2022 PR application timeline
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Update – August 14, 2025
(Protected Person - Inland Stream originally submitted via Quebec)
However, my application is now stalled at the security screening stage, which began in early 2025 (probably February 7, 2025). IRCC says this process is out of their control as it’s handled by CSIS and CBSA too. They also told my current MP's office they can’t expedite this part.
There was a ghost update on August 6, 2025 (status briefly changed to “Application/profile updated”), but no visible changes in the portal. Curious if anyone else had similar ghost updates or delays at this stage?
(Protected Person - Inland Stream originally submitted via Quebec)
- Application submitted: April 8, 2022 (Online from Quebec)
- AOR: April 26, 2022
- Pre-arrival letter: May 29, 2024
- Eligibility letter: May 31, 2024
- Eligibility: Passed
- Medical: Passed (but expired)
- Criminality: Passed
- Info Sharing: Complete
- Security screening: In progress (since February 7, 2025 although I’m not quite sure about this date)
- Final decision: Not started
However, my application is now stalled at the security screening stage, which began in early 2025 (probably February 7, 2025). IRCC says this process is out of their control as it’s handled by CSIS and CBSA too. They also told my current MP's office they can’t expedite this part.
There was a ghost update on August 6, 2025 (status briefly changed to “Application/profile updated”), but no visible changes in the portal. Curious if anyone else had similar ghost updates or delays at this stage?
That is fairly normal processing for security screening. It doesn’t actually mean you are actively being screened it often means you are in queue for screening. You should look at recent PR applications outside Quebec and their processing times from when background check started until PR. Assume many are around 2 years.
Wow thanks for the input. It's been already 40 months since I've submitted my PR application so the thought of waiting for an additional 24 months just made me depressed as hell. I'm aware some security checks can be long, but my understanding is that many are completed well under 2 years. In my case, my security screening appears to have started around February 2025, so I’ve already passed the 6-month mark. I’ll be getting fresh GCMS notes soon to confirm if it’s actively being worked on or just in queue. If it’s stuck, I plan to follow up through my MP to see if there’s any way to move it forward. I don't know what else to do.
The fact that you moved from Quebec will likely increase your processing time in general. There are huge backlogs outside Quebec as well. There is very little you or your MP can do unless things like a security screening drag on for years for example in a comprehensive screening. All you can really do is monitor processing times from other applicants (would compare to others initially processed in Quebec) and be patient. Comparing to others with similar profiles is the best way to determine current processing times and whether yours is highly abnormal (a year longer for example not just a few months). Most of PR processing time is now waiting in queue after queue. Once the security screening is done you get into another queue. Did say background check not just security.
Thanks for the perspective. I’m not sure if my application got harmed by me moving away from Quebec but I can tell you the following facts based on the last GCMS Notes I have:
- MP intervened: Feb 5–7, 2025
- Feb 7, 2025 GCMS Notes: “Stage 2 Admissibility” note added; Criminality = Passed, Info Sharing = Complete, Security = In progress (BF date Mar 9, 2025)
- File annotated as priority; destination change in progress
- IRCC confirmed I’m now under the non-Quebec stream (MP office emails on February 28 and July 9, 2025)
- Ghost update: Aug 6, 2025 (“Application/profile updated,” no visible change)
In February your criminality had already been passed according to GCMS notes so not sure it had anything to do with your MP while change in destination was still in process. Security starts after criminality so also could be pure coincidence. Security is always the longest part of the process and you are behind compared in processing compared to non-Quebec applicants. There also tends to be a long period of time after security has finished. Your application is being processed normally. It will just take longer because you started in Quebec. All you can do is wait. No intervention is going to change processing with normal processing. Getting PR as a protected person has now just become a very long process due to the very high number of protected people and refugees in the pipeline a a yearly PR target. Most of the processing time involves your file waiting in a queue. Even once you get final decision you wait because IRCC only lands so many refugees/protected people per month or they would run out of quota at the beginning of the year.
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