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2019 Parents Grandparents with FIFO Confirmation

canuck78

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Another typical Twitter reply from IRCC today.
Stating, Stay Tuned. We havent send any invites yet for 2019. We will update the website once invites are out. Thanks for your patience.
Someone Replied back asking for any timeframe they have in mind?
No response.
Perhaps people can limit asking IRCC to at least weekly. They will only announce it when they can so multiple people asking daily is pretty pointless. Trust me I'm sure the poor IRCC social media coordinator wants PGP 2019 to end as much as you do:)
 
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ritunz_canada

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Perhaps people can limit asking IRCC to at least weekly. They will only announce it when they can so multiple people asking daily is pretty pointless. Trust me I'm sure the poor IRCC social media coordinator wants PGP 2019 to end as much as you do:)
I ask them daily. If they dont feel pressured they wont send it until june or scrap the entire process. Who knows !
 
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canuck78

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I ask them daily. If they dont feel pressured they wont send it until june or scrap the entire process. Who knows !
Has you asking daily changed the way they respond or made them accept applications earlier? There was no promise of quick invitation and 2018 tax information is needed for most applications so it makes sense to wait for the tax deadline. Processing time was 6+ years previously so processing times are extremely fast now. It is taking 6 months to 2 years to process current applications. The application process changed but everyone expected the processing times to mirror last year exactly.
 

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Perhaps people can limit asking IRCC to at least weekly. They will only announce it when they can so multiple people asking daily is pretty pointless. Trust me I'm sure the poor IRCC social media coordinator wants PGP 2019 to end as much as you do:)
I think you mean start, not end. They could avoid all this easily by simply telling us when the invites will go out. It's reasonable to keep asking for information when information is not provided.
 
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canuck78

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I think you mean start, not end. They could avoid all this easily by simply telling us when the invites will go out. It's reasonable to keep asking for information when information is not provided.
No I meant end. They will be glad when PG 2019 is over and done with. They have been getting the same daily questions since December. First it was when the information would be posted, then it was when would the draw be, the day after the FIFO people were asking when the invitations would be sent out. The social media person has no idea so there is no point in asking. The poor person posted this message today. “ Please note that we have not yet sent invitations to submit applications for parents and grandparents sponsorship in 2019. Stay tuned – we will update our website and social media channels when invitations start going out. Thanks for your patience”. If they posted the day they were sending out invitations someone would ask how long until they got AOR or how long they expect processing time to be or when would the application that are leftover will be notified. Given that 2018 income is required for most applications makes sense that it would be after the tax deadline which is what many have tried to point out.

People have been calling CIC and tweeting and emailing daily since January 22nd probably right after the online FIFO. The constant asking hasn’t made CIC give out the date so think people should take a break from asking and just be patient. They will only announce when they want to announce and they will post it. If anything I would think CIC won’t want to deal with all the aggravation next year.
 
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karthikramda

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They are not able to send out invite nor to say anything about when they can invite, it is simple, a law suit from repair group is there just to block them from doing that
 

canuck78

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They are not able to send out invite nor to say anything about when they can invite, it is simple, a law suit from repair group is there just to block them from doing that
How do you know that? They could have been waiting for the 2018 tax deadline. There is no proof of an actual delay.
 

YYCIAMHERE

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quick question, when submitting the application for parents , for applicants signature do you need your parents physically in Canada or digital signature is ok ??
 

YYCIAMHERE

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do we have to send application to immigration office in Canada or home country, do we have to send anything to home country as parents planing to come to Canada on visitor visa in June 2019 and wondering if I can send the application before they arrive in Canada, will the process can be done from Canada
 

canuck78

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do we have to send application to immigration office in Canada or home country, do we have to send anything to home country as parents planing to come to Canada on visitor visa in June 2019 and wondering if I can send the application before they arrive in Canada, will the process can be done from Canada
Yes it can be done from Canada. Your parents can't move to Canada yet so they should pack like they are visitors.
 

usr19

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No I meant end. They will be glad when PG 2019 is over and done with. They have been getting the same daily questions since December. First it was when the information would be posted, then it was when would the draw be, the day after the FIFO people were asking when the invitations would be sent out. The social media person has no idea so there is no point in asking. The poor person posted this message today. “ Please note that we have not yet sent invitations to submit applications for parents and grandparents sponsorship in 2019. Stay tuned – we will update our website and social media channels when invitations start going out. Thanks for your patience”. If they posted the day they were sending out invitations someone would ask how long until they got AOR or how long they expect processing time to be or when would the application that are leftover will be notified. Given that 2018 income is required for most applications makes sense that it would be after the tax deadline which is what many have tried to point out.

People have been calling CIC and tweeting and emailing daily since January 22nd probably right after the online FIFO. The constant asking hasn’t made CIC give out the date so think people should take a break from asking and just be patient. They will only announce when they want to announce and they will post it. If anything I would think CIC won’t want to deal with all the aggravation next year.
There are numerous programs other than PGP and there are past PGP years and there will be (probably) other years for PGP itself. You're making it sound like PGP 2019 specifically and only is a major hassle for CIC.

It is completely legitimate for people to ask for information about a program they care so much about, and it is NOT legitimate for CIC to not provide such information when it's available. Of course they know when they're planning to send the invites, at least tentatively. The questions are directed at CIC in general, not at the social media team. The extension of that argument is that they're stonewalling us. The people we can contact don't know the answer (social media, call center) and the people who do know the answer can't be reached by the general public. I also don't understand the argument how there would be other questions if they posted this. So what? This specific question need to be answered because they have this information. They don't know when AORs are going out but they do know this.

The tax deadline is the latest, not the earliest returns can be submitted. There are plenty of people who already have their NOAs. If that's what they're waiting for, they can share THAT. If there's anything official on that, please share the link. Otherwise it's more guesses picked up and repeated by the many you refer to.

Most of the questions on Twitter are "I want to come to Canada". Following that logic, all immigration programs should be cancelled because they won't want to deal with the aggravation, right? They don't get to decide that. Also, right now, they're could extremely easily reduce aggravation for 27,000 individuals.