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Canada under the Asylum category (refugee applicants, protected persons and related groups - including rejected, withdrawn and abandoned applications).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before IRB as of March 2025, this means that there are almost 180,000 files including protected persons, rejected, withdrawn and abandoned applications..

Assuming that there are at least 50,000 as rejected, withdrawn and abandoned, this means that there are almost 130,000 files for protected persons applying for PR..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

 

[inaya.i]

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.

No, people dont always have that option. Get your facts straight

 

[canuck78]

No, people dont always have that option. Get your facts straight

That is exactly my point. If you want to be considered as an economic immigrant you have the option to apply as one but most do not qualify so they are not considered under the economic pathway.

 

[Newday8765]

That is exactly my point. If you want to be considered as an economic immigrant you have the option to apply as one but most do not qualify so they are not considered under the economic pathway.

Seriously, what exactly is your issue with protected persons in Canada? Are you personally supporting them out of your own pocket? Help us understand your perspective so we can actually reconsider ours!

 

[canuck78]

Seriously, what exactly is your issue with protected persons in Canada? Are you personally supporting them out of your own pocket? Help us understand your perspective so we can actually reconsider ours!

I have no issue with protected people but yes taxpayers are spending a small fortune on the asylum and refugee system. That is mainly the governments fault. If you were following the discussion the quota for PR for protected people is different than for economic immigrants for a reason. That doesn’t mean some protected people aren’t working and paying taxes but not all are and as already pointed out many didn’t qualify for economic pathways even jf they are now working. This is why protected people and refugees who are working are still considered under their own PR quota and not under economic pathway PR quota. This discussion is about why processing times are different between various categories of PR. The fastest processing is for spouses actually not economic immigrants whose processing has also gotten much longer because of backlog and quota issues. Also variation between Quebec and non-Quebec applicants in all categories. In general Canada has had to try to find the balance of how to allocate limited PR quotas with a large number of people waiting for each yearly allocated spot and many trying to just get into the queue in a variety of programs.

 

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[winterangel2022]

I finally got my Final decision today March 28, 2025 after 29 months. Applied September 2022. I got portal 1 as well and now waiting for portal 2.

I hope all 2022 applicants receive their decisions soon!

Got P2 April 14, 2025 …
Waiting for ecopr

 

[Ezekieljane]

Any one waiting on decision with a non-routine application. I applied sept 2022, application is non-routine, ircc told mp the application is being worked on and they should call back in 6 weeks.

did you get a call from ircc before a final decsion ? i see your application was non routine

 

[winterangel2022]

did you get a call from ircc before a final decsion ? i see your application was non routine

No didn’t receive any calls

 

[Ezekieljane]

do you know why your file was non routine?