No, haven't got request for biometric or medical, because the case has not reached the 'In Process' phase yet.
Half a year ago is not a huge difference when you're looking at around 1.5 years to start processing. I would be more concerned if one application had started being processed in 2019 and the other one hadn't started processing. They have taken some steps to prevent extra time and expense like asking for a medical right away which will expire and need to be repeated at least once if not twice.
I agree with you 100%. My timeline is almost exact same other than my application being received on the 19th. We have not been evaluated as sponsors at all. This is completely unacceptable given that all of the fees have been PAID but yet no service rendered. In what industry would this even be remotely acceptable?
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Parents and grandparents may provide personal benefit to your family but the majority never pay any taxes and use quite a lot of services especially healthcare and many have applied for low income senior programs and housing. Most apply for OAS and if possible GIS right at the 10 year mark. You usually use most healthcare resources in the last few years of your life. Paying your own taxes will go to covering the services you, your spouse and dependent children use. It may not even cover them. Unless you are paying a very large amount of taxes you are unlikely to cover the cost of services and services received by your parents. It is well known that PGP is a compassionate and not an economic program which is why numbers are limited. A large percentage of parents would claim welfare on arrival which is why Canada required that children provide financially (essentially pay back any social assistance received) for 10 years and after a large percentage claimed welfare after 10 years the requirement was moved to 20 years (except Quebec). The one economic benefit of parent/grandparent sponsorship that will benefit is childcare if it allows both parents to work full-time or study full-time to increase your skills.
"A large percentage of parents would claim welfare on arrival" Could you please share sources where you citied this information? my mom came on Jan 26,2021 at 62 yrs old and she wanted to work and got a cleaning job.
He was not aware what he singled out. He always comments like political member. Specially he has very good "legally" assumptions. For him I just want to say if you are not sure or something you have NEVER experienced or happened. Pls do not comment like it actually happening. Or at least add a sentence " I guess/ assume". A few members from previous posts have same thoughts with me.
You can spend more time researching but by doing a quick search I was able to find this article. Your mother may have wanted or needed to work but many parents may not be willing to work in Canada, may face barriers like language, may be older or have health issues, may expect for their children to support them financially, may not be willing to work because they are a woman and working out of the home would not be culturally acceptable, etc. The majority of parents being sponsored will never work or pay taxes in Canada. The increasing years of financial responsibility makes sense. At first the government considered that parents/grandparents only needed an adjustment period and sometime during the first 10 years they would have stopped applying for welfare like many refugees. After the financial responsibility was increased to 10 years a large number of parents still were applying for welfare so the years of financial support was raised to 20 years (except Quebec).
