I have PR approved, but I will need 3 year paystubs to meet income requirements.
Three Questions:
1. My conclusion is that start from Day0 of work in canada, I will be able to apply for PR right after I complete 3 years (as by then I will have 3 year paystubs and my own PR complete) and dont need for citizenship to be approved. Do let me know if I understood right
2. Once I apply for their PR for parents (from what I read ) it would have normally take 6 months - is this right? I read that things have just gotten stuck due to covid since 03/2020 (and some folks with ME approvals from 2019 are also stuck so I was confused). Is the 6 month timeframe for a parent PR correct (pre-covid timelines) or are there separate PR queues for express entry professionals and parents ? I tried looking up some tracker info on trackit, but I couldnt make better conclusions. In US I can see the queue lengths and dates in website, but I wasnt sure if there were similar queue 'cut off' dates in canada too.
3. I see that there is a 'lottery' for PGPs in some provinces, like 10k and they are seasonal /one-offs and not regular annual lottery (like the H1B lottery in US). Those I assume are SEPARATE from the PR process. Basically I dont think PR process for parents is a 'lottery' and its a first come first serve, is that right?
do let me know!
thanks,
hari