2022 PR application timeline

[canuck78]

Hi Canuck78,

Part of the announced policy, besides reducing annual quotas, is to reduce the temporary residents. Protected persons falls under this category.

As of Q1 2025, there are 457,000 people as per Statistics Canada under the Asylum category (refugee applicants, protected persons and related groups - including rejected, withdrawn and abandoned applications). Knowing that there are 280,000 pending applications before IRB as of March 2025, this means that there are almost 180,000 files including protected persons, rejected, withdrawn and abandoned applications..

Assuming that there are at least 50,000 as rejected, withdrawn and abandoned, this means that there are almost 130,000 files for protected persons applying for PR..

The immigration minister said earlier that the majority (60%) of new immigrants (around 360,000 annually) will be from inside Canada.

Despite all of this, refugees, whether claimants or protected persons, are always delayed.

Refugees (whether refugee claimants, protected persons or other refugee categories like government-assisted or G5, etc.) definitely feel grateful, especially when comparing Canada to other countries, yet... tens of thousands of refugees are kept separated from their families for years and years..

The immigration minister was referring to the majority of new economic immigrants will come from temporary residents already in Canada. Canada has to balance out the number of protected people and refugees who get PR with economic immigrants and PRs/citizens sponsoring dependent family members (who must prove they can support themselves financially). Protected people and refugees don’t have to show they are employed, financially self-sufficient, have good language skills in English/French, etc. so they are only awarded a certain percentage of the yearly PR quota.

 

[Mancini]

The immigration minister was referring to the majority of new economic immigrants will come from temporary residents already in Canada. Canada has to balance out the number of protected people and refugees who get PR with economic immigrants and PRs/citizens sponsoring dependent family members (who must prove they can support themselves financially). Protected people and refugees don’t have to show they are employed, financially self-sufficient, have good language skills in English/French, etc. so they are only awarded a certain percentage of the yearly PR quota.

The unfortunate fact is that: even when a protected person can demonstrate that they are employed, financially self-sufficient (with good savings), have excellent language skills (8.5 out of 9.0), and even if they have good knowledge of the other official language etc., all of this still does not mean that they will be treated like economic immigrants, they are still considered as a burden, a liability not an asset.

Will this be fair?

 

[Matan.mvan]

I am a citizen. I am aware that although wait times are long, Canada remains one of the most generous countries when it comes to asylum, getting PR and citizenship. All about perspective.

If you’re a citizen, then what are you still doing here? Don’t you have work or a life to get on with?

 

[canuck78]

The unfortunate fact is that: even when a protected person can demonstrate that they are employed, financially self-sufficient (with good savings), have excellent language skills (8.5 out of 9.0), and even if they have good knowledge of the other official language etc., all of this still does not mean that they will be treated like economic immigrants, they are still considered as a burden, a liability not an asset.

Will this be fair?

The reality is that not all refugees and asylum seekers are gainfully employed with good English/French language skills so they are not considered economic immigrants as a whole. People always have the option to apply via economic immigration pathways to come to Canada versus claiming asylum or coming as refugees.

 

[canuck78]

If you’re a citizen, then what are you still doing here? Don’t you have work or a life to get on with?

I answer immigration questions or explain the system in my spare time like many others do on this forum.