2024 PR Application timeline
- Thread starter Littlebeee
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Based on your timeline and info you likely have AOR although you may have not received/seen the email.
Sorry, that’s not quite correct. For inland PR applicants, receiving a pre-arrival letter means they have passed the eligibility stage, and the official eligibility letter will follow. After a long period of silence, this is a positive sign in the process.
It still doesn’t mean anything in terms of processing time it is purely procedural. Eligibility also doesn’t guarantee approval which is also something that gets confusing.
Eligibility may seem like just a procedural step in your opinion , but it actually serves as a crucial filter that shapes how applications are processed at later stages. While it doesn’t guarantee PR approval, it significantly increases the chances of a positive outcome. Without meeting the eligibility criteria, an application isn’t even considered for approval. so dismissing eligibility as merely procedural and irrelevant to processing time or approval is misleading.
By the way, we might be refugees, but that doesn’t mean we are uneducated or unaware of the rules. We understand the system and its requirements.
Let’s be clear that I never said that asylum seekers are uneducated or stupid. Many are unrealistic about the process and IRCC has created a huge mess that necessitates reform like many of it’s programs. You may not have been in Canada during the last reform when people were waiting over 2.5 years to have claims processed. Given the reduced quotas I don’t think people are prepared for what it coming. Same issue in many economic programs. Way too many people applying for a limited number of spots. With a likely recession quotas may need to be reduced even more.
*Update*
AOR and Biometrics- Mar 26, 2025
Linked to gckey on the same day.
Biometrics submitted- Mar 28, 2025
I received eligibility letter by mail to my address yesterday.
What’s next after that ?
Good for you! That's great news.
But haven't you linked your application to your GCKey?
This is the first time I've heard that an IRCC letter is sent to a home address. Previously, I had seen it being received either via email or through the GCKey account.